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Trent Lott's CNN Segregationist Frat Brother
The story's out that back in the good ol' days of the early 1960s (!) Trent Lott--surprise, surprise--tried to keep his Ole Miss fraternity, Sigma Nu, lily white (for bonus points, Lott also tried to keep the university from integrating). While that's been known for some time, the new twist is that former CNN president Tom Johnson, a SN at University of Georgia at the same time, fought along Lott for the same grand cause.
Sez Johnson in Time, that was "one of the biggest mistakes of my life."
No shit. Wonder how many other upstanding men of that generation fall into that category? Remember the Mel Carnahan controversy about his appearing in blackface at a Missouri Kiwanis Club show? Is this something like French collaboration with Vichy?
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another guy|12.13.02 @ 1:43AM|#
I don't think Byrd is "unrepentant"...
Vish E. Swa|12.13.02 @ 1:54AM|#
Or, uh, Senate Majority Leader.
|12.13.02 @ 2:44AM|#
Or Republican, huh.
James Landrith|12.13.02 @ 5:19AM|#
Some people have been calling for Byrd's resignation. No Democrats though. I published this commentary last year on the topic -
http://www.multiracial.com/editors/stupidbyrd.html
Rep. Diane Watson needs to say bye-bye as well:
http://www.multiracial.com/editors/notmydemocrat.html
|12.13.02 @ 12:08PM|#
Isn't Robert Byrd an unrepentant former member of the KKK? How come no one is calling for HIS head?
some guy|12.13.02 @ 12:27PM|#
There's a double standard for Democrats. Doesn't matter. Lott has to go.