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Paul Beston replies: My intention was to point out how ineffective Republicans have been in breaking that myth. They have been afraid to advance and fight for their positions on race, which are correct and moral; their squeamishness about doing so only confirms the myth's power. They do not speak honestly -- as Shelby Steele often points out, they are too paralyzed by guilt to have the courage of their convictions. And then on the other hand, they have idiots like Lott extolling the Confederacy.

I am well aware that the Democratic Party was the party of slavery and segregation. But let's not be so disingenuous to forget that the South went Republican largely as a response to the Civil Rights movement. The Party of Lincoln rhetoric is all well and good, but the truth is that neither party has covered itself in glory.

p> NAME PSYCH br> Re: Jeremy Lott's Avoid the Noid : /p> p>Jut tell Jeremy Lott that when people ask in those accusatory tones, "You're not related to TRENT Lott, are you?" -- he should reply, "No, no. My last name may be spelled L-O-T-T, but it's pronounced 'Bush.' " br> -- Kevin McGehee br> Coweta County, GA /p>

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