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Clearing the Holiday Air
Peace and Islam. Farewell Trent Lott and Patty Murray. Think Walker Percy. The Fighting French. Plus lots more.
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How tiresome. Ben Stein trumpeting his civil rights advocacy by citing a scar on his rear from some unidentified presumed redneck racist Marylander.
I’m an ordinary American, I think. I didn’t march in any civil rights demonstration any time, at any place, and I won’t pretend I did. But I also never tried to deprive anyone of their civil rights. And I think the law should treat everyone the same, regardless of race.
None of my forefathers, though they lived in the South, enslaved anyone. At least one I know of fought for the South in the Civil War. He was a sharecropper in North Carolina, and fought simply to protect his home.
I did serve in my country’s military for 20 years and I fought in the Gulf War alongside other Americans of many races and creeds. Today I would not trade that experience; that common bond with my fellow soldiers, with complete disregard for their race or belief; for a thousand of these self-righteous civil rights pomposities.
p>And I really damn tired of people beating a racist drum every chance br> they get to further their own agenda. br> — John Mercer br> Alexandria, VA /p>Trent Lott’s unfortunate remarks have landed him in trouble. I argue that Lott’s problems are greatly exacerbated by the fact that the Republican base does not like him. The overwhelming sentiment on the many conservative websites is a general dislike of Lott with his recent gaffe being the opportunity the chance to oust him.
Republican voters out here in la-la land have wondered for about forever why this man without an ounce of charisma, but a modicum of charm and in need of a spine transplant, is continually re-elected by his fellow Republican senators to such a visible position of Senate majority leader. His gutless behavior in the matter of the impeachment of Bill Clinton didn’t help. Nor did his so-called “power sharing” with the Democrats when the Senate was at 50-50. His pork barreling for Mississippi is looked upon with disdain by the Republican base….
p>In short, we never liked him anyway. br> —- Pat Fish
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