So Utterly Predictable

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So Utterly Predictable
by Dave Gibson, Columnist

December 12, 2002

Dave Gibson Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) (AP) No big surprise that the recent comments made by Senator Trent Lott (R-MS, right) at a birthday celebration for the longest serving member of the U.S. Senate (Strom Thurmond - R-SC) has brought out the usual name calling and finger pointing. Now, the left as well as the token black politicians are calling for the removal of Senator Lott. I suppose that like all white, middle aged men, Trent Lott has also lost his freedom of speech.

I am most disappointed in the actions of the Mississippi Senator following his remarks. Lott appears to be a typical politician, back-pedaling and apologizing for making a statement which he obviously meant and is absolutely correct. I would implore the Senator to have the courage to make a statement in which he believes, no matter how controversial and stick by his guns. However, we are living in the age of the mealy-mouthed, lily-livered, politically correct 'POLITOBOT'.

Kweisi Mfume has called for the resignation of Sen. Lott, calling his comments "callous, calculated, hateful bigotry". I don't remember the current head of the NAACP condemning the Rev. Jesse Jackson when he called for a "national day of rage" on Martin Luther King's birthday. However, that kind of even-handed judgment would be not only out of line with that organization's policies, but simply impossible given the fact that people such as Mfume believe that blacks cannot be racists.

In his comments, Sen. Lott not only voiced his opinion about segregation, but those of many millions of Americans as well. Had the country elected Strom Thurmond in 1948, or George Wallace in 1968 our public school system may not be in a state of chaos as it is today.

Thurmond ran on a segregationist platform just as Wallace did, both men were simply voicing the opinions of their respective constituents. Lott was also correct when he said that Mississippi is proud of the fact that their state went to the centenarian Senator. I also believe that many people around the country are now sorry that Thurmond was not elected and that the policy of integration has occurred, thus ruining our schools and making every urban area in this country virtually uninhabitable.

Never mind the fact that most of Lott's constituents and most Americans would agree with his remarks. As we know, in the age of 'political correctness', ...the truth is meaningless. The left will continue to hound Lott and ignore the truth. However, this kind of one-sided philosophy is nothing new.

Now we see the hapless Al Gore joining the choir to censure Lott. Should a U.S. Senator be censured for merely voicing his opinion at a private affair (even if he is white)? Too bad for the robotic leftist that this incident didn't occur closer to the 2004 election!

The hoopla being stirred up over Lott's remarks are only the latest in a long, hard fought movement by this nations left wing to remove the freedoms of white Americans, unless they agree with the opinions held by the left. Yes, once again we see that while it is perfectly acceptable for black leaders such as Louis Farakhan and Jesse Jackson to espouse any and all hateful remarks about white people...It is anything but acceptable for white people to relay their opinions.

What a shame! My only comfort is that I will more than likely be dead in another 50 years or so and will not have to live in the 'Third World Nation', which we are creating for ourselves. I do however, feel sorry for future generations of white Americans, who no doubt will be robbed of all Constitutional rights. ***

Photo of Dave Gibson courtesy of staff files
Photo of Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott (R-MS) courtesy of the Associated Press