What are you talking about?

Post #68,711 by Simon_Jester 12/13/02 3:36:18 PM Reply	What are you talking about? people have been talking about Lott for quiet a while now. They're just now getting LISTENED to. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who last week claimed "no firsthand knowledge" of the controversial Council of Conservative Citizens, six years ago told the group's members they "stand for the right principles and the right philosophy." This week, after being asked about a newly surfaced copy of the group's 1992 newsletter, in which he appears to endorse the group and ask for its support, Lott renounced the organization and said through a spokesman he has nothing to do with them. [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/dec98/lott16.htm\| Washington Post - 1998 ] So the chairman of the NAACP wants to know where these same senators are when it comes to the Council of Conservative Citizens, which promotes the preservation of the white race and whose Web site features articles warning that the nation is turning into a "slimy brown mass of glop." Sen. Trent Lott once addressed this group's national board, welcomed its leaders to Washington, had photos taken with them in his office and then said he didn't know what they were about. The CCC's directors wink and nod at that. One of them was a county chairman of Lott's '94 reelection campaign. One of them is his uncle. [link\|http://www.ferris.edu/isar/Institut/CCC/disavow.htm\| "Institude for the Study for Academic Racism" ] It's been on of Washington's Dirty little secrets for quiet a while now (according to some sources).
Post #68,717 by Silverlock 12/13/02 3:44:41 PM Reply	Feel Trent's pain [link\|http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/toons/2002/12/12/mitchell/index.html\|URL] Why should we ask our military to die for cheap oil when the rest of us aren't even being asked to get better mileage? -[link\|http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=14107\|Molly Ivins]
Post #68,721 by boxley 12/13/02 3:50:20 PM Reply	Actually Ted Stevens would be a better leader too far from the fringes though to get elected to the leadership. His pulled pork might be stifled also. thanx, Bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] I was so poor growing up ... if I wasn't a boy ...I'd have nothing to play with. --Rodney Dangerfield
Post #68,720 by admin 12/13/02 3:48:52 PM Reply	CCC? Intentionally like the KKK? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #68,733 by Simon_Jester 12/13/02 4:06:01 PM Reply	Actually, according to their website - it would be cofcc. Except that their web site is currently down for some reasons. Google has a [link\|http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:UxJsA3BQqkAC:www.cofcc.org/+council+for+conservative+citizens&hl=en&ie=UTF-8\| cache ] of it though.
Post #68,754 by admin 12/13/02 4:29:24 PM Reply	Er. Yeah. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #68,731 by bepatient 12/13/02 4:04:36 PM Reply	Tone and tenor. I'm not even remotely supporting him as the Rep Majority Leader, because as you are aware he has a tendency to act and then think...and since he's not all that bright...well the problems ensue from there... However, the furor surrounding this statement and the immediate cry of racism to me are alot more suspect than the statement itself. The hue and cry come from those who use racism for gain. They have no interest in the truth of the statement at all. At this point, Lott should step down. Whether he meant it as a racist statement or not, the honorable thing to do is walk. But we all know there is no honor inside the beltway. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #68,743 by Silverlock 12/13/02 4:18:52 PM Reply	Re: the furor surrounding this An interesting hypothesis for why all of the furor [link\|http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/2002/12/12_Lott.html\|Here] first and then a [link\|http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/2002/12/13_Lott.html\|followup]. Why should we ask our military to die for cheap oil when the rest of us aren't even being asked to get better mileage? -[link\|http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=14107\|Molly Ivins]
Post #68,755 by Simon_Jester 12/13/02 4:29:50 PM Reply	Interesting... I decided to head out to the cofcc's website. (Part of the damnation of Lott is that he made a speech for them and they're supposed to be a fairly rascist organistion.) The catch is that their website is down. (No surprise there.) It is in google's catch. But, do some digging. Ignore the "Support Lott" articles on the front page. There's a public forum. The oldest post is Dec 11, 2002. hmm... head over to NIC. cofcc was registered 2001 (weird, but okay). Last update, yesterday. hmmm.

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