maineman
Banned
Lott said that during Thurmond's 100th birthday or some event like that; any sane person can understand what he actually meant by it, regardless of your spin.
so...you admit that Trent Lott did, in fact say, that our nation would be better off today if Strom Thurmond had been elected president in 1948, but you want to suggest that "sane" people would understand that he didn't really MEAN that America would be better off today if we had elected a racist segregationist whose platform included a ban on interracial marriage?
sure.
WHY would America have been better today if we had elected a staunch segregationist in 1948? Why would Lott say that we WOULD have been better if he didn't MEAN it?
Words have meanings. You need to deal with that.