"I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."
When Strom Thurmond ran for president in 1948 he ran as a 'Dixiecrat', on a platform supporting racial segregation. Trent Lott was not only praising a racist scumbag; he was also still advocating for segregation. Harry Reid made a goofy statement about Barack Obama not talking like most other Black men. If you think those two situations are comparable, then you're an idiot.
Personally, I'd like to see Harry Reid removed as majority leader but that's because he's a wimp, not because he still uses the word 'Negro'.
