Senate Republicans make pilgrimage to historic civil rights sites

[Judi Lynn]

Senate Republicans make pilgrimage to historic civil rights sites

NANCY ZUCKERBROD, Associated Press Writer
Friday, February 13, 2004


(02-13) 23:27 PST MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) --

Following a pledge to reach out to black voters, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist led a largely Republican group of senators through the South as they visited sites important to the 1960s civil rights movement.

Frist became leader of the Senate when then-Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott was ousted after he appeared to praise Strom Thurmond's pro-segregation presidential campaign in 1948.

Frist said he hopes the trip will be "a catalyst that will make us a better United States Senate.

"I grew up in the South, but this will be a learning experience for me. I was only 10 or 11 years old when this happened," said Frist, a Republican from Tennessee.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/02/13/national0227EST0418.DTL

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[Newsjock]

1. Darn it, stop posting Onion articles as LBN

Ohwait. This isn't The Onion, is it. This is the AP. Sheesh.

:)

[Terran]

2. No sense

of perspective, of propriety, of irony. None. What. So. Ever.

[murielm99]

3. The Congressional Black Caucus gives Frist an F on civil rights issues,

just as they did Lott. Frist just does not have as big a mouth, I guess.

[silverweb]

4. Oh, please....

Is there anyone who doesn't see through the self-serving hypocrisy there?

:eyes:

[Racenut20]

5. If I were black I would be disgusted.

But since I am white, I guess I will only puke and go on with the day.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

6. If I were Black, I'd be COMPLETELY convinced...

...by this heartfelt demonstration that these GOP senators were going to support Black goals and issues from this day forward.

Yeah, sure.

If I were Black and really believed what I just wrote, you should just haul me away to the looney-bin.

[dbt]

7. Frist was slightly misquoted.

He really hopes the trip will be a cattle-ist: Moo!

:evilgrin:
dbt

[zbdent]

8. Wasn't the last civil rights thing that the Repubs supported

the right for women to vote?

After that, there was a vast wasteland until the push for the "liberation of the Iraqi Oil, er, people!"