The Difference: I Don't Think Harry Reid Is A Racist, But I'm Pretty Sure Trent Lott Is.

[WillyT]

From 1999..

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The Reality of the United Statesmen: Trent Lott, Politics and the Council of Conservative Citizens

The Senate Majority Leader of the United States of America is Trent Lott. He is the first native of Mississippi ever to hold the Senate's top leadership post. This position is far from symbolic. In the current United States political system, the position holds great prestige and responsibility. Since his elevation to the position in 1996, Trent Lott has been and is presently, one of the country’s most powerful and influential elected officials.

We recently witnessed Trent Lott being hailed as a great visionary statesman during the impeachment proceedings William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States of America. However, there is a hidden aspect of Trent Lott’s reality that involves his long association with a well-known white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens, also known as the CCC.

The Council of Conservative Citizens is an outgrowth of the notorious White Citizens' Councils—referred to during the civil rights era as the "uptown Klan." Back then, their members held documented white supremacist views and involved themselves in racist actions, however, they also occupied official legislative and judicial positions, which enabled them to work legally to establish discriminatory practices aimed at non-whites. Gordon Lee Baum, head of the CCC, states that the organization is "pro-white but not racist."

In this current day and time, the CCC appears to be following the same membership patterns with many members holding politically influential government positions as evidenced by the recent truths that have been uncovered.

The purpose of this writing is not to validate the views of Senator Trent Lott or those held by the Council of Conservative Citizens, nor to condemn them. The purpose of this factual analysis is to show another side of this controversy that many may not be aware of.

When charges surfaced at the end of last year suggesting that Senator Trent Lott supported the organization and had strong ties to the organization, the Senate Majority Leader’s spokesman deliberately lied and misled the media, the country, and others, downplaying his ties to the organizations and denying Lott’s knowledge of their views.

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More: http://www.truthinstitute.org/Trent_Lott_FA_vol1_1.htm

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[tosh]

1. Truth. nt.

[MrScorpio]

2. It doesn't surprise me that the GOP can't recognize racism when they see it

They're trying hard to make the whole world blind to it as they are

[WillyT]

3. What Do Ya Think They're Up To... Racial Relativism ???

They pull that "moral relativism" crap on us all the time.

Is this something new... more of the same???

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[MrScorpio]

5. Exactly

They can't change. So it's easy to see where they're coming from

[alphafemale]

4. Trent Lott blatently stated that the country would be better off if the segregationalists had won

That's much different from the harsh truth of Reid acknowledging the truth (though awkwardly) that Barack had a better shot at winning than he would have if he'd have been darker in skin tone.