Republicans Cast Their Lott

I’m concerned, as an American citizen, about the Republican Party’s mindset. If I were an actual Republican, I’d be even more concerned.

Just a few days after suffering one of the most thorough political routs this country has seen, the Republicans just voted in Sen. Trent Lott as their No. 2 man in the Senate. Was there something about the recent midterm elections they didn’t understand? Four years ago, those same Republicans voted to dump Lott as their Majority Leader because of remarks he made praising racial segregation in the South. Well, actually, they dumped him because of the furor over Lott’s comments more than for the comments themselves. Still, doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is good enough for me.

Now, just after the rest of the country joined those Republican Senators in dumping many other Republicans around the country, I’ll be damned if they didn’t just put the man back in a leadership position. Did Lott admit he was impaired, check himself into some sort of rehabilitation program, and get well, while no one was looking? That seems to be the modus operandi of disgraced political leaders these days.

The smarter Republicans will understand what the 2004 elections meant. The others have cast their Lott elsewhere, showing once again that you just can’t help some people.