More Hypocrisy from Lott

In this New York Times article, Trent Lott says, "Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”

Lott's gaffe, is not the first of his career. Remember this one:

"When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over the years, either"

Lott is proud of Strom's support of racial segregation, despite the fact that Strom obviously was not practicing what he preached in his personal relations:

An attorney for the family of former U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina confirmed Monday that in 1925, when he was 22, Thurmond fathered a child with a black teenage housekeeper.

It should not be surprising to find Lott in another gaffe because he is a hypocrite -- just like Strom Thurmond. The only exception is that I believe Thurmond actually repented from his racist views, however there is nothing to suggest to me that Lott has changed his narrow views. He obviously still believes that the views of the little people (especially those who listen to talk radio -- Gawd forbid) in America don't matter, despite the fact that it is just these people who sent him to Washington. And while I support, in large part, the immigration bill that Lott is seeking to pass, I don't believe his outright dismissal of the views of Americans on this issue is appropriate of a senior legislator in the United States Senate.