Gordon Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments

Huffington Post is reporting that Sen. Gordon Smith of Oregon is now defending the infamous remarks that Trent Lott made several years ago about how much better the world would have been if then-Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond had won the presidency.

Here's the video:

And on top of it all, as Election Central points out, his defense of Lott was quite the opposite at the time, when he condemned the Senator and said "His statement goes against everything I and the people of Oregon believe in."

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Another flip flop?

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SandyH on December 18, 2007 at 06:17 PM

Has he learned anything new? A comment stands and is proof of attitude. Poor Lott, he needs a shield to hold his tongue. Do you think there is anyone that will believe Trent Lott was just trying to give Thurman a compliment on his last day and mis-spoke?

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freeforall on December 19, 2007 at 04:34 PM

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