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11:46 PM
by Scoobie Davis
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Atrios' response to Trent Lott's latter-day endorsement of Strom's 1948 presidental candidacy, he reprints a 1948 Mississippi ballot. Lott's statements are little surprise to those of us familiar with his Confederacy-loving ideology. Lott was able to dodge a bullet due to a lazy press regarding his chumminess with the racist Council of Conservative Citizens (which is nothing more than the old White Citizens Councils repackaged). Lott once also spoke about how "the spirit of Jefferson Davis" was in the Republican Party platform. The Party of Lincoln, my ass.