[lovelyivy84]

Originally posted by Love_Spell_6


I will have to correct you. The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for his censure and the Black Leadership forum is calling for him to step down. Also, numrous African American Congress people have called for Lott to step down.

This is not an assumption. This is a fact. Yes some members of his party have expressed concern about what was said, but by far, the outcry is coming from the Democrats and African Americans.

I disagree. Granted we had those centures, but they followed the President's words and the outcry amongst republicans. Watching the news and reading the NYTimes this morning it appeared that Democrats (not blacks, but the Dem party) were trying VERY hard not to pounce on it first because they didn't want to make it a party issue. There was a good article about the outrage amongst black republicans in particular (JC Watts excluded of course). THey face so much censure from their communities that his words were like a slap in the face. With the elections in 2004 this is not the image that the republican party will feel it needs. He might go. I'd be SURPRISED if he went, but not SHOCKED.