Trent Lott isn't either.
Nor is Jesse Helms.
Really, they are/were nice guys. Not racists at all. I mean, sure, they pandered to racists. But, you know, they weren't really racists themselves. It's just...politics, right? They just always did and said things against the interests of African-Americans to get votes - not because they themselves are bigots.
What a load of crap. As is the continued insistence that George Bush isn't anti-gay.
