I think there is one standard for Democrats and another for Republicans.

A Democrat like former Klu Klux Klan member Robert C. Byrd, Senator from West Virginia, can repeat the racist phrase "White Niggers" twice while speaking on national TV and it is considered completely acceptable by Democrats. The only penance required is a written apology from his office.

A Mississippi Republican Senator, Trent Lott made the comment at the 100th birthday party of Senator Strom Thurmond:
"I want to say this about my state: 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 all these years, either."

There arose a hew and cry from Democrats across the country about his "racist" remarks that even 4 public verbal apologies for any thing his remarks might have inferred was not good enough for the Democrats. Eventually he had to resign.

The prevailing justification is the Republicans are mean and Democrats are fighting for the rights of the average American. Therefore Democrats can do things that Republicans are not allowed to do.

I am not a Republican or a Democrat. I think for myself. I change my position whenerve I find out I am wrong.

Old Guy