Jed Marum calls Lott a "good man assassinated by the press."

Gimme a break, Jed. Lott brought himself down with racist comments that are completely consistent with his public stances going back to his student days when he stopped his stopped his fraternity from being integrated.

"A holiday for Martin Luther King? Not in my beloved Mississippi," said Senator Lott.

The fact is, Lott's views have been well known for many years. That he rose to such heights of power means too many of us in America, especially those of us in positions of power, are still living in the too recent past of legal segregation in much of America.