"I want to say this about my state," Lott said last Thursday. "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it," he said to applause. "And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either."

I just don't see how he could have made that statement without forseeing people reading it as a slam against the Civil Rights movement. How can you?

Apologize all he wants, Trent Lott is still an asshole for having said that...a perfect example of assholes getting ahead in life.