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This sketchy behaviour is not the exclusive terrain of Democrats. The Republican National Committee just had a three-day event in Palm Beach. Individuals and corporations who donated at least $175,000 over four years were invited to consort with leading Republican leaders including Sen. Trent Lott (R-Mich.), the majority leader, Sen. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), the speaker, and Rep. Robert Livingston (R-La.), chair of the House Appropriations Committee. To give access to and listen to the needs of only those who can pay seems to be a rather odd way of running a democracy...
Those looking to support a good cause could find themselves having lunch with the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, reading a signed copy of Hillary Rodham Clinton's "It Takes a Village" or drinking from old-fashioned bar glasses with Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)--as long as they are willing...
...tentative payoff. For once, no one's lips are forming the words "dead on arrival" to describe the President's plan. But they are guarded. "I'm not sure he has the political stroke yet to get done what he knows has to get done," Senate majority leader Trent Lott told TIME. "I know the budget they're sending up here next week will not be as honest and will have more gimmicks in it than he wanted...
...there no media outcry about Lott's shady past? He has not been challenged for his alleged associations with a group that promoted racism and segregation. And now, as Senate majority leader, he has the power to affect national policy on issues such as affirmative action and welfare reform, areas which directly impact millions of black Americans...
...Lott were held to the same standard as Guinier, he would be driven from office. Yet, Lott will probably escape from this scandal unscathed, perhaps without even being forced to mouth an insincere apology. The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission was disbanded in the 1970s. But the legacy of white supremacy continues to poison out society and to infect national politics...