Tue
Jan
12
As much as Republican critics would like to use the incident for partisan purposes, Reid’s blundering comments were made in the context of supporting an African-American candidate, not praising a segregationist one.
— Bingo. Yes, it was a dumb thing to say, but it’s a far cry from Lott’s “wouldn’t it have been awesome of we had a segregationist as President?” Ruth Marcus: What was Sen. Harry Reid thinking? - RocNow.com