It was a completely unqualified endorsement of the Thurmond of 1948 AND his policies.

Personally, I hope he stays as Majority Leader. He now has no credibility, and everywhere he goes folks will ask him exactly what he meant by those remarks. Fox News would still interview him weekly, and the people watching will not be hearing, but be thinking of his pro-segrationist stand.

If I were conservative I'd say he's gotta go. It will be difficult to get past those statements, ever. I think when he dies, even if it's 50 years from now, the second thing newscasters will say was that as the Majority Leader he endorsed segregation even as late as 2002.

You know, I think he's just a slow-talking conservative Carville. No more lovable, no less. Any lapse in judgment like they both demonstrate does disqualify either of them as a viable spokesman or leader.

And if he stays, those remarks will follow him everywhere, even into Mississippi.

Did anyone else notice the not-so-subtle remarks regarding liberal segregationist attitudes, and now this happens to the conservatives?

Arf (and now he's trying to deny the remarks were pro-segregation)