w1ld wrote:
] ] "MSNBC TV has uncovered footage from October 2000 in
] ] which Sen. Trent Lott is heard saying Strom Thurmond
] ] %u201Cshould have been president,%u201D a reference to
] ] Thurmond%u2019s 1948 presidential candidacy. It was
] ] Lott%u2019s praise two weeks ago for Thurmond%u2019s
] ] presidential bid that caused a storm of criticism and
] ] claims that Lott was endorsing racial segregation. Senate
] ] Republicans will meet Jan. 6 to weigh Lott%u2019s fate.
] ] Right now, Lott doesn%u2019t have the 26 Senate
] ] Republican votes needed to keep his job as majority
] ] leader, sources told NBC%u2019s Tim Russert."
] ] THE 2000 VIDEO footage comes from a formal signing ceremony
] for a
] ]defense spending bill.
] ] As Thurmond, who was the Senate president pro tempore
] at
] ] the time, puts his signature on the bill, Lott is heard in
] the
] ] background saying, “now this is a famous signature right
] here.”
] ] A woman’s voice then praises Thurmond’s pro-military
] ] record, to which Lott replies that Thurmond “should have
] been
] ] president in 1947, I think it was.”
]
] There is always the smoking gun video. ;)

my favorite was his 'exclusive interview' on BET this weekend.