Krauthammer comes through again:
What is so appalling about Lott’s remarks is not the bigotry but the blindness. One should be very hesitant about ascribing bigotry. It is hard to discern what someone feels in his heart of hearts. It is less hard to discern what someone sees, particularly if he tells you. Lott sees the civil rights movement and “all these problems over all these years.” He missed the whole story.
Backbenchers might be permitted such a lack of vision. Leaders are not. Lott must step down.
Exactly right.
The Dish 