Much clouds has been raised lately and still continue to be raise following the politically insensitive comments Senator Lott issued at a ceremony celebrating the 100th birthday of the outgoing senator Thurmond of South Carolina. Although, I greatly agree that his comments are insensitive and perhaps wrong, to which I condemn him, I think we also ought to question the motive of the democratic party over making too much mayhem out of this. Al Gore and Sen. Kerry both 2004 presidential hopefuls have not only condemned Sen. Lott for his comments but have now carved it as part of their platform for attacking the GOP on race. Which begs the big question. Is the democratic party exploiting this issue for their belief in civil rights or just another political gimmick aimed at regaining the white house come 2004? To my opinion, it is the later. The democratic party has not lived to their so-called party of inclusivity. The administration of presidential Clinton, the guy that claimed to be champion of civil rights in our era, was the least racially diverse than any other U.S. president for the past few decades. This is a clear demonstration that the democratic party only talks the talk but never walks the walk. Why haven't we seen the democratic senators draft a proposal aimed at condemning Sen. Lott's comments. Well, they did when Jesse Jackson made some light comments on the Jews. To the surprise of many, this is actually not the first time for a racially insensitive statement to me made by a high ranking senator. Senator Bard of West Virginia went on national TV and used the "N"- word. Why was he not asked to quit the senate. So, brother's and sister's let's not fool ourselves by the political move of the democratic party. As far as I am concern, they are all the same when it comes to race. Sen. Lott may be the only one that disclosed what was in his heart but they all possess the same motives. -- Abdoulie Jallow ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~