Newsbusters:

Sen. Harry Reid said Republican Senate leader Trent Lott’s decision to relinquish his post Friday came as no surprise.

“He had no alternative,” the Nevada Democrat and Senate minority leader said. “Senator Lott dug himself a hole and he didn’t dig it all in one setting. He dug it over the years. And he couldn’t figure out a way to get out of it.” [...]

Lott’s resignation Friday culminated a controversy over his racially insensitive comments at Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday party.

Lott said that Mississippians were proud to have voted for Thurmond in 1948 on the pro-segregationist Dixiecrat ticket.

Asked if the episode would serve as a warning to weigh his own words carefully, Reid said: “You play how you practice.”

“If you tell ethnic jokes in the backroom, it’s that much easier to say ethnic things publicly. I’ve always practiced how I play.”

So Reid has always practiced as he’s played?

Well, then maybe media members who hounded Lott until he resigned his leadership role in 2002 should reference what Reid said at the time and force him to practice as he plays now.

Alas, I wouldn’t hold one’s breath.

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It was revealed today that Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid referred to Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one”.  First, what is a “Negro dialect” and what exactly does the leading Democrat in the Senate mean by this?  In fact, what does being “light skinned” matter if liberals are colorblind.  Here’s an excerpt from the AP report:

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate apologized on Saturday for comments he made about Barack Obama’s race during the 2008 presidential bid and are quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada described in private then-Sen. Barack Obama as “light skinned” and “with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.” Obama is the nation’s first African-American president.

“I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments,” Reid said in a statement released after the excerpts were first reported on the Web site of The Atlantic.

“I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama’s legislative agenda.” Continued…

The question remains, will the Democrats be as outraged with Harry Reid’s racially charged comments and force him to step down as they were with the benign comments made in 2002 by Republican Trent Lott ?  Somehow I doubt it.  After all, Pelosi and Reed are the puppeteers who control the strings of their “light skinned” president with no “Negro dialect”.

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