On Lott as Minority No. 2 ...

Here's some irony for you: openly racist, old school "Dixiecrat" nostalgic senior Senator from Mississippi gets bumped back into the Republican leadership as if nothing ever happened four years ago. Note: Mississippi's history and ole' boy way of seeing things. Also note: racially challenged ole' boy Senator from Mississippi just gets back from the campaign trail after beating down an underfunded African American Democratic nominee making the first real challenge to Lott's incumbency in a long time.

But then, for all their talk about wanting to change what is the poorest state in the Union, Mississippians still vote Lott back in, even with an opportunity to make history by electing the state's first Black Senator and seriously shedding the cross-burning past once and for all - some Black folks down there even mulled a Lott vote because "he brings home the bacon that gets us the jobs." Let's not even get into that ...

The irony is after somehow breaking away from his culturally challenged past and ducking an admirable challenge from a lowly Black State Rep., Lott is back in his party's leadership, obviously vying for the Leader spot he's always cherished. Within one election cycle, he simultaneously snubs both Black people and the Republicans (outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) most notably among them) that he feels betrayed him four years ago, possibly attributing GOP losses last week to some sort of kharma that favors him. The fact that GOP Senators are blessing him for this spot speaks volumes about where their collective head is and how that mentality will continue keep Black folks in perpetual and justifiable distrust of them.