Well, Trent Lott does a call in to Larry King tonight. And it’s already been taped. And TPM’s got the transcript. And well, let’s just go to the tape.
The first run through about Lott’s opinions about Strom Thurmond’s 1948 candidacy?
Having said that, you know, I see — I was 7 years old when, you know, Strom first ran for president. I don’t really remember anything about the campaign.
And would Thurmond have been a better president than Harry Truman?
KING: But you don’t think he’d of been a better president, say, than Harry Truman who defeated him that year?
LOTT: You know, I’d have to go back and look at the election of that year. Harry Truman obviously did a lot of great things for our country, and, you know, I was trying to remember who the Republican nominee was…
KING: Dewey. Tom Dewey.
LOTT: Yes, it was Dewey. I don’t — you know, I couldn’t tell you one thing about what Dewey’s policies were at the time. I remember the headline, you know, that Dewey wins.
KING: Yes, Dewey defeats…
LOTT: Yes, Harry Truman won. But, you know, one of the things that people don’t even, you know, remember is that his running mate was a guy named Fielding Wright from my state.
Are we in meltdown mode now?
