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Where was the President: now we know

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Further clarification on Trent Lott and the President:

Thanks to a tip from Matt Bliven, whose fine weblog, “Failsafe Point,” dealing with the environment, energy issues and nuclear weapons, can be found at the Nation magazine’s website (www.thenation.com), here’s a caption from today’s Yahoo.com news site that accompanies a rather vivid and convivial photo of Strom T, the President, and Trent (side by side) celebrating the infamous birthday.

Mon Dec 23, 2:37 PM ET

YEAREND PICTURES 2002 – Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) waves at his 100th birthday party hosted by President George W. Bush (news – web sites) at the White House December 6, 2002. From the left are Bush, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), Thurmond’s daughter Julie Thurmond Whitmer, and Thurmond’s wife Nancy. Lott chose to give up his position as Senate majority leader following comments he made at the party. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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It seems to me that some reporter somewhere should go back and revisit this event, now that the evidence is in front of us, and ask about what the President did in those seven lost days, missing time out of the twilight zone of American racial politics, before he delivered his stern rebuke. Tom

YEAREND PICTURES 2002 – Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) waves at his 100th birthday party hosted by President George W. Bush (news – web sites) at the White House December 6, 2002. From the left are Bush, Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), Thurmond’s daughter Julie Thurmond Whitmer, and Thurmond’s wife Nancy. Lott chose to give up his position as Senate majority leader following comments he made at the party. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

To view the photo click here

It seems to me that some reporter somewhere should go back and revisit this event, now that the evidence is in front of us, and ask about what the President did in those seven lost days, missing time out of the twilight zone of American racial politics, before he delivered his stern rebuke. Tom