Courtesy of The Note:

Here is what Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi, said yesterday at Senator Strom Thurmond's birthday party, according to ABCNEWS' O'Keefe. "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had of followed our lead we wouldn't of had all these problems over all these years, either."

Let's see... Thurmond ran on the Dixiecrat ticket, a third party that broke away from the Democratic Party when it changed its platform to support civil rights. So, what exactly does Lott think would be better about this country if the Dixiecrats had won?