When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We`re proud of him. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn`t have had all these problems over all these years either.
Lott reflects on support for Thurmond and suggests that following his lead could have prevented historical issues.
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I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.
Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.
You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.
First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.