Fire, Ready, Aim — Huh?

It's been said of old that "there are three items that don't come back—a spent arrow, a spoken word and a lost opportunity." Is this simply a trite phrase of days gone by or is there a powerful lesson for us to consider? You might want to call up U.S. Senator Trent Lott and ask him what he thinks. I'm sure he has a few words to share on the subject, but only now after uttering a string of 27 unforgettable words that will trail him the rest of his life.

Until recently, Lott was expected to resume the office of Senate majority leader, which is arguably the second or third most influential office in American politics. Lott had certainly come a long way from his humble beginnings as the son of a sharecropper turned shipbuilder in Pascagoula, Mississippi. But how far he had stepped out of his past remained uncertain to some of his fellow citizens, especially after comments made at a gathering for a retiring senator.

Let's rewind the tape

Let's rewind the tape so we can understand what happened. In the beginning of December there was a birthday celebration for retiring 100-year-old Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Many assembled dignitaries offered congratulations and sentimental thoughts regarding the Senate's senior member. But what Lott said regarding the legacy of the retiring centenarian is what would be remembered. More than birthday candles were about to be blown out that day.

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