Tucker Carlson, wanker

On the November 15 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, host Tucker Carlson claimed he had "never seen any evidence that Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi is a racist.

Carlson also spoke about the same topic on the radio talk-show host Michael Graham, suggesting that if you consider Lott a racist, "you could say the same about every man over 60 ... south of the Mason-Dixon Line."

Carlson didn't mention Lott's history of public statements and actions that are clearly racist and in some instances indicate support for racist entities.

Trent Lott repeatedly made positive comments about the 1948 segregationist presidential campaign of Strom Thurmond. He spoke before the racist Council of Conservative Citizens and praised their "right" philosophy. He voted against the extension of the Voting Rights Act. And that’s just for starters.

This record is well known and unmistakable. Carlson has to know about it. His omission of Lott’s record was clearly intentional. He has to lie to support his arguments. That makes him a wanker.