Here's hoping the Democrats pass on this suggestion

Mike Lyon calls Andrew Jackson the "patriarch of our party," and says we need another Old Hickory in the White House.

Well, Jackson is dead, and--alas for Trent Lott--so is Strom Thurmond. But even Thurmond's racism couldn't compare with Jackson's. He not only worked tirelessly to remove Native Americans from their land and was the architect of what eventually became the Trail of Tears--he also sold slaves.