LBN article here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2615578Trent Lott’s history of involvement with the CCC:
In 1997 Lott met held a private meeting with CCC leaders in his Washington, D.C. office, a photo and account of the meeting appeared in the CCC's publication, Citizens Informer, later that year.
In 1997 the CCC used an endorsement quote from Lott for a direct mailing campaign.
In 1995 Lott addressed an audience in attendance at a Mississippi-based CCC event
In 1992 Lott was the featured speaker and issued strong praise of the CCC at its national conference.
The Spring 1989 edition of Citizens Informer, features a photo of Lott with his uncle, who is identified as an executive of the CCC, and his cousin, who's identified as a CCC general member.
Lott's column has been a regular feature of Citizens Informer for several years.
http://www.truthinstitute.org/Trent_Lott_FA_vol1_1.htmhttp://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=487Though it had deep roots in Southern politics and claimed 15,000 members — more than the Ku Klux Klan has boasted for decades — the white-supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) was a mystery to most Americans until 1998. Late that year, a scandal erupted over prominent Southern politicians' ties to the brazenly racist group.
At first, even the politicians in question claimed they didn't know what this Council was all about. Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi, who had spoken to the group five times, once telling its members they "stand for the right principles and the right philosophy," claimed he had "no firsthand knowledge" of it.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=315What follows is a list of office-holding politicians who have appeared at CCC events since 2000 and their responses to requests for comment. Not included are dozens of mayors, county sheriffs and other lower-level officials. Also not included are politicians who no longer hold office or failed to win election.
Haley Barbour (R)
Governor
Term ends: 2008
CCC links: As a gubernatorial candidate, attended the July 19, 2003, Black Hawk Barbecue in Carroll County, sponsored by the CCC to raise money for private academy school buses, where he was photographed with CCC Field Director Bill Lord. A Barbour campaign official, Shannon Warnock, spoke to the Greater Jackson and Southern Magnolia CCC in Pearl on July 24, 2003.
Comment: Barbour spokeswoman Kathryn Stewart said Barbour "opposes any racist views." Warnock said Barbour discouraged her but did not forbid her to speak to the CCC. Barbour later appointed Warnock to the state Pardons and Parole Board.