Identify these quotes: Part 2 of 2 (the answers)

If you haven't read Part 1 of this post duo, hit it first.

“…I love this quote. It’s from Mahatma Gandhi. He ran a gas station down in St Louis for a couple of years.” Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) 2004 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1Mq8kOXV_E&mode=related&search=)Speaking at Democratic event

“You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts if you don’t have a slight Indian accent.” Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) 2006
Expressing his commitment to the growing South Asian population in Deleware.

"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either.” Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) 2002
Comment at Senator Strom Thurmond’s birthday party

"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." Sen. Biden 2006
When asked to comment about fellow perspective Presidential candidate Barack Obama

"This fellow here, over here with the yellow shirt, macaca, or whatever his name is. He's with my opponent. He's following us around everywhere. And it's just great," Senatorial candidate George Allen (R-VA) 2006
Pointing out opponent Jim Webb’s representative S.R. Sidarth at a rally (macaca being an obscure French slur meaning monkey)

"My old mom told me, 'Robert, you can't go to heaven if you hate anybody.' We practice that. There are white niggers. I've seen a lot of white niggers in my time. I'm going to use that word. We just need to work together to make our country a better country, and I'd just as soon quit talking about it so much." Sen. (and former Klansman) Robert Byrd (D-WV) 2001
Comment (ironically) made to explain his past segregationist political positions and history with the Klan

I personally think these statements run the gamut from kind of funny (Clinton) to pretty much offensive to people of all races (Biden 2007), but there is an important distinction. All those with a ‘D’ after their name suffered no repercussions and very little media scrutiny for their statements, while Lott lost his leadership position and Webb’s gaff was on the front page of the Washington Post for 4 days straight and received at least 10 times that much total ink in the Post during the 2006 campaign (which likely lost him the election). How can a pass be given for use of the N word by a former Klansman and segregationist (regardless of its context) on a major news outlet and yet the PRIVATE comments for Thurmond (also a reformed segregationist) at the 100 year olds birthday party finishes Lott’s political career.