[cotton1706]

Another liberal republican heard from!

Fresh off his support for Thad Cochran, no surprise that Lott hates Cruz and supports Kasich.

[Darksheare]

Someone send him and Thad a bunch of “Dolly the party sheep” blow up dolls.

[Frank_2001]

Well, what WAS Cruz supposed to call him? “Truth-challenged”? /s;)

[nickcarraway]

But he wouldn’t throw out any actual criminals, or a Democrat for no reason.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Mr. Lott is a steaming pile of GOPe.

[txrangerette]

The people of Texas sent Cruz into that cesspool to shine the light of truth there.

Lott and his ilk = exactly why it stinks to high heaven.

Thank you, Ted.

[SuzyQue]

So, he would have covered for the liar?

[irishjuggler]

Man, the hits just keep on comin’. Dole, McCain, McConnell, Boehner, Lindsey Graham... now Lott. Hating Ted is like a litmus test for GOP sell-outs.

[fungoking]

Didn't read the article. Does ever say that Cruz was wrong, or just wrong for telling the truth?

[PAR35]

Perhaps if the corrupt Republican machine types wouldn’t lie, they wouldn’t have folks calling them liars.

[econjack]

Having been majority leader, I've never had someone stand on the Senate floor and call me a liar...

Perhaps they should have and they definitely need to with McConnell.

[wiley]

Not just a liberal, a weak-knee coward.

[SoFloFreeper]

[Iron Munro]

Punishment for the independent thinkers, bonuses and decorations for the loyal serfs.

It’s the Uniparty way.

[TBP]

Oh, good, another voice of the liberal Establishment in the GOP goes after Ted. Thank you, Trent Lott.

[Jukeman]

That’s ok Trent, at least you got your ass thrown out. Justice, justice, justice.

[G Larry]

Hey Trent!

“Majority Leader” does NOT mean DICTATOR!!

[JohnG45]

Referring to newly elected Senators and Representative who may have the audacity to actually represent the wishes of their constituents, Trent Lott said:

"As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them."

[wny]

Yet another spineless, pathetic, RINO has-been crawls out of the woodwork to bash a conservative. I haven’t heard any criticism from Trent Lott (Loser-MS) about Hillary, Obama or Sanders. They’re not called the stupid party for nothing.

[Ohioan]

Lott lost his leadership position in disgrace, when he let the "Politically Correct" bullies humiliate him over his having toasted Strom Thurmond--a truly great American--at the latter's 100th birthday party, after Strom retired. Lott apologized for having honored Thurmond in a disgusting combination of moral cowardice and stupidity.

For those who do not know the history, it was Strom Thurmond's coming over to the Republican Party in 1964, to support Barry Goldwater, which set in motion the realignment that made the Reagan victory possible in 1980, as well as the appointment of Conservatives to the Supreme Court.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Ted may have been right, but doing that gained him nothing. There are times when advocating a certain position is going to piss off some people, but there's nothing to be done about that. That's unavoidable.

What is avoidable are things like the "liar" speech. It accomplished nothing other than permanently alienating people who have the ability to influence who wins the nomination. Or, conversely, to oppose him vindictively even if they are sympathetic to some of his views.

Firing up people who already agree with you is not enough to offset alienating those who do not yet agree with you, but might be persuadable.

That's Ted's biggest flaw as a candidate.