The Counsel of Trent (Lott Expects to Be Majority Leader Again in 2007)

The American Prowler ^ | 5/10/2005 | The Prowler

[nickcarraway]

I wish Republican leaders were half as determined about triumphing over Democrats, as they were about triumphing over other Republicans.

[nickcarraway]

If Lott is in a position to be Republican leader again, the GOP probably won't have a majority.

[John Lenin]

Message to the GOP, if you want Lott back as leader buy into this sellout deal.

[clee1]

He couldn't do any worse than the arch-wuss, Frist.

[WVNan]

Time to let the Senate and the GOP leadership know that we don't want Lott back. Or maybe it's time for us to organize to get Lott de-elected.

[double_down]

Trent Lott is an idiot if he thinks this deal with the dems will lead to his resurrection as Majority Leader. If he pulls this off (which is doubtful), the conservatives will shun him and he will be lucky to be in charge of cleaning the senate toilets. How someone so politically inept can be elected to the senate, yet alone a leadership position is astounding. Hopefully, this deal will die a quiet death now it is out in the open.

[double_down]

Trent Lott is an idiot if he thinks this deal with the dems will lead to his resurrection as Majority Leader. If he pulls this off (which is doubtful), the conservatives will shun him and he will be lucky to be in charge of cleaning the senate toilets. How someone so politically inept can be elected to the senate, yet alone a leadership position is astounding. Hopefully, this deal will die a quiet death now it is out in the open.

[RJL]

"Different things motivate different people," says the Rules staffer. "In the case of Lott, it's anger over the way he was treated by both his fellow Republicans and the media after the Strom Thurmond dustup.

He wants his old job back, and he wants to see the look on the faces of people like President Bush and Sen. George Allen when he gets it back."

Lott did everything he could to be good friends with the Democrats and they stabbed him in the back. Now he blames President Bush and Senator Allen?

Yeah, I want this guy in charge of the Senate Republicans.

/Sarcasm

[Howlin]

Really? Who exactly do you think got us into this mess?

Take a wild guess.

[Howlin]

I wish Republican leaders were half as determined about triumphing over Democrats, as they were about triumphing over other Republicans.

I wish you'd put that on a bumper sticker.

[Howlin]

He wants his old job back, and he wants to see the look on the faces of people like President Bush and Sen. George Allen when he gets it back."

Whatever was said about Trent Lott back when he made a complete fool of himself wasn't bad enough, IMO.

[TFine80]

The guy wasted years of GOP control approving huge Clinton budgets and let Clinton get away with murder on dozens of issues time after time...

Gimme a break.

[Petronski]

[Mo1]

He will NEVER get his job back

in fact he lucky to even still be in the Senate after what he did

[LegendHasIt]

Lott was a mistake the first time he was selected majority leader. Although the putative reason he stepped down was "much ado about nothing" I was still glad to see the spineless wimp go.

That he was replaced by someone not much better is no reason to be happy that the exact same mistake could be made twice.

I'm about |-| this far from leaving the Republican Party anyway. Bringing Lott back as Majority (or more likely, Minority) Leader would be a final insult to true conservatives.

[martin_fierro]

Poor dumb Trent was dropped on his head back in his cheerleading days.

[Gunslingr3]

"Different things motivate different people," says the Rules staffer. "In the case of Lott, it's anger over

bases and federal pork drying up on the gravy train to Mississippi.

I wonder if Rummy's comment was the semaphore to Lott that a deal can be made to pull the rug out from underneath the Democrats 'compromise' minority veto power over judicial nominations.

[John Lenin]

They underestimate the fallout from backing down on judges. I am waiting to donate any more money to the GOP until I see how they handle this.

[Sonny M]

If he pulls this off (which is doubtful), the conservatives will shun him and he will be lucky to be in charge of cleaning the senate toilets.

Tell me you couldn't visualize someone like Senator Coburn hitting him.

[Howlin]

I'm about |-| this far from leaving the Republican Party anyway. Bringing Lott back as Majority (or more likely, Minority) Leader would be a final insult to true conservatives.

I am in what a few people around here call the "middle."

And I am right with you; if they reelect him, that will be the end of my DECADES long association with the GOP. I've about had enough.