What happened to: No Pooftahs!
Posted on 11/15/2006 7:50:00 AM PST by jmc1969
Breaking
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Just damn.
Why, oh WHY does that not surprise me?
What a mess.
Yes, now you're a member of the One Percenters ;o)
Come on now, what's fairer than trying a case about getting an insurance company to pay for something they never insured in front of a jury made up of people who are trying to get an insurance company to pay for something they never insured!
*Rolling my eyes*
What happened to: No Pooftahs!
And now here we are, back in the wilderness.
Well, I managed to turn on a dime today......that's for sure.
This is the proverbial last straw for me.'
I am still a Bush supporter, but even I know he's screwed now.
Lott wants to redeem himself. He won't get back into majority leadership by screwing over the base and being only 1 or 2 short of a majority puts it within reach. I think it is far more likely that his goal is to be viewed as manuevering the GOP into taking back the Senate than simply being seen as a MinL who effectively working with the Dems to reach compromises. By nature he's not as effective in the majority as he can be in the minority.
I'm not at all thrilled by all this, but it isn't necessarily a big negative. This is kind of a capitalistic move, trying to harness self-interest motives for mutual gain, and I can see how it might work. And I mean, c'mon, what were you expecting? This is the Senate GOP, when have they ever been the torchbearer for conservatism? It has always been the House, so expecting the Senate GOP to swing strongly conservative in leadership was unrealistic. At least we have Mitch, and what was the alternative to Lott, Lamar Alexander? Given that choice I'd probably go with Lott, too. Someone like Sessions would be great, but that just wasn't going to happen. Senators like Cornyn are still too young to have mastered the system, and since the squishy moderate side of the Senate GOP was going to get something thrown their way, at least we get some potential insider procedural expertise as #2 rather than the squishy mod candidate for #1. Not making the best of a bad situation, but perhaps a decent compromise. The real action is going to be in the House leadership elections.
I'm taking a wait and see position.
Watching and waiting dalight!
And their much closer view has led to their loss of the majority.
We want that thinking changed - we want the majority and we want conservatives that WILL WORK FOR CONSERVATIVE GOALS - NOT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND SOCIALISM.
"Holy macaca!
Are they nuts!?!"
You do realize that the other candidate was Lamar Alexander, don't you?
In a way, many on FR seem to agree with the Dems - that the pubbies have been wrong all along and deserved to lose.
This seems to confirm it.
"At least we have Mitch, and what was the alternative to Lott, Lamar Alexander? Given that choice I'd probably go with Lott, too."
What's this? Somebody else who actually read the article?
Amazing.
He and his brother-in-law, Dickie Scruggs, are going to be the death of any contract written in this country if he wins. (And what are the chances he won't -- in front of juries made up of people fighting insurance companies over things that weren't covered???)
Howlin,
If you'll feel better, think of who the dems' senate leaders are...Reid and Durbin. If the media wants to focus on Lott's comments, then, the alternative media can focus on Reid's comment about killing the patriot act and Durbin comparing our soldiers to the Killing Fields etc.
Kate
So, you thought Lott did a great job on the Impeachment trial? Or on power sharing with Daschle?
Like choosing between a root canal and an appendectomy.
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