Because Frist as SML was a spineless weasel Liberals lap dog himself just like Lott before him. No matter how bad people wanted to make Frist out to be a conservative it couldn't be done anymore than giving a pig a bubble bath and painting it's toe nails red could make it a Poodle.
Frist was fast tracked to SML because he was a yes man to Bush on all issues right or wrong. He was also a yes man to much of the DEMs agenda as well. Lott=Frist and Frist=Lott no major difference in the overall outcome. BTW look up Columbia Health Care now HCA +Frist on search and you'll understand Frist a lot better. Frist Care=Hillary Care. Don't be shocked about it he was a major backer of it in Tennessee while he was a senator. The state was nearly bankrupt and good old Frist kept helping secure federal funding for it without demanding accountability. Where do you think Frist got his Medicare reform ideas from? It was Hillary.
Very well stated. I just received this from Sen Elizabeth Dole in email — she is on the side of Inhofe and Sessions. Looks like she doesn’t trust the NRSC for donations or the Bush folks:
Dear friend,
When it comes to amnesty for illegal aliens, I’ve never paused, hesitated or stammered – I say I’m flat out opposed to it!
I opposed amnesty when I ran for the U.S. Senate in 2002. I fought to defeat the amnesty bill that passed the Senate in 2006. I fought tooth and nail to take down the amnesty bill that ultimately failed on Thursday.
In fact, I cast the deciding procedural vote Wednesday night that ultimately broke up the coalition of Senators who were trying to ram this bill through the Senate. (click to read article).
The immigration problem indeed raises many tough questions – and I am certain that the bill Harry Reid was finally forced to pull off the Senate floor Thursday night is NOT the answer.
This legislation put the cart ahead of the horse. It rushed to legalize millions of illegal aliens – that is NOT the urgent matter at hand. We must deal with the real crisis and first focus on securing our borders and enforcing our laws. We are a nation of laws – it’s time we act like it!
Up to a million illegal aliens cross the porous southern border each year.
No immigration reform legislation will succeed – not even good reform (which the Kennedy bill was NOT) – unless our borders are secure.
For decades, Americans have been promised a secure border, but it hasn’t happened. Consider the recent legislation that authorized 700 miles of fencing – astoundingly, just TWO miles have been constructed!
Americans are rightly cynical about any promises to secure the border.
My parameters are simple: One, we must secure the border. Two, we must enforce the laws already on the books and empower law enforcement officials to do their jobs enforcing them. Then and only then we can take up immigration reform.
I must be honest with you, many of my colleagues in Congress disagree with me. And President Bush disagrees with me.
The Democrats have promised to soon bring this bad bill back to the Senate floor, and the Democrats are planning a major political assault on me for my opposition. They will use this to try to hurt me in the upcoming election.
Be assured, I will stand firmly against this bill. I don’t care what the political pundits, the media, or the liberals say or think – because I reject the notion that granting amnesty to millions of illegal aliens will solve our country’s out of control immigration problem. I can wage this fight as long as I know you are standing with me.
Please let me know I can count on you:
Please use this contribution button to help my campaign fight back against the attacks that are sure to come.
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Thank you so much for your help and support – and thank you for your commitment to a safer, more prosperous America.
Sincerely:
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Elizabeth Dole
U. S. Senator