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Trent Lott retires from Congress
Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 12/19/07 | Laurie Kellman - AP Reporter

Posted on 12/19/2007 10:49:05 AM PST by MplsSteve

Sen. Trent Lott retired from Congress late Tuesday with characteristic flair, making public with 16 minutes' notice that he would relinquish his seat when the Senate closed for business.

A press release issued by his office at 11:49 p.m. said Lott would not return to work Wednesday. The Senate turned out the lights at 12:05 a.m.

Lott spokesman Lee Youngblood said the formal announcement came so late because Lott had to resign at least a day before the Senate recesses, which could be as early as Wednesday, but wanted to vote on important bills that were being considered well into the night.

In a 35-year career, Lott, 66, rose from the Republican ranks of the House to the helm of the Senate, was toppled by his own racially insensitive remark in 2002 and reinstated as a GOP leader four years later by the thinnest of margins _ winning by one vote in a last-minute bid to be the vote-counting Republican whip.

It was one of his favorite jobs. Lott, who kept at least one bullwhip in his office, seemed to relish a job others have loathed: rounding up votes in a chamber of outsized egos. But with Republicans likely to lose seats in the next election and stay in the minority, Lott said he was ready to go. One of Congress' jolliest and most effective deal-cutters, Lott sounded tired of the bitterness that ruled the chamber this year when he announced his retirement last month.

(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 110th; retirement; trentlott; ussenate; worthless
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I did a search and saw nothing posted so I went ahead and posted it.

I'm not sorry to see Lott go. He becamse a king of earmarks and his attitude towards GOP activists was, at best, condescending.

I hope the GOP can retain his seat with someone who will uphold real GOP values.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

1 posted on 12/19/2007 10:49:06 AM PST by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

Don’t let the door....

I’m First!?!


2 posted on 12/19/2007 10:50:35 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Mitt bit the apple. Hillary will stuff it down your throat!)
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To: MplsSteve

Good riddance.


3 posted on 12/19/2007 10:50:39 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Uncle Miltie
Don't let the door hit ya, where God split ya!

4 posted on 12/19/2007 10:52:14 AM PST by b4its2late (GITMO is way too nice of a place to house low life terrorists.)
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To: MplsSteve

Please oh please....go away.


5 posted on 12/19/2007 10:52:29 AM PST by servantboy777
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To: MplsSteve

Now if he would only take Larry Craig with him...


6 posted on 12/19/2007 10:52:29 AM PST by Agent Smith (Fallujah delenda est. (I wish))
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To: MplsSteve

Saw this the first post late last night just before going to bed. My thoughts were simply “Oh...OK...Buh bye, and good riddance.”


7 posted on 12/19/2007 10:52:53 AM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Yep! I was thinking the same thing!


8 posted on 12/19/2007 10:53:23 AM PST by Hoosier-Daddy ("It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: MplsSteve

Sayonara, Buckwheat!


9 posted on 12/19/2007 10:53:55 AM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "P" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: MplsSteve

Lott has done some good things in hi career. But his nonsense on amnesty was enough for me.


10 posted on 12/19/2007 10:54:04 AM PST by pissant (Duncan Hunter: Warrior, Statesman, Conservative)
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To: davidosborne; airborne; Antoninus; GulfBreeze; processing please hold; RasterMaster; ...

Taxed2Death said it was Trent Lott that promised the border fence money would be gutted.

Is that recall correct?

Is THIS why Lott had to retire, real quick?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941047/posts
Omnibus Bill Includes Border Fence-Gutting Amendment (This is outrageous!!!)


11 posted on 12/19/2007 10:55:13 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: MplsSteve

Don’t go away mad Chester - just go away...


12 posted on 12/19/2007 10:55:15 AM PST by Ogie Oglethorpe (2nd Amendment - the reboot button on the U.S. Constitution)
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To: nickcarraway
Thurmond: "Buh-bye, Trent."


13 posted on 12/19/2007 10:55:21 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: pissant

I think deep down he’s a good guy, but he’s been in Washington way too long.


14 posted on 12/19/2007 10:55:36 AM PST by COBOL2Java (May the Lord bless and keep Hillary Clinton - far away from the White House!)
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To: Calpernia

Too bad he didn’t retire 20 years ago.


15 posted on 12/19/2007 10:56:34 AM PST by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: COBOL2Java

Say Bye!


16 posted on 12/19/2007 10:56:55 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: MplsSteve

Well I guess I have recieved my last Christmas card from the RINO!


17 posted on 12/19/2007 10:57:14 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: MplsSteve

We need Wicker.


18 posted on 12/19/2007 10:57:35 AM PST by Sybeck1 (Huckabee - Our Sanjaya!)
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To: AuntB

I’m thinking this might be the first of some hefty fireworks.


19 posted on 12/19/2007 10:57:47 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: COBOL2Java

He’s been in the Senate since ‘88 and before that, he was in the House since 1972.

That’s definitely too long.


20 posted on 12/19/2007 10:57:49 AM PST by MplsSteve
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