[Bikers4Bush]

I hope not. If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined.

[demlosers]

I hope not. If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined.

I agree. But if Lott does step down as majority leader, I hope he's replaced by somebody who make the RATS pay.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I hope not. If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined.

This IS the right reason. We all know that Lott is a disappointment b/c he has a history of allowing the Dems to outmaneuver him at every turn (Remember the 50 50 powersharing agreement?).

However, we can get him to step down as SML over THIS and turn it to our advantage, demonstrating that there is no place for bigots in the GOP.

We can even point out that we, unlike the Dems and Robert Byrd, REBUKE the racist past of some of our own.

Lott can stay on as a member of the Senate, keeping the majority, and we can say he was punished.

[Mo1]

I agree .. but reality is .. he is toast

[CaliforniaOkie]

Can he step down from the leadership of Majority leader and still stay in the Senate?

[WestPoint90]

Exactly. FR Lott Bashers understand this is about a whole lot more than what he said. We are already castrated by the lib/dem media everytime we say something that could be construed as racial, insensitive. Letting them win this one will be the next and final step. The Repubs will eunuchs while the dems are able to say and do almost anything they want. When we try to force the same standard we will be called hateful, mean spirited.

I have heard him referred to as the Vacant Lott and can't say I disagree with given his leadership over the years. This is not the issue to oust him over. Those that want to oust him are capitalizing on an opportunity not really thinking about the future consequences

[cake_crumb]

"If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined."

RIGHT!!

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined.

EXACTLY.

Here are some good points from the Federalist.

"In other Senate news, Leftist Demo-gogues are trying to give legs to an old race card after Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott praised retiring South Carolina centenarian Sen. Strom Thurmond at his 100th birthday bash last week.

Albert Gore charged: "Trent Lott made a statement that I think is a racist statement, yes." (Algore knows that his own father spent his Senate tenure as a segregationist.)

Of course, Lott meant nothing more than to offer a few kind remarks to an old political warhorse. He is no racist. And, like Lott, Demo Carl Levin had kind words for Mr. Thurmond's presidential bid. Where's the outrage?

All that having been said, our longtime readers know that we are not members of Lott's booster club! In our opinion, "Chester" was at his best back when he was a cheerleader at Ol' Miss, and it has been downhill ever since. Lott has a long history of pandering to the Demos. To be generous, Lott is a liability for the Republican Party and has no place in the leadership of the Republican renaissance. Given his pantywaist record of leadership, if the Democrats had a lick of sense, they would do everything they can do to keep Lott right where he is.

We are puzzled as to why any Dem would want him removed. It will be in the best interest of the Republicans if he is. We can then get someone progressive like Sen. Nichols in there, someone who would further the Republican ideologies, and who would not take all this nonsense from the Dems.

But NOW is NOT the time for Sen. Lott to resign. Maybe in 4 months,.. later.. he needs to defintely resign from the leadership position, but later. NOT because Maxine Waters and company want him to. NO WAY!!

[usconservative]

I hope not. If Lott is to be replaced it should be for the right reasons. Not because the press and liberals whined.

Or because a bunch of stupid dimwits in the democrat party, the Congressional Black (RACIST) Caucus and the dumb-asses in the media are too STUPID to understand what he said, the forum he said it in, and why he said it.

I don't like Trent Lott. I think he's a spineless, gutless wonder. But in no way should he resign/step-down/whatever over this.

This reminds me of the teacher who was fired for saying the word "niggardly" because a bunch of stupid, illiterate parents didn't know what the word meant, were too lazy to look it up, and got "offended."

When will this country stop cow-towing to the truly stupid?