Trent Lott's Debacle - Now, Bush Must Act

December 14th, 2002 | Sabertooth

[Torie]

Put Fox on your blacklist too.

[TLBSHOW]

That is you, no principals I guess.

[Torie]

That's "principles" TBL.

[TLBSHOW]

Its a internet lie Torie, don't be so fooled.

[Mo1]

Byrd is going to let the rats keep this up against Lott?

I'm thinking Bryd ain't to happy about what is going on .. his name has been brought up more times then I can count

[TLBSHOW]

Thanks! Reminds me of a story I told the rats during the election. I told them they were the Spelling Party and that was all they stood for this election year.

[Texasforever]

Oh I don't know about that .. Lott was pretty bad .. I don't hold anything against him over the Clinton thing .. BUT that power sharing with Dashole .. sorry but that was REALLY bad

I have a feeling that GW had a lot to do with the "power sharing" just given the atmosphere of the election battle. I don't like Lott but I also know that it is very hard to remain ideologically pure and do anything other than pound one's chest. That is why every conservative "moderates" when in a leadership position.

[The Great Satan]

That is you, no principals I guess.

You posed a hypothetical -- what would I do if I was a racist, like Lott? And, it's not even unprincipled. A principled, unreconstructed Southern racist knows that, in this day and age, when racism is so unfashionable, the principled thing to do is hide your light under a bushel and deny everything if you're caught off-guard speaking too freely among like-minded friends. Otherwise, how can the racist agenda be furthered? It's somewhat analagous to the Islamic concept of al-Taqiya. Does that help?

[TLBSHOW]

"The first amendment (to a censure motion) that would be offered would be an amendment relating to Sen. (Robert) Byrd's comments in 2001," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Byrd, D-W.Va., used the phrase "white niggers" in a taped broadcast interview last year. He swiftly apologized at the time, saying "the phrase dates back to my boyhood and has no place in today's society."

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021215/ap_on_go_co/lott_19

[Eva]

I'm too tired to argue intelligibly. I'll get back to you tomorrow.

[Texasforever]

No. I'd deny being a racist and tell my underlings to get the word out that I might bring the house down if my colleagues tried to force me out.

That is what I would do if my "colleagues" left me twisting in the wind.

[TLBSHOW]

ok then, do YOU fear being called a racist by the democrats?

[The Great Satan]

Thanks for the confirm on my analysis.

[The Great Satan]

ok then, do YOU fear being called a racist by the democrats?

No.

[TLBSHOW]

That is what I would do if my "colleagues" left me twisting in the wind.


Thus far, none of Lott's 50 GOP Senate colleagues has urged him to step down.

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[Mo1]

That's possible .. but I still think it was a big mistake

[TLBSHOW]

That is what all republicans have to have. No fear of being called a racist.

[Texasforever]

Thus far, none of Lott's 50 GOP Senate colleagues has urged him to step down.

That is not how the senate operates. It will be behind the scenes.

[mdmathis6]

Yes and he'll leave the Senate, and chaffee will defect, and you Tom Dashle all over again....

[TLBSHOW]

Have faith we will win another one against the rats.