Lott's feeding frenzy

TownHall.com ^ | 12/16/02 | Robert Novak

[TLBSHOW]

You are something else. Trent is being smeared by you.

[Jorge]

Lott has suffered undeservedly over this.

The Republican party has "suffered undeservedly over this". Lott is the one who made the stupid remarks.

[ApesForEvolution]

And you aren't doing conservatives any favors, either. Trent (pap)smeared himself, and you, if you truly are a thinking conservative and can step back and look at the big picture.

[ApesForEvolution]

What stupid remarks? He just said something funny about an old man at his 100th birthday party?

[Cold Heat]

I am just putting myself in his place.

Staffs have also been known to fib. Lott is understandably very angry about this. What likely pisses him off most, is the fact the his repuplican friends ran like rabitts!

I found this fact disgusting and very telling. I know the rats now see that they can do this to anyone!

And they will! You can take that to the bank!

[GOPyouth]

Let's say goodbye to the spinless weasel that sold out the Clintoon impeachment.

I'm not gonna hold too much fire to the Senate for not pushing that too hard. Keep in mind you can't get a President thrown out with just 51 votes. Do you really really think that enough Democrats would have come over to vote Clinton out of office? The Republicans knew that this was a lost cause in the Senate. I think it was good enough that they tagged Clinton with the Impeachment label.

Look at it this way. If by some reason they would have gotten Clinton out, or if he would have resigned, then Gore would have been President, and then Bush more than likely would not have been elected.

[Jorge]

What stupid remarks? He just said something funny about an old man at his 100th birthday party?

Right. The entire world is upside down. The media, the message boards, Talk Radio and the political world is just all involved in this incredible plot to pretend Trent Lott made offensive racist comments....but none of it is true.
It's all just crap people made up. Those quotes from Trent Lott that keep getting played, are fabrications.
These posts defending Lott are so feeble.

[Cold Heat]

Now who is judging?

If you applied this same principle about some saying something nice about someone else who had a view 50 years ago that has since changed, who could you not chastise.

But we have gone far beyond just chastisement here in this case.

How in the hell can anyone justify this!!!!!!!!!

This is the most stupid political hack job that I have ever seen in my 35 years of political awareness! The dumbest, most jackass resentment party that I have ever witnessed.

There is absolutely no basis for this whatsoever!

[Maynerd]

"If you consider branding an innocent man as "racist" moral then you are no better than Clinton."

I have never called Trent Lott a racist. The idiot did it to himself. Who knows whether or not he's racist. That's the problem isn't it ?

Instead of moving ahead with tax cuts, judicial nominees, war on terror, the ol rocket scientist vacant Lott has the conservatives twisted up in knots. The democrats couldn't do it, but Trent can. Now that's leadership!

I think we all need to move on. Right over Trent Lott's political corpse.

[Reagan Man]

The old beltway pundit and political insider has done a good job summing up the last week. It really was disgusting to watch so-called "conservative" Republicans running scared and getting their clocks cleaned by the liberal establishments race baiting. Nothing but a bunch of gutless wonders. For now, the Democrats have won. We shall see what the next week holds. I suspect more of the same.

[Texasforever]

I have never called Trent Lott a racist. The idiot did it to himself. Who knows whether or not he's racist. That's the problem isn't it ?

You just made my case. You don't know if he is a racist but if that is what it takes to get rid of him then why not? That is the Clitonian view of morality.

[ApesForEvolution]

"I am just putting myself in his place."

I understand that sentiment. It's no fun being a star on the team, then fumbling again and almost costing your team the season only to have the rest of the team and management saying that that's the last time you'll get the chance to fumble. This season is too important and we're ahead right after the half of the biggest game of the year.

Staffs have also been known to fib.

Yes, but I believe this staffer. He's a friend that I gave a personal reference for and wished he hadn't ended up with Lott. I'm not a Lott fan if you haven't noticed.

Lott is understandably very angry about this.

He should be. This was the wrong time to bring this up, the wrong way to dredge it up, his past was checkered on the issue at best and his crisis management was slow and bad. We can't afford anymore of this type of leadership and expect to win. Better to take the liability out of the game plan and reduce the chance of losing.

What likely pisses him off most, is the fact the his repuplican friends ran like rabitts!

Unfortunately, he lost the support of his friends, got a break and was allowed to rig his Leadership ascendancy uncontested...and then he did this. He blew it, period, paragraph, end of story.

I found this fact disgusting and very telling. I know the rats now see that they can do this to anyone!

Only if the 'anyone' sets himself up, which Lott did. There used to be an old saying 'character matters'. The fact that conservatives and the people that lead us must rise above even the appearance of impropriety should be a lesson for anyone desiring to ascend to the highest ranks of leadership. His glorifying the good old days of segregation by claiming that we'd be better off if a candidate of an explicitly, 100%, segregationist party had won...was quite..unbelievable.

[ApesForEvolution]

"These posts defending Lott are so feeble."

Worse than feeble, they tell alot about the past and predict the future. Thanks for picking up my sarcasm...I knew you would.

[Cold Heat]

Who knows whether or not he's racist. That's the problem isn't it ?

LOL! Well someone must be a racist?

Who is it?Is it Strom?

Gee! I did not know he was a racist! What the hell are we doing with a big bad racist in the Senate and a member of the republican party to boot! There must have been thousands of complaints and articles about this racist!

Suppose you post a few! Huh?

[Jorge]

This is the most stupid political hack job that I have ever seen in my 35 years of political awareness! The dumbest, most jackass resentment party that I have ever witnessed.

There is absolutely no basis for this whatsoever!

Regardless of whether you see a basis for it or not...the movement to remove Lott as Majority Leader is a reality.
You can argue all you want...but the statements Lott made are reaping some very real consequenses.
Give up these anemic defenses of Lott. You're going to have to adjust to the real world sooner or later.

[kcvl]

Some people get tired of Hillary Clinton, James Carville and the liberal elite media deciding who is allowed to make a mistake.

[Cold Heat]

You sure put a bunch of words in Lott's mouth that he did not ever say or even insinuate.

Lott has more character in his behavior and his work in the Senate than any ten of them combined.

Apparently you have none or you would recognize it immediately.

[ApesForEvolution]

"Some people get tired of Hillary Clinton, James Carville and the liberal elite media deciding who is allowed to make a mistake"

I am too. At the same time, if they weren't jumping on this, and I still was, does that make me any less right?

[Maynerd]

You and Texasforever just don't get it. Only Trent Lott knows whether he is a racist. And he's such a political sycophantic Zelig, even he may not know.

Trent Lott has offended not only minorities but likely alienated the squishy moderate swing voters that are critical to electoral success. Furthermore, he has offended many conservatives, myself included. His repeated comments nodding and winking at dixiecrat racism are not only incredibly stupid but disgusting.

Most conservatives long for a colorblind society. I hope you two do as well.

[Jorge]

Some people get tired of Hillary Clinton, James Carville and the liberal elite media deciding who is allowed to make a mistake.

Funny, I've read the boards, OpEds and opinion columns for days on end....but nothing Hillary Clinton or James Carville has said on the issue. They are irrelevant.