[sinkspur]

Damn Sink, did you foreclose on TLB's keys to malcontency on FR, and have taken up the/his cause.

I didn't like the way Lott was treated by fellow Republicans over the Strom Thurmond remarks. They were made just to make the old boy feel good, not due to any racism on Lott's part.

Republicans ran for the tall grass, rather than standing up to the race pimps, with Bush leading the way.

I have no particular love for Trent Lott, especially now that he's attacking Rumsfeld. I just thought hounding him from his leadership role was an excuse by Republicans to get rid of someone they saw as ineffective, so they could put someone else in (Frist) who has proven just as ineffective.

[Dane]

I didn't like the way Lott was treated by fellow Republicans over the Strom Thurmond remarks. They were made just to make the old boy feel good, not due to any racism on Lott's part.

Republicans ran for the tall grass, rather than standing up to the race pimps, with Bush leading the way.

I have no particular love for Trent Lott, especially now that he's attacking Rumsfeld. I just thought hounding him from his leadership role was an excuse by Republicans to get rid of someone they saw as ineffective, so they could put someone else in (Frist) who has proven just as ineffective.

No problem, and thank you for your explanation.

JMO, and again, the latter is my opinion, there is no reason to attack Rumsfeld over that.

Rummy, is trying to reform the Pentagon, and he is going to get fire from all sides, as has been demonstrated by the press and the Republican Quislings in the Senate, who are trying to gain favor with NYT/Wash Post.

JMO, Thank God, Rumsfeld, has the fortitude, to dismiss this mini frenzy by the press.

Those Republicans in the Senate, who are on the bandwagon, could learn a lot from Rumsfeld, IMO.

[bc boy]

Perhaps you have just uttered the real truth about politicians in the USA,......Rats are dishonest and deceitful and Repubs are ineffective,ok, maybe incompetent as the majority as well.....nothing personal intended ...but look at the pathetic performances in Washington state and Ohio as portrayed by the media and daily posts on this forum...It's hard to be a happy camper right now...North American rights and freedoms are deep sixing and neither party in your country seem to care much if it interferes with the retention of power by them which is exactly where we,in Canada, have wallowed for 30 years at least...welcome to the trough of corruption

[Dolphy]

I have no particular love for Trent Lott, especially now that he's attacking Rumsfeld. I just thought hounding him from his leadership role was an excuse by Republicans to get rid of someone they saw as ineffective, so they could put someone else in (Frist) who has proven just as ineffective.

Lott's most recent remarks on Rumsfeld are evidence of why he was far more ineffective than Frist. He is more interested in process and procedure, protecting his turf and the good old boys club atmosphere in the Senate. In the end it was his own lack of wit and personality that doomed him after his Strom comments. If the President left him to rescue himself, so be it. He was a weak advocate.

Frist on the other hand has played a major role in winning back and building on the majority in the Senate. At least his strategies are about an agenda, not his career as a Senator.