Posted on 02/06/2016 3:52:15 PM PST by JSDude1
Former Senator Trent Lott – who, as you might remember, walked into a political buzzsaw in 2002 over comments that effectively destroyed his Senate career – highly disapproves of this Senator Ted Cruz fellow. Not least because Senator Cruz said some awful, awful things about former Senator Lott’s good friend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. It’s always interesting to see how a lobbyist defines ‘inappropriate behavior,’ really. Hoover up all the political pork you can? That’s Senatorial. Call Mitch McConnell a liar over the Export-Import Bank? Call out the Sergeant-At-Arms:
“Having been majority leader, I’ve never had someone stand on the Senate floor and call me a liar,†Lott said in an interview with The Hill’s Molly K. Hooper. “In fact, if I had been in the Senate at that time I would have moved to have him removed from the Senate chamber physically.â€
A few things, here. First, note the on the Senate floor. That’s there because any number of people have called Trent Lott a liar over the years. Second: …I have been doing this gig since 2001, 2002. I am pretty familiar with how people operate in Washington, DC. And I can say this without much fear of contradiction: Trent Lott is absolutely lying, there. There is not a chance in Perdition that Trent Lott would have willingly provoked a confrontation on the Senate floor like that, pretty much because the inevitable result would have been twofold. First: Lott’s faction in the government would have had even more trouble shoving through the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. Second (and much more importantly): Trent Lott would have been a dead man walking in his next Senatorial primary*.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/11/politics/ted-cruz-chris-mcdaniel-mississippi-tour/index.html
“McDaniel, who is Cruz’s campaign chair in the Magnolia State, lost a high-profile race to Sen. Thad Cochran last year and rattled national Republicans by refusing to concede and charging that Cochran won the GOP primary fraudulently.”
Trump sent 60k to McConnell’s super PAC to crapcan Bevin. I know, I know, he’s a deal maker.
Well-stated.
worthless POS ALERT!
True that.
He also contributed to Karl Rove PACs - for those who care...
Sounds like a tragic comedy hour. Say a prayer and calm down.
Trent Lott is a has been loser turned lobbyist.
A man is known by his friends and his enemies. Trent Lott and John McCain are not the friends an honorable man would choose.
Of course helmet hair hates Cruz. Cruz is upsetting the establishment.
I am comfortable voting for either Trump or Cruz. I will have to hold my nose if I am forced to vote for Rubio.
Rubio would be the third term of Bush or worse.
Can’t hold my nose that tight.
All the establishment People hate Ted Cruz!!! You know why?
Because he will bust up The Washington Cartel!!!
Bevin is open borders like Ben Sasse & Paul Ryan.
So you’re a big Mitch McConnell fan eh?
“Trump endorsed Chris McDaniel. Cruz cozied up to Lankford & Cochran.”
Nice try, but just not true. McDaniel is Cruz’s MS campaign chairman. The following paragraph is from a recent news item on the CNN news site.
“Speaking on the back of a pickup truck at Connie’s Fried Chicken on Tuesday morning, the Mississippi firebrand heaped praise on Cruz as the one of the few Republican senators to help him when establishment Republicans defeated him just a year ago.”
Make sure you have it right before you throw out a claim.
Notice that he doesn’t hate Donald Trump. I wonder why?
Shut up and go away Chester...liar that you are.
Vacant Lott? The guy with the feather in his hat?
For those too young to remember, Trent Lott is a GOPe hack.
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