Lott backs 'outstanding, Southern lady' (NC Senate race)

Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.) ^ | 05/30/2002 | Ray Watters

[Constitution Day]

Lott backs 'outstanding, Southern lady'

By Ray Watters, Rocky Mount Telegram

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott said he flew to Rocky Mount on Wednesday to support a friend who is an "outstanding, Southern lady," Republican U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Dole.

"I'm here in North Carolina to be of any possible assistance to my good friend Elizabeth Dole," Lott said to a small group of local and national reporters who met his plane at Rocky Mount-Wilson Airport.

Lott, R-Miss., came to the area to attend a fund-raising reception for Dole at Rose Hill Farm, north of Nashville. More than 125 area political and business leaders attended the reception, which raised between $75,000 and $100,000 for Dole's campaign, said N.C. Rep. Gene Arnold, R-Nash, one of the organizers of the event.

"We're very pleased with it," Arnold said. "Trent made some good comments about (Dole), and she gave a marvelous presentation. She's definitely senatorial material, and we think she's going to make it."

At a news conference at the airport, Lott described Dole as a ferocious advocate for doing the right thing, having shown compassion and leadership as the head of the Red Cross.

It can take years for freshman members of Congress to be able to get things done, Lott said, but it would not be that way for Dole because of her experience.

"She will be a leader in the Senate on the day she arrives," Lott said.

Acknowledging that another Republican senator would be good for his party's chances for regaining control of the Senate, Lott said that it was more important to have the right kind of man or woman representing North Carolina.

"North Carolina deserves the kind of leadership Dole would give," Lott said.

Dole said she would like to help Lott and the other Republicans overcome the liberal agenda in the Senate. Lott quickly pointed out that 50 bills that have made it through the Republican-controlled House have not moved through the Senate.

"When we control the agenda, those ideas will be moved," Lott said.

Both the senator and the Senate hopeful agreed they shared common values and Southern heritage. Both of them said that jobs and education needed attention in their respective states.

"Our economy is in transition," Dole said. "We've got to grow this economy. It's so important now that (President Bush's) tax cuts be made permanent because then businesses can make long-term plans."

Fresh off her 100-county tour of North Carolina that wrapped up earlier this month, Dole repeated some of her basic tenants from earlier speeches, placing emphasis on a strong national defense and a decrease in federal regulations.

"With schools, the federal government is six percent of the funding but 50 percent of the regulation," Dole said.

Dole also repeated her assertion that North Carolina and the nation need a tobacco quota buyout, but added that because of her pledge not to raise taxes that some other means of funding it would be necessary.

Dole spoke briefly on a bill that recently passed the Senate that would give the president "fast-track" authority to negotiate trade agreements that could only be voted up or down, not modified, by Congress.

"They don't want to do deals with us," Dole said, explaining that many foreign countries avoid deals because Congress can add so many changes to proposals later on.

"If we can't get them to the table, we're not going to get a level playing field for North Carolina," Dole said. "The president is following through on his commitments to textile companies."

The president had fast-track authority until 1994.

[BlackElk]

Please prove to this pro-life Republican that your claim of Giddy Dolt's attractiveness to "Independents and Democrat professional women" is not pure code for: "Don't worry, Giddy won't embarass us like Helms or John East by yakking about protecting those d____ blobs of tissue/products of conception.

[BlackElk]

Your post simply screams: Don't worry about Giddy. She supports baby-killing and at least some of those who love baby-killing will vote for her. If not, what do you mean?

[cynicom]

One thing they have in common, both are former democrats.

[BlackElk]

Does that mean that this unprincipled brain-dead witch has no opponent for the GOP nomination? If so, another seat down the drain regardless of who wins.

For anyone who cares about guns, babies, taxes or marriage, kiss this seat goodbye for six years. If Bowles wins, at least you won't have to beat an incumbent in a primary.

What on earth has she got on Jesse Helms?

[Mudboy Slim]

"Trent Lott will be deposed of power regardless of the outcome of the midterms. Even Bush says that we need Hastert as Speaker and for Republicans to take back the senate-- no mention of Lott. There are a lot of very capable leaders from Santorum to Allen to Nickles to Frist."

I'd love to see my Virginia boy Allen get it, but he's really too new to the Senate...Santorum or Nickles would be excellent, IMO.

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Gag me with a spoon!"

LOL, fer sure...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"The primary is yet to be held. You can do a lot better than clueless and spineless Giddy."

At least you've got a choice in Carolina Primary...in VA, all we've got is the "clueless and spineless" RINO Jawn Warner. If you've got a Conservative to beat Dole, go for it!!

FReegards...MUD

[GraniteStateConservative]

Wow, that's clever. It's nice to know you concede defeat on your point that political ideologies can't change over time.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Is there any shred of a reason to believe her? #1 she is married to Bob Dole. There was never any reason to believe him. #2 she has been for gun control when running as the woman candidate for president and now wants North Carolina to trust her as pro-gun. Convenient conversion. In 1996 she was pro-life when interviewed by the editorial board of the New York Post. By 2000, it was obvious that she was not pro-life. You don't even mention the babies which says something. Her bloviating is all BOMFOG for the suckers. (Brotherhood of Man/Fatherhood of God). We have plenty of evidence of ideological change of Hillary, Horowitz and Reagan and plenty of evidence that Giddy has as much credibility in her constant shifting from left to right to left to right as did the Arkansas Antichrist when he said that he never had sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky. Would you have believed Cornpone Carter when he promised: "I will never lie to you"? Why do you believe her?

These are Dole's views on guns from the presidential campaign:

1. She wants to ban AK-47s and armor-piercing bullets, and retain the prohibition on assault weapons

2. She supports instant background checks instead of waiting periods for checks and purchases

3. She favors child safety locks on new guns manufactured

4. In the NYT in May 1999, she said "I certainly believe in the Second Amendment and a person’s right to bear arms."-- you'll notice she said this to the liberal Times and she made mention of a "person's" right, and not a militia's right to bear arms as liberals do.

5. On the issue of concealed-carry, she believes that states, not the federal government should handle the issue as they see fit, but her personal belief is concealed-carry without permits is wrong.

Since her presidential run...

In October (after having looked at statistics), in a letter to the North Carolina Rifle and Pistol Association she wrote: "Seven years after President Clinton and his allies outlawed so-called assault weapons, there appears to have been little effect on crime prevention or punishment."

She also supports NC's CCW law which requires training and certification before getting a permit from the local sheriff.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Elizabeth Dole, like Bush, believes that because overturning Roe v. Wade would only revert the issue to the states-- and not abolish abortion at all-- that the focus should be on changing people's hearts and minds first-- and then seek an amendment. They have to be taught to respect life so they'll do the right thing regardless of the law.

I don't think that's unreasonable. You know no pro-life constitutional amendment would be supported today. Two-thirds of the country don't support abolition and it would take a two-thirds vote in support from both houses. Then you have to find 38 states to support it. Catholics don't even vote monolithically against abortion supporters during elections.

[callisto]

I also note that you are not up to refuting the policy reasons for Republicans to reject the Trust Fund for Senate campaign.

Were you expecting me to be awake at 1:47AM EDT to argue the point with you? You are obviously too stagnant in your beliefs to maintain an intriguing discourse without the use of name calling, and I am committed to my choice of who to vote for in my home state. So we will have to agree to disagree. I will be voting for Liddy Dole because I want my state back, control of the Senate back, and Conservative judicial nominees appointed to the bench. If you think voting for any other candidate in NC's Senate race might guarantee these accomplishments, IMHO you are sadly mistaken. We have no other candidate with the recognition, campaign funds, or ability to easily defeat Bowles.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Dole's opponents are a series of nobodies with no name ID and no cash and no history of political achievement, and yes, Dole is the best the state GOP could do. Like I said, if they had this great farm system, more than just the labor commissioner would be Republican.

[BlackElk]

Talk is cheap. Actions speak louder than words. When running for president, as a Republican no less, you post that she opposed Concealed Carry, supported the "assault weapons" ban; supported "child safety" locks; expressed bravely her "support" of the individual's Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms, obviously with enough qualifiers to make it largely meaningless. She opposed national concealed carry in favor of state's rights even though RTKBA is actually in the Constitution unlike most liberal initiatives. Imagine what a whirling dervish she would have been trying to impress "soccer moms" that our gun liberties count for nothing if she had actually been nominated or even taken seriously by the national Republican electorate.

Now, back in North Carolina which is certainly a bit ahead of the ideological power curve and more conservative than the nation as a whole, Giddy is saying: Pay no attention to that woman behind the curtain. You can trust ol' Giddy to protect your right to shoot critters, four legs or two. Maybe the woman behind thge curtain was wrong on assault weapons. Oh, well. Too late now. The only things she has ever hunted are campaign dollars, gullible voters and someone else's husband (who happened to be GOP Senate Leader).

Of course, this says nothing about her positions much less her trustworthiness on taxes (Bob Dole never saw a tax hike that didn't make Viagra unnecessary); babies and Lance and Bruce's plans for marriage and adoption.

[GraniteStateConservative]

They don't have anyone to defeat Dole, and other than Dole, they have no one to defeat Bowles. The NC GOP is like the GA GOP-- in the hinterlands of political influence.

[BlackElk]

Exactly. Warner is another character who believes that his wealth entitles him to a Senate seat when he is not busy hunting foxes or becoming Mr. Liz Taylor #9 or whatever. He had the colossal gall to get Marshall Coleman into the Oliver North/Charles Robb Senate race to prevent a Republican victory. He is every bit as much a traitor to Republicanism as Judas Jeffords ever was.

The GOP caucus is continually being corrupted by the basic RINO tactic of substituting personal wealth for policy. In Connecticut, it took three terms to get rid of Weicker only to have him come back as an Independent to impose an income tax on state residents. There are places like Maine where it may actually be necessary to nominate RINOs to hold Senate seats. North Carolina is not one of them.

If there is one worthwhile top priority within the party it is ridding the party of these clueless SOBs who are qyalified only by their trust funds to seek office. Build a grass-roots organization of issue activists. Launch an unrelenting attack on ideological enemies within and without and resist to the last drop of blood the further softening of the GOP spine.

[BlackElk]

If the North Carolina GOP cannot do better than this clueless spoiled little rich broad, that is because the influence of gigantic amounts of personal wealth has demoralized even the North Carolina GOP. If I recall correctly, you actually come from Arkansas but live in the once noble state of New Hampshire. Your home state used to be a primary site of what was called "post office Republican parties" which existed only for federal patronage and no hope of victory. North Carolina has a very mixed track record over the years being more inclined to elect hard-liners from either party but a state that elected Jesse Helms five times for thirty years owes more to America than the spoiled and clueless rich witch. North Carolina is not New Jersey.

[BlackElk]

The word concede is not in my vocabulary. Whatever is it about my complaints as to the apparent ideological degeneration of the College Republicanbs between my time and yours that you view as a concession. I haven't heard anything yet on Giddy and what threats she has in store for the babies only some mush about postponing action some more while another million per year die. I understand Bush not pushing the issue just as Reagan didn't because of the baby-murdering slime that infests the Senate on BOTH sides of the aisle. The way to deal with that is not to elect Muffy to the Senate where she will regard fashionable cocktail party invitations as more important than the babies. We do NOT need any more Senators grimly worried about the inheritance tax and its "unfairness" to 2% of Americans, an increasing number of whom are left Demonrats anyway. We need some rampaging principled Senators willing to bleed for a misrepresented public. What percentage of today's Senate consists of trust fund millionaires like Giddy Dolt?

[mac_truck]

Sen. Helms (at CPAC in February) said, "She'll make North Carolina proud when she walks down the center aisle in the Senate next fall....

If she's good enough for Jessie, I wonder what all the fuss is about.

-btw would you happen to know when elk hunting season starts?

FRegards!

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[F.J. Mitchell]

I believe you have hit the nail on the head, Darth. Rather than voting for the likes of Dole just because the RINO elite annoint them before real conservatives can gain enough name recognition to make a successful bid for nomination in the Primary-we need to support the real conservative candidates. It may be costly for a while and possibly temporarily allow the Dims to gain control, but next time we become the majority, the likes of Lott and the other RINO's will have been purged from the party. We do not need or want any Republican in any elective office, who feels a need to scrape, bow or apologize for fellow Republican not in lock step with or at least cowed by the democrat's liberal agenda.

It's time to draw a line in the quick sand of agenda cowardice and stand up for what is right, rather than yielding to the intimidation from the left and it's powerful media magnified propaganda machine. We need to be at least as dedicated to what is right as the left is to what is wrong.

[F.J. Mitchell]

I don't know for sure, but the Replanting of Elk in NC is too young to have created a herd large enough to allow an elk hunting season yet.

We love and respect Senator Helms, with all our heart, but age and health problems have taken their toll.

It is his Constitutional right to get fired up over which ever young lady that strikes his fancy, I just happen to prefer ladies with a little more meat on their bones, myself.

I refuse to allow The Senator's personal taste in women to influence my choice for one of my United States Senator's.

The women of our fair state have already voted with their hormones in electing our other pretty little boy Senator-We men have a duty to ignore our libidos, as well as Senator Helm's libido-and take a cold shower before voting.

Follow the leader is a game that should be limited to stampeding cattle.