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.

[Darth Sidious]

A real North Carolinian to Trent Lott: SHUT UP!!

[weikel]

Word on the freeper street is she is a bigtime RINO( well given the leftward drift of the party I guess conservatives are the RINOs) what are her positions on taxes, gun control, regulations, subsidies etc

[WhiteGuy]

NC is losing Jesse Helms......

They should not replace him with dole.

[Constitution Day]

North Carolina GOP to conservative Republicans:
"You're going to have Liddy Dole as your Senate candidate and you're going to like it!"

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Folks,

The fix is in. The powers that be have decided.
Might as well not even have that silly old primary, anyway.

CD

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[Clemenza]

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.

That all I need to know. Liddy the RINO would be better off with a jockstrap for support instead of Tinkerbell Trent.

[Constitution Day]

A real North Carolinian to Trent Lott: SHUT UP!!

That goes double for me, Darth.
Good to see you around FR - I haven't noticed your posts for a while.

CD

[billbears]

As Gomer would say over there in Mayberry, "Welll Gaaawwlleah!!"

A RINO backing an even worse RINO. Who'd a thunk it?

[Darth Sidious]

She also hasn't resided in North Carolina for 40 years or so.

And she's being foisted upon us by the Republican fatcats and powerbrokers: G.W. Bush, among them. There's a couple of SERIOUSLY principled GOP candidates in the field but they're being shut out in favor of someone who can "win". It's more important to these people to be "in power" than to humbly submit themselves to the office they desire.

Dole doesn't want to serve us. Lott doesn't want to serve us. Bush, especially, does not want to serve us. They desire a comfort zone for themselves and expect us to provide it for them. These blue-bloods are leading our country into stagnation.

To hell with all of 'em.

[dead]

Lott and Liddy.

If she wasn't already taken, and he wasn't already gay, they'd make the perfect couple.

[callisto]

IMHO the GOP needs to maintain NC's Republican seat in the Senate and I think Dole is the closest person we have to guarantee that. The other candidates do not have the name recognition nor the campaign funds to defeat Bowles, who will probably win the Dem. nomination for the ticket. It's wonderful to worry about the state, but we also need to keep an eye on the overall gains made by ensuring this seat stays Republican. I'll be putting my flame-retardant suit on now. Flame away...I know most of you NC Freepers dislike her because you think she's not from this state. What is so wrong with returning to your home state of birth where one was raised to help it and the national party achieve their goals? Or do you all only want a candidate who reflects all of your own personal goals?

[Darth Sidious]

Had to take a respite of sorts, and think about some things. Had quite a number of revelations, also.

Among them: that we should do everything in our power to keep elitists like Liddy Dole from "representing" us.

[Constitution Day]

As Gomer would say over there in Mayberry, "Welll Gaaawwlleah!!"

(snicker) Yeah, I know. My jaw dropped in amazement.

Gomer bump back at ya...

[Constitution Day]

If she wasn't already taken, and he wasn't already gay, they'd make the perfect couple.

LOL!
That's one hell of a scary visual.

[callisto]

Who do you think can beat Bowles? Or are you willing to have 2 Democrat Senators from our state? How would that help us? And please don't tell me that she isn't a Conservative because of past remarks made. People can and do change their philosophy(e.g. her stance on gun control.) I believe if elected she will vote Pres. Bush's agenda and IMHO that's better than a Democratic agenda.

[billbears]

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.

That's it Giddy!! More subsidies. That'll help for sure. Why don't you just push to get the national government off our backs with these ridiculous tobacco lawsuits like Bush promised he would do when he ran?

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.

There you go, Giddy!! Give even more power to the POTUS. You can tell you're a true Southerner and North Carolinian < /sarcasm>. Heck, at the rate Bush is going now, we'll have tariffs on everything from bellybutton lint to candied yams.

Her campaign slogan should be changed. 'Vote for Giddy Dolt. Because you recognize the name!!' This woman is so far from conservative I'm thinking she might be Erskine Bowles in drag. Seatbelt laws, gun laws, subsidies, 'fast-track' negotiations. What does she support that is conservative?

[100%FEDUP]

To be honest I haven't decided who I'm voting for in the primary, but if Dole wins the nomination I refuse to lose that seat to a filthy Klintonista!

Everyone keeps forgetting WE COULD LOSE THAT SEAT, remember what Jeffords brilliant move did! Whether she's a RINO or not we have to win back the majority in the Senate PERIOD!

[Constitution Day]

I haven't been on FR as much either... but not by choice.
I have been working my tail off lately.

The industry I work in is down right now, and we are short-handed on top of that.
Gilbarco (a company in that industry) is soon going to be laying off a "sizable" amount of people.

Back on topic, the main thing I resent about Liddy is how she has been pushed down our throats.
Yes, I also want the GOP to have control of the Senate again, but I'd rather have a principled conservative, not a statist like Dole.

[Constitution Day]

...if Dole wins the nomination I refuse to lose that seat to a filthy Klintonista!

So do I.
Some would disagree with that but doing otherwise is "cutting off your nose to spite your face."
What I object to most (beyond her conservatism or lack thereof) is how the primary race was handicapped from the start by the state and national GOP.

[Darth Sidious]

Who do you think can beat Bowles?

Jim Parker. But the GOP leadership is decidedly against someone who's not not "one of the boys" if you catch my drift.

Or are you willing to have 2 Democrat Senators from our state? How would that help us?

We're going to have 2 Democratic senators from this state anyway, if Dole is the nominee. WHY do you think this state's mainstream press is fawning over her so?? It's NOT because they support her! Within a month of her winning the primary, the dirt's going to start flying and she's gonna have severe mud on her dress. No way in hell will this state's liberal press give her an easy ride over Bowles.

And please don't tell me that she isn't a Conservative because of past remarks made. People can and do change their philosophy(e.g. her stance on gun control.) I believe if elected she will vote Pres. Bush's agenda and IMHO that's better than a Democratic agenda.

President Bush's agenda is giving more power to the federal government than it ever had under Bill Clinton. Why should I or anyone help them along with it?

You got that right though: Bush and "his people" are far BETTER Democrats, than the Democratic agenda ever designed!