[dirtboy]

I think a better course of action would be to pressure the GOP Senators to ditch Lott, if that is the goal.

Who in the Senate is both strong enough and has enough seniority to replace Lott? Part of the problem is the dearth of strong GOP figures in the Senate - with the exception of a few, such as Santorum, it's just a blob of gray. And Santorum is only on his second term, a bit youngish for a leadership position.

Depending on how you want to play this we could do one of two things: we can either quietly (stay out of the media) write e-mail fax call GOP senators to toss Lott. OR we could go out and make noise to the GOP Senators, public local freeps, press releases etc. The down side of making a public fuss would be that the media would have a field day with the "GOP Eating our own" spin, using the opportunity to go after GOP senators etc.

I agree entirely that the media would have a field day with that one (for once, a FR protest would get a ton of coverage instead of being buried) - and it would pi** the GOP leadership off. If your goal is to try and make the new GOP majority more effective, I don't think a public protest is the way to go. If you want to try and prod the GOP to adapt more conservative viewpoints, a public protest may get your point across, but it would in turn close some doors to FR.

[diotima]

Who in the Senate is both strong enough and has enough seniority to replace Lott?

This is a good point too. As much as I dislike our Toupeed Majority leader, the replacement could be worse.

Lets see if anyone has any suggestions about who would be a good replacement?

[Illbay]

Again, I don't think we can get around Lott. We have to go OVER him. We have to figure out how to let him know that the Dems didn't lose by some fluke; they lost because they were messin' with a very popular, conservative President, and because they and their cronies (such as Bonior and McWhatshisname) are DISSING the United States of America at a time when we've been brutally attacked.

First, we can have NO POWER SHARING with these cretins, NONE. They LOST, and WE WON. WE have the power. WE THE PEOPLE have loaned it to our "leaders" who, if they'll grow a real quick pair, have the chance to bring this nation back from ruin.

In the future, potentially, we MIGHT even find the opportunity to roll back, even if just marginally, some of the government encroachment that has plagued us steadily for decades.

But first, we have to eliminate ANY NOTION on the part of the Dems and the media that they are still players. And BELIEVE ME, they are going to recover from their shell-shock quickly, and start demanding a ****ing "piece of the action," which they have NOT earned and DO NOT DESERVE.

In fact, I now fully believe that, had it not been for widespread voter fraud in 2000, they would have been silenced long ago. There should by rights be three or four more Senators and about a dozen more Reps from the GOP sitting right now.

The crimes of the Clintons have taken their toll, but now we have gotten on firm ground, and it's time to push back.

But if Lott starts mumbling and simpering about "bipartisanship," I'm going to get a chill up my spine that may not go away.

I'm tired of having to give the Democrats any notice whatsoever. It's time to start acting like WE'RE the people who won, by golly!!!