Why Lott should resign as majority leader (vanity)

12/10/02 | me

[roses of sharon]

Black Americans will change when they become individuals instead of a group.

The GOP is truly color-blind, they will see that some day, when they mature as a people. Time will heal.

[gitmo]

But Trent Lott didn't make a racist statement. He simply said that the SC Senator would have made a good president. People are inferring racism into his comment. They can do the same with anyone, forcing them out of office.

[the_doc]

From a propaganda standpoint, Lott's remarks are a major setback IF HE REMAINS MAJORITY LEADER. But if the Republicans CAN him--and do it FAST--the whole thing will blow up in the Democrats' faces.

The Republicans could turn an apparent loss into a net gain.

[NeoCaveman]

But Trent Lott didn't make a racist statement. He simply said that the SC Senator would have made a good president.

Well Senator Lott should clarify what "problems" would have been avoided if everyone had voted like Missippi in 1948

[xlib]

He simply said that the SC Senator would have made a good president.

Thurmond split off from the democrats that year to run as a "dixiecrat", on an explicitly segregationist platform. To suggest that such a man, running that kind of campaign, would have made a good president, is at best unbelievably stupid, at worst racist. For the man seeking what is arguably the second most important republican office in the country, it is unforgivable.

[TD911]

Lott was unsuitable long before his moronic remarks.

He should have been removed from the Majority/Minority post long before now. He's a mush with a footbal helmet doo!

If this keeps him from becomming the new Majority leader, so be it.

[Registered]

[Inkie]

This is a gift -- an opportunity to get rid of a useless leader and put in someone who will fight for conservative legislation instead of playing Let's Make a Deal.

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[Nick Danger]

Agree wholeheartedly. But it has to be fast.

[xlib]

The GOP is truly color-blind, they will see that some day

Some already do; I'd like to see more, sooner rather than later. Lott atop the senate will delay that day; Lott chastened and replaced will hasten it.

[MarkT]

I agree wholeheartedly except I think you mis-characterize the event of losing Lott as Majority Leader. Getting rid of the eunuch Lott would be a win in its own right. To the extent it improved the image of Republicans by even a few members of a bloc vote for the Dems, then that would be just another benefit. The main benefit would be to use this silliness to get rid of a total a$$hole who should never have been leader of the Republican minority much less majority.

[Registered]

I agree with you, Lott has zero leadership, let's hope they wait for this to blow over (a couple of months) and then kick his tail out of that Majority position!

[the_doc]

BTTT, Inkie.

I like your positive ("gift") outlook.

BTW, Laura Ingraham pointed out tonight that Tom Daschle was pretty soft on Trent, and she attributed this to the fact that Trent and Tom are known to be pretty good friends. (Yuk.)

But I think Tom has an ulterior political motive. I think he would like to see his friend Trent stay as majority leader because of the harm which it will do to the Republicans.

(Tom may not even be taking this position in a conscious way. He has political instincts involving ill will for the Republican party, including his "friends.")

In short, Trent needs to resign as Majority Leader. It's a WONDERFUL opportunity for us conservatives.

[xlib]

To call a light-hearted comment made at a birthday party unforgivable is going overboard.

If you or I said it, it's forgivable. If Trent Lott, private citizen, said it, it's forgivable. For the holder of one of the highest profile positions in the GOP, it's not.

[Momaw Nadon]

Senator Lott Dod

[per loin]

So far, Pat Buchanan has been the only one I've seen, who has expressed disgust over the way Republicans are groveling over this.

[dalebert]

They should can him anyway. We don't need a Senate leader that resembles a used car salesman. If he is not smart enough to do a decent job of defending his statement then he needs to go.