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Why Gang Up on Lott When Rather and Wallace Get Off?
newsmax ^ | 12/11/2002 | Christopher Ruddy

Posted on 12/11/2002 10:09:09 PM PST by TLBSHOW

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To: TLBSHOW
Yeah, the American Family Association is made up of a bunch of RINOs who just want a little love from the liberal media.

Yeah, that's the ticket.

41 posted on 12/11/2002 10:46:34 PM PST by xm177e2
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To: TLBSHOW
Maybe it's because Lott is an inept, ineffective leader.
42 posted on 12/11/2002 10:46:57 PM PST by BOOTSTICK
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To: SerpentDove
I agree. I hate the thought of being ridiculed by the likes of jackson, Sharpton, Algore, etc.

Uhh, YOU won't be ridiculed you are doing your job just fine. I am sure they will give you a big old gold star. How are you doing on the flashing lights?

43 posted on 12/11/2002 10:48:40 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: hole_n_one
lol

44 posted on 12/11/2002 10:50:18 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Jim Robinson
Let the Senate have their election for the position. Hopefully, someone else will win the vote.

Haven't they already had their election for the position and chosen Lott?

45 posted on 12/11/2002 10:50:46 PM PST by SwordofTruth
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To: bybybill
That too. But above all else, when the time came, Lott was incapable of handling Jeffords rebellion and the sh!t hit the fan. BIGTIME!

That doesn't mean we should demand Lott's head and possibly lose the Senate in the process. If we take that course, the liberals win and we conservatives lose. I don't like it at all.

46 posted on 12/11/2002 10:51:03 PM PST by Reagan Man
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To: Poohbah
BLACK LEADER TO SEN. TRENT LOTT: "DON'T GIVE IN TO RACIST


And this press release will vanish into the "Deleted Items" folder, or the trash can next to the fax machine, in most news outlets.


Do you want to bet on it?

47 posted on 12/11/2002 10:52:28 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Texasforever
Over the edge or not, Lott needs to stay out of the Senate leadership. He's a tarred man.

If Gary Condit had been say, House Whip, during the Levy stuff last year do you think he would have been able to be effective in his role in the House leadership? No way. Every day a new story would come out tarring him and the leadership would be asked why they weren't calling on him to step down. They didn't do much of that in Condit's case because he was essentially a nobody in the House already.

Lott, OTOH, is the expected Majority Leader and he's now tainted with the R-word big time. Fair or not, deserved or not, he infects the image of the entire party as long as he's viewed as a leader of the party - someone who is influential in what bills and what nominations come up for a vote.

For the good of the party, he's got to go. Not resign his Senate seat (he won't need to - he can use the same "let the voters decide" mantra that sustained Condit) but certiainly step down from any leadership role in the Senate.

Name one reason why we should continue with this ineffective dolt when there are several other qualified Senators who could easily take his place? Let's get some new blood in there. Somebody that isn't tainted with the R-word and symbolic ties to Strom Thurmond and outdated segregationist ideas.

And, for Mr. Ruddy, the reason Lott isn't getting a pass from conservatives is because he's not worth trying to save. He's kowtowed to the Democrats too often, even when the Democrats would not show him the same courtesies in return. He's Bob Michels and Gerald Ford all over again. Surely there's a dozen better options.

Time for Trent to move to the back of the bus.
48 posted on 12/11/2002 10:52:59 PM PST by Tall_Texan
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To: BOOTSTICK
Maybe it's because Lott is an inept, ineffective leader.

Or maybe it could be that many of you are so damned bitter about the election that you smell blood in the water.

49 posted on 12/11/2002 10:53:03 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Tall_Texan
Time for Trent to move to the back of the bus.

That sounds racist to me.

50 posted on 12/11/2002 10:53:45 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Tall_Texan
Time for Trent to move to the back of the bus.

As a matter of fact that is so racist that you should resign from FR because a black lurker may take offense.

51 posted on 12/11/2002 10:57:40 PM PST by Texasforever
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To: Poohbah
I do not believe Majority Leader Lott is a racist. If that is the case, it would be wrong for him to resign over this non event. In case y'all have not noticed, politicians say really stupid stuff all the time. This is PC run amok. Forget what the 'Rats say and look at how they act. If they really want to expel racists from the Senate tell them to have KKK "conscience of the Senate" Byrd resign first. This is about getting Lott out of the Senate and having a 'Rat governor appoint a 'Rat replacement for him. Lott has already apologized for being stupid and that should be the end of it. Did Byrd apologize for his remarks last year? I do not like Lott but I would not like to see him chased out of the Senate by the double standard that the totally dishonest 'Rats use to judge people.
52 posted on 12/11/2002 10:58:04 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: Tall_Texan
..Lott, OTOH, is the expected Majority Leader and he's now tainted with the R-word big time. Fair or not, deserved or not, he infects the image of the entire party as long as he's viewed as a leader of the party -
someone who is influential in what bills and what nominations come up for a vote.

For the good of the party, he's got to go. Not resign his Senate seat (he won't need to - he can use the same "let the voters decide" mantra that sustained Condit) but certiainly step down from any leadership
role in the Senate.

Name one reason why we should continue with this ineffective dolt when there are several other qualified Senators who could easily take his place? Let's get some new blood in there. Somebody that isn't
tainted with the R-word and symbolic ties to Strom Thurmond and outdated segregationist ideas. <<

Shhh...now see what you've done. In the mind of Texasforever, your ideas are not only in contrast with his, but you are now a Democrat. He said I'm not a Republican, and in fact I'm in the NAACP.

Brilliant mind, that.
53 posted on 12/11/2002 11:01:24 PM PST by SerpentDove
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To: Tall_Texan
"They didn't do much of that in Condit's case because he was essentially a nobody in the House already."

Condit was a member of the House Intelligence Committee, a little known fact because the liberal media didn't report it at all. Human events did......

That became particularly important after 9/11, but you're right. No democrats called on HIM to step down.....

54 posted on 12/11/2002 11:02:36 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Tall_Texan

Shhh...now see what you've done. In the mind of Texasforever, your ideas are not only in contrast with his, but you are now a Democrat. He said I'm not a Republican, and in fact I'm in the NAACP. *snicker*

Brilliant mind, that.

RE: Posts #49-51
55 posted on 12/11/2002 11:03:07 PM PST by SerpentDove
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To: BOOTSTICK
Republicans who fail to support him (LOTT) are displaying cowardice.

JESSE LEE PETERSON

56 posted on 12/11/2002 11:04:35 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: SerpentDove
Republicans who fail to support him (LOTT) are displaying cowardice.

JESSE LEE PETERSON

57 posted on 12/11/2002 11:04:51 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
Umm, I think the name is "Patterson". Reverend Patterson to you.
58 posted on 12/11/2002 11:07:21 PM PST by Tall_Texan
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To: TLBSHOW
Well, my mistake. It is Peterson. Seen this guy on tv a dozen time and I could have sworn it was Patterson. My bad.

Anyway. Booting Lott isn't cowardice. It's political common sense.
59 posted on 12/11/2002 11:11:32 PM PST by Tall_Texan
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To: Tall_Texan
Umm, I think the name is "Patterson". Reverend Patterson to you.

SORRY I AM ALWAYS RIGHT AND ONE OF THE LIBERALS WORST NIGHTMARES!

60 posted on 12/11/2002 11:11:42 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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