Posted on 12/13/2002 7:26:54 PM PST by sinkspur
Trent Lott, in a conference call with 27 GOP Senate Republicans today, said that he would leave the Senate if forced from the Leader position.
Jonathan Karl said three or four of the Senators viewed this as "blackmail," but that the majority still support Lott and want him to continue as Leader.
Perhaps Lott is on a form of steroids which account for his new found arrogance.
No joke, but Trent's becoming a joke.
I hereby nominate him for the '...of the decade" one.
There's someone who realizes that the only fair way to separate men is by ideology, because that's what you choose. It say's everything about who you are inside.
Whereas your color is merely something you are born with.
The rats love to use a superficial and false standard like color to divide people, we need more Jessie Peterson's to give some kind of depth to these race issues.
If the ComPost had reason to believe he was, you may be sure they would mention it.
Have you noticed that the ComPost article specifically denies the report that was on CNN that Lott made the threat on the conference call? Shouldn't that tell you something?
Right. If the Dems are going to have it handed to them, then let it be now, rather than have Lott rolling over on every controversial issue, Judicial appointment, etc. That's what he did for his Southern Brother Clinton.
If he said this in a childish fit of hurt feelings, which at first glance he did,in my opinion, he should be on the way out of town with a fully paid one way ticket back to old Miss post haste.
A full grown man with this kind of childish attitude has not the ability to lead.
The answer is a good enough reason to suggest what should be done here.
Do you have any reaction to what the Washington Post actually says, as opposed to what was being reported on TV last night?
Well, there is no choice *at*the*present*time* for the wise, the patient, and the prudent. We will keep Lott until the opportunity presents itself to kick his sorry butt. Not optimal, but we cannot lose the Senate.
Nothing else to do *right*now*. That doesn't mean there won't be in the near future.
He certainly did not do it as reported, on the conference call. I think we can take as a fact what the Washington Post reports, that he was not even on the conference call.
Phase 2 though should be interesting. Most of the stuff dug out about Lott was actually from old stories. The CCC stuff was just googled by reporters and recycled. What will happen next is a swarm of reporters heading down to Mississippi this week-end, looking for dirt. They will find some.
That will be the battleground. Lott has barely survived phase I. If Lott ever went to a rally of supremacists, even as a youth... somebody will sell him out to the tabloids. I would not be surprised if the Enquirer isn't down in Trent's hometown waving cash around for photos of him doing something stupid. For Lott, I think... it is a waiting game. What they bring out on him next isn't as important as the timing of it. If they find something juicy this week... he is toast. If it isn't til say late January, it won't matter for the most part.
Lott is going to be praying that the locks hold on the closet where all the skleletons are buried, make nice on BET, and that is just my two cents.
Let's hope the Republicans are doing similar research on people like Byrd and Hollings.
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