LOTT THREATENS TO QUIT THE SENATE IF FORCED FROM LEADERSHIP

Newsnight with Aaron Brown | 12/13/2002 | Jonathan Karl

[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.

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He acts like somebody has his FBI file and controls him or something.

[esmith]

Mississippi has a rat governor, if Lott leaves he will appoint another rat. Is that what we all want.

[okie01]

"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."

When it comes time to defend his own position of authority and perquisites, that Trent Lott turns into one tough SOB, grows a spine and gets enlarged testes.

This is no leader. This is a loser.

[sinkspur]

So what's the downside?

Governor Ronnie Musgrove, Democrat of Mississippi, appoints a Democrat, and we're back to 50-50 and power sharing.

[Texasforever]

If he is forced out over this I don't blame him a bit. Of course the apology wasn't good enough because to sincerely apologize you have to have done something to apologize for. This has made me more ashamed of the republican party and GW than I have ever been.

[EternalVigilance]

I think I would call his bluff I were the POTUS.

So would I.

Show him the personal political black pit that is waiting for him if he undoes all the work Republicans have done to retake the Senate.

[dalebert]

Just as I thought. Lott is a rat. He would rather drag the entire party down with him than do what is right. Evidently he and Jeffords were closer than I thought.

[per loin]

WE NEED A REAL SENATE LEADER TO RISE UP NOW.

You've got one coming, a sleazy little guy from the Dakota country. You might even recognize him, and wonder how you got outsmarted again.

[koax]

for what it's worth, roger hedgecock, broadcasting from washington d.c. during the impeachment, said that lott was being blackmailed by the democrat party because lott had had a gay affair when he was in college.

lott never asked for a retraction.

[Clara Lou]

Good grief.... Are you serious? Lott is a very poor leader. It's his own fault.

[Texasforever]

Why am I surprised that Lott would be that much of a chicken dropping?

You could make the same observation about many on this forum.

[sinkspur]

This is no leader. This is a loser.

Actually, he's a man with leverage. He'll be leader until somebody can figure out an alternative.

[Clara Lou]

You could make the same observation about many on this forum.

Maybe you shouldn't speak to them?

[esmith]

Friday, December 13, 2002. CNN reports something and half the
people believe it.

[time4good]

No offense, but, is this substantiated? I'd like to see a documented account of someone that was there - or at least two or three senators stating so.

[rockfish59]

What if he changed his hairdo?

[mysonsfuture]

Unfortunaltey we lose either way. However, someone on another thread pulled up Mississippi law and it said something about a new election 90 days after a replacement candidate is picked by the dem gov. Please repost this info for clarification.

[deport]

Yep the LA senate race was a tough loss to have to take....

[Kay Soze]

Now it's personal!