[sinkspur]

"Is that really how you want to be remembered, as the man who did the most to harm the Republican party since Richard Nixon? Why can't you have the grace and decency of others like Gingrich and Livingston?"

"Gingrich and Livingston were not branded as racists by you and the red-meat conservatives.

"You call me a racist, then you want me to give a damn about the Republican party?

"Ef the Republican Party."

[John Lenin]

I'm voting for McCain if Lott retires.

[cyncooper]

"You call me a racist, then you want me to give a damn about the Republican party?

Nobody is calling him a racist, they're calling him a boob.

Still I concede the result may be the same and he may set off into the sunset for Mississippi.

[BuddhaBoy]

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

If that's how Lott would respond, he would sink even deeper into ignominy.

It isn't necessary for others to call Lott a racist. His own repeated statements brand him as either a racist or at the least someone so insensitive to racism that he has no business in a leadership position.

[Teacher317]

Lott gets challenged, the majority of GOP senators will vote for ANYONE else, Lott loses, Lott quits, MS Gov (a Dem) appoints a Dem, it's 50-50 again, and Lincoln Chaffee switches (or McCain votes with the Dems).

So, when does Daschle take the reins again? January?

Twice the electorate tries to create a GOP Senate, and twice the GOP finds a way to lose. The GOP... the Cincinnati Bengals of world politics.

(Let's see who we can thank... Jeffords for switching... Lott for "power-sharing"... Ashcroft for not standing up against the appointment of the Widder Carnahan in 2000... SCONJ for gross injustice and not recusing themselves when the sent $$ to The Torch's and to Lautenberg campaigns... Tim Hutchison for picking exactly the right moment to drop his wife for his hottie... Thune for not challenging SD... Hawaii for electing a dead woman for Senator (or were they allowed the last-minute switch,too?)... Zell for not switching like many of Georgia's other right-minded representatives... McCain and/or Chaffee for undermining their party and their constituents for their own ambitions... Lott, again, for repeating his poorly chosen words... Lott, yet again, for putting his wounded pride above his party...

Every time, it's JUUUUUUST enough to keep Daschle the Obstructionist in control of keeping America soft, weak, and dependent. Thanks, all.)

[hinckley buzzard]

"Ef the Republican Party."

Sadly, that's about the level of maturity I would expect from Lott. A self-respecting man would have the humility to join with the greater good, an arrogant narcissist would do what you predict.

We'll see if Lott has self-respect, or just pompous narcissism.