Sen Trent Lott to Address Black Americans - RERUN at 11:30 EST (Comments welcomed)

Black Entertainment Television ^ | December 16, 2002 | Ed Gordon

[ewing]

Poised to make his case tonight in a Special Prime Time Interview with Ed Gordon on Black Entertainment Cable Television [8PM EST]..

Trent Lott (R-MS) is now facing more calls to replace him as Senate Majority Leaderfrom top republicans

[ctonious]

I wonder if Lott thought this through. How could he possibly think that pandering to the NAACP agenda is going to solidify his position with 51 GOP Senators?

[Hazzardgate]

Ed Gordon asked him if he'd reconsider the Pickering nomination in light of what has happened......he said he would.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Gawd no. Ick!

[rs79bm]

ED: What if President Bush asks you to step aside?

Trent: I believe that would be a mistake.


Ha!

[over3Owithabrain]

Yes, i want to know what he said about Pickering too.

THIS IS A FRIGGIN' NIGHTMARE!!!

[MJY1288]

Ed asked Lott if he would rethink his support for Pickering, And Lott said "Yes" and then went on giving a mild show of support for Pickering, I might have jumped the guna bit on that assumption

[The Great Satan]

I can't believe this...he is NOW being portrayed a the reformed racist and talks like he is therefore some kind of expert on the subject. He was just a "racist" a week ago. Who is going to fall for this?

The folks who fell for Bubba's Prayer Breakfast? Jimmy Swaggart's congregation? Everyone who bought a ThighMaster?

[dogbyte12]

Ok so Lott is going to abandon the race neutral approach of the GOP and toss Pickering aside to save his job. Any Lott defenders left out there?

[LurkerNoMore!]

*lol* Maybe that is why he went further than saying he was for affirmative action, and actually said he practiced it.

[Hazzardgate]

After Lott sold his soul....the rep from the CBC just said he didn't go far enough. This is a disgrace!

[Mollygal]

what a sorry bag of garbage...he better shut his big mouth up and get the hell out...

it is aMISTAKE to have the gop conference on jan 6th...

if LOTT resigns - this is get out of the senate (not just leadership postion) - in YEAR 2002 - there will be a special election 90 DAYS after his resignation..

if LOTT resigns in Jan 2003 - there will be a replacement for him appointed by the gov. of Miss. till the Nov, 2003 election...

get lott to decide if he wanna stay or if he wanna get out NOW - he is a sorry bag of crap, he has done enormous damage to teh Republican Party - time to throw him off the cliff..

he is willing to say whatever, do whatever just to keep his job - why are all these scumbags from the deep south are so klintonite...

[Austin Willard Wright]

More tears are needed to pull off a Swaggert.

[rs79bm]

Oh god. Now congressman Meeks is on. I think it's time to change the channel.

[GRRRRR]

That's it...he's TOAST...now the AA's can just keep bashing the hell outa him...he's giving away everything...Bye Trent.

[don-o]

Where are all the Lott defenders on FR?

It ain't about Lott.

It is about a political party that does not know how to use the power when they have it.

Instead of pointing out the media's known double standard, our President leads the girly men pubbies in an orgy of hand wringing.

Bush could have nipped this thing in the bud, by cashing in some political capital with a hard hitting statement on media bias.

Wonder why that was not forthcoming? I know the answer.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I want Lott to go, and I'm the person who first posted above about how Lott sold out the GOP agenda on affirmative action.

But in fairness, I didn't hear him say he would kill the Pickering nomination. He said that he knows Pickering's heart and that he is a good man.

[MJY1288]

Lott will never be forgiven by a racist like this man who is speaking now. This whole thing was a waste of time and only made things worse.

[OReilly]

Not by a long shot... gee why did I guess this well rehearsed line would trip off his tongue.

[AGreatPer]

How many dumb moves will Lott make? Meeks will eat him for desert. This is a set-up that Lott could have avoided. What an idiot.

[over3Owithabrain]

You're kidding!?!

He sold Pickering out too, praised affirmative racism?

Please, please, W and GOP - nuke this guy NOW! He's killing us all!

Aaaaaagggggghhhhhhh