Trent Lott, Bill Clinton, and career politicians

TownHall.com ^ | 12/17/02 | Dennis Prager

[deport]

It seems clear to just about every Republican other than Trent Lott that the senator should step down as Senate majority leader.

Great opening line... to bad it isn't the truth at least not at this stage as incompetent Lott must go and the party must now try once again to recoup from the damage it has caused itself.

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Should Lott Remain as Senate Leader?

ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Dec. 12-15, 2002. N=1,209 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3. Field work by TNS Intersearch.
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"Trent Lott, who is the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, recently said the country would be better off if Strom Thurmond were elected president in 1948, when Thurmond ran as a segregationist favoring separation of blacks and whites. Lott later apologized for the comment. Do you think Lott should or should not continue to serve as Republican leader of the Senate?"
		Should Continue	Should Not Continue	No Opinion
		%	%	%
	ALL	41	51	8
	Whites	47	45	8
	Blacks	19	78	3
	Other	25	68	7
	Democrats	27	64	9
	Republicans	56	35	9
	Independents	43	52	5

[Howlin]

And one for you.

[Wphile]

Thanks for the ping. It is all so disgusting to watch.

I'm so ticked at the liberal race baiters and the media who have jumped on Lott like a pack of wolves. I pissed as h*ll at Lott for making the boneheaded remark in the first place and then exacerbating it with his asinine comments last night. I'm ticked at all the conservative pundits for jumping on him too. And what really pisses me off is the thought of tommy dasshole laughing and smiling his arse off!! Aaarrghhh!

The only way out of this is for Lott to step down. He should keep his seat but relinquish his Majority Leader position.

[Howlin]

He took the bait. Which is what we should NOT do.

[RobFromGa]

great essay! thanks for the ping!

BUMP

[cake_crumb]

"He took the bait. Which is what we should NOT do."

RIGHT!!

[Darlin']

Thanks for the ping. :) BINGO is right. It didn't have to be anything but a one day story at most but Lott couldn't be bothered to address it seriously after all he was on vacation. Now, in order to save his sorry behind he tries to make HIS problem OUR problem. Well, I'm having none of it.

[eddie willers]

He took the bait.

No he didn't.
And that's the hell of it.
No one was fishing for him....he jumped into the boat of his on accord and has done nothing but get tangled further in the nets.

Now he is sinking the boat and taking everything down with him.

(Thanks for allowing me to run on with this fishy metaphor...LOL!)

[Howlin]

I guess I should have clarified what I meant: he took the bait for the interview and gave them everything they wanted.....and more.

He has now painted all of us Southerners as just like him. He gave them us on a silver platter.

[dfwgator]

Lott should apologize to Republicans for suggesting that Thurmond would have been better than the GOP candidate, Thomas Dewey. The guy can't even be loyal to his own party.

[mysonsfuture]

Excellent post. Bill Clinton and Lott very similiar egomaniacs.

[eddie willers]

He has now painted all of us Southerners as just like him

Yes...and that is really unforgivable to me.
The depths he'll sink to to keep his precious position.

When I heard his comments on the radio Monday night, I knew he had to go.
The only way to explain his actual words is that he is stupid or actually is a racist.
Either way, not fit to be SML.

[eddie willers]

Lott should apologize to Republicans for suggesting that Thurmond would have been better than the GOP candidate, Thomas Dewey. The guy can't even be loyal to his own party.

LOL!....hadn't thought of it in that way, but you are right.

[dfwgator]

And now even worse, now that he is saying he is for affirmative action, willing to work with Major Owens...etc. If the GOP does kick him out, they'll say that they only kicked him out, because he was willing to accomodate their liberal agenda, thus proving that the entire party is racist. Lott is a stupid, stupid man.

[eddie willers]

Lott is a stupid, stupid man.

Groveling, pandering and blackmailing takes him beyond merely stupid.

As this article states, he's reaching Clintonian Legacy levels.

[Bluntpoint]

"Either way, not fit to be SML."

Yes he is. He was on SNL this weekend. He did a mean impression of Al Gore.

[dogbyte12]

Lott should apologize to Republicans for suggesting that Thurmond would have been better than the GOP candidate, Thomas Dewey.

Well, he likes Jefferson Davis better than Abe Lincoln as well. What republicans does Lott actually like? That would be a good quiz for him. Did he like Ike? Did Hoover suck? Was Coolidge the coolest? Was Teddy R, way out there too far? Sorry, long day... slipping into Dr. Seuss mode.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thanks for the ping, Meekie. Good post.

[VRWC For Truth]

Bump. Heave ho, over the side Lott go.

[A CA Guy]

I Bingo your Bingo as well.