Commentary: Lott Throws In The Towel (Conservative base will be gone)

crosswalk ^ | 12/20/2002 | Gary Bauer

[TLBSHOW]

Commentary: Lott Throws In The Towel Gary Bauer President, American Values

After days of endless apologizing, Trent Lott has thrown in the towel and resigned as Senate Majority Leader. Late last night he began making phone calls to GOP colleagues to let them know his decision.

Also over night the White House began a more concerted push to replace Lott with Senator Bill Frist, who will now emerge as the "frontrunner."

Frist is a savvy media personality, but he angered many conservatives by interfering in Republican primaries around the country, virtually always in favor of the moderate candidate over the conservative. And he was a staunch supporter of former Surgeon General Satcher, who was pro-abortion. I hope a more reliable conservative-- either Nickles or Santorum-- will throw their hat in the ring.

Now comes the hard part. This mess doesn't end with Lott's resignation. The GOP needs to find its backbone. One example: There are reports that the Administration is now afraid to go into court against the University of Michigan's offensive racial quota system that selects students from certain minority groups regardless of grades while rejecting white students with much higher grades.

For 30 years the Republicans have opposed these quasi-quota schemes. Are we now going to throw in the towel because of the smear campaign against Republicans of the last two weeks?

Some insiders are suggesting there will be reluctance at the White House to nominate conservative judges. Such reports better be inaccurate or the conservative base of the party will be gone.

Let me bring up again one easy way for the White House to signal that it knows how to play hardball and help Americans of all races. Many Washington D.C. schools are abysmal and the children, mostly black, trapped in them are ill served. The White House should send a school voucher program to Capitol Hill on the first day of the new Congress just for the District of Columbia. Ted Kennedy will scream. Hillary Clinton will pull her hair out. Daschle will reach for the Maalox. And they will line up and vote "no" against those black families and in favor of the teacher unions.

Last year Bush dropped his voucher plan because Kennedy refused to let it out of Committee, but there should be no cave in this time.

[jwalsh07]

OK Poohbah, when the case hits the fan, I'll page you and we can rehash tonight and with 20/20 hindsight see who was correct.

[Poohbah]

Like I asked...who died and appointed HIM the Imam of the Conservative Movement, with the power to declare fatwahs against the infidels and heretics?

[jwalsh07]

When are you resigning your NAMBLA membership?

Never heard of it, are there many of you?

[11th Earl of Mar]

Frist ... was a staunch supporter of former Surgeon General Satcher

And Gary Bauer was a staunch supporter of John McCain.

See you at the next pancake breakfast, Gary.

[jwalsh07]

I would say that most politically active Americans would want the Bush administration to take a stand here and file an amicus brief.

This is the statement poohbah took exception to.

Do you think the Bush administration should file a brief in the biggest affirmative action case since Bakke?

[11th Earl of Mar]

I won't let some has-been try to rile me up with rumors and smears.

Gary Bauer is not a has-been.

He was only a wanna-be.

[Jhoffa_]

Absolutely.

Conservatives oppose racism four square.

Period.

[B Knotts]

With a 90+ ACU rating and three bucks, you can get a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Well, not a real big cup...mind you.

[jwalsh07]

That's what I thought. Adios Jimmy.

[F.J. Mitchell]

BUMP!

[Howlin]

but he angered many conservatives by interfering in Republican primaries around the country, virtually always in favor of the moderate candidate over the conservative

Gosh, just think, we could have lost BIG TIME with the candidates that will satisfy this group.

[esopman]

Understood.

I suppose it was the association of words such as 'understanding' and 'compassionate' with T. Daschle that threw me. The man at his core is the antithesis of such adjectives. Those of the 'liberal' persuasion are blinded to the simple truth that the ideology they espouse is the precursor of tyranny - the very thing they claim to hate.

Your term 'fiasco' is appropriate. Trent ran his mouth a bit in a moment of careless Southern enthusiasm and it was blown far out of proportion. Still, intrinsically, I think the change is a good thing - not the rationale for the change. Let's see if the Republicans can make an omelette out of this scrambled mess. Blessings.

[Jorge]

Like I asked...who died and appointed HIM the Imam of the Conservative Movement, with the power to declare fatwahs against the infidels and heretics?

The queen of the in your face disenfranchished sisterhood of the perpetually dissatisfied conservative nit-picking bitch's movement. (FR message board faction) That's who. Watch it.

[TLBSHOW]

And your from the planet solo. Just how did I cook my goose with a question? That pooh bear won't answer? Just wondering anyways all pooh is doing is attacking me. LOL

I could prove it from here but that would mean I would have to show many pieces of Freepmail and that would make me a bad person in the eyes of the people who wrote them to me.

I will send you here

http://www.capitolgrilling.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=008786

tlbshow


posted 11-08-2002 02:48 PM
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said he will promise a partial birth abortion ban.
During an interview with American Family Radio Wednesday, Lott said, "I will call it up, we will pass it, and the president will sign it. I'm making that commitment - you can write it down."

American Family Radio Show WEDNESDAY

SOURCE


Any thoughts?

Mine thought is: go for it, and then ban Abortion fully! It is a hex on this country!


Pending action: Lawmakers are fighting over whether terrorism insurance should protect businesses from punitive damages. Talks drag on over a wide-ranging energy bill. Congress is split over whether to ban cloning and a rarely used abortion procedure called partial-birth abortion by its foes.

Saturday, August 3, 2002
http://www.montanaforum.com/rednews/2002/08/05/build/congress/lookahead.php?nnn=6

notice because I defend Trent Lott and PB abortion and Pat Buchanans book Death of the west I am called a racist and this was long before Trent was smeared. To me the name racist means nothing.
I fight commie rats all over the internet day after day. I was juust banned at the Guardian ask center right.

Any other dumb questions?

[TLBSHOW]

He didn't smear trent lott did he? See ya at the next racist fest!

[TLBSHOW]

so howlin how do you like the way this turned out? Your called a racist now by Hillary the witch of the east!

[TLBSHOW]

I am waiting for the apology for being so wrong! Well tick tick

[Jhoffa_]

Why do you expose yourself to this kind of abuse, TLB?

[11th Earl of Mar]

No, Bauer did not smear Lott. As a matter of fact, I never saw ONE Republican leader smear Lott.

Can you give us some specific examples?

[F16Fighter]

"Do most of the politically active people you PERSONALLY hang out with, aside from those on Free Republic, have the University of Michigan case as their main focus of attention right now?"

As a matter of fact the U. of Mich test case does happen to be quite pivotal regarding the direction this country turns regarding "special rights" across the board for any so-called victim group of "past institutionized unfairness."

Quite frankly, one needn't be a political rocket scientist to realize this is a wide open can o' worms should it go down the wrong way.