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Commentary: Lott Throws In The Towel (Conservative base will be gone)
crosswalk ^ | 12/20/2002 | Gary Bauer

Posted on 12/20/2002 6:19:45 PM PST by TLBSHOW

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To: Jhoffa_
I had howlin and hole in one as teachers!
201 posted on 12/20/2002 9:00:09 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Howlin
I'd rather not think of that .. LOL
202 posted on 12/20/2002 9:00:25 PM PST by Mo1
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To: Jhoffa_
besides like I said, being called names by either the left or right or called racist really means nothing.

What it shows is they have no foot to stand on and resort to name calling which shows their true nature nursery school pains in the bttt! LOL
203 posted on 12/20/2002 9:03:54 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
You miss the point. We could of put an end to them ever using racism again if the republicans would of stood up to them.

At first mention of Lott's remarks I listed the Dem's racist actions which far outstripped Lott's words.

Clinton and his idolization of Fulbright.

Gore, Sr. opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and making the maid sit in the car.

Gore, Jr. limiting the blacks on his Secret Service detail.

Byrd in the hood.

Hillary!'s "f--king Jew b-st-rd!"

Al Sharpton's "interlopers".

Jesse Jackson's "Hymietown".

And on, and on, and on.

I called Senator Domenici's office and gave my friend there the long version, loud ("strident").

Then it became apparent that nowhere in this great land was anything like that being said outside Rush Limbaugh, Ms. Thurnstrom, and Bill Bennett.

Lott apologized and apologized and apparently was headed toward a Maoist/Stalinesque self-abasement in the square.

Bennett's remark was that he was headed for reparations, echoing my silent dread.

At Impeachment time, Lott was protecting Clinton.

In setting up the Senate elected in 2000 Lott was "sharing power" with that chancrous maggot Daschle.

Now Lott had demonstrated the political savvy of a manic Jerry Lewis, berating "his kids" during a telethon.

How would he handle it? Would he actually follow through on his threat to leave the Senate--and thus his seat to a Dem appointed by the Mississippi governor?

He announces, "I shall not seek, and shall not accept the nomination to be your president", "you won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", "I want to spend more time with my family".

It had become Ground Hog Day, and he couldn't change the calendar.

Had every Republican touted the Dem's actions vs. Lott's words, things might have been different.

This then is the "new tone"?

So I called Senator Domenici's office and my friend there had met Bill Frist and "there isn't a nicer man in Washington" and the "new year looks very bright".

I have next to no idea about Bill Frist other than when the bullets flew in the Capitol, he went to work to triage.

Anyone in lock step to Maxine Waters is not going to be swayed by anything Lott would have done, ever.

They would be broke now, having lost it all in investments with Solomon Smith Barney Frank.

I don't see what Bush could do that would speak louder than having Colin Powell as Secretary of State and Condoleezza Rice as National Security Advisor.

As for Lott, he opened his mouth and marched the school band into it.

He would, as Bennett suggested, have been willing to debate reparations to save his position, and that was where his quarterback position was rescinded.

I prefer the Walter E. Williams position on reparations: there shall be none.

204 posted on 12/20/2002 9:04:12 PM PST by PhilDragoo
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To: TLBSHOW
Your called a racist now by Hillary the witch of the east!

Your boy Trent called me one before she did. I don't give a damn what SHE says, never have, never will. I do, however, mind when the man you supported, who was the leader of my party, calls me one.

205 posted on 12/20/2002 9:04:57 PM PST by Howlin
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To: TLBSHOW
Well, we know your heart is in the right place.
206 posted on 12/20/2002 9:07:18 PM PST by Jhoffa_
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To: TLBSHOW
You're so cute. Bush knife's Lott because he is a distraction, and suddently instead of Bush being the dike against the socialist tide, he is an enabler, and a liberal Republican, and the lowlands are flooded with socialistm in an instant. Perhaps you simply are an accolyte of Common Tator or something, who had a similar epiphany. Happily, most of us are more composed, channel our hormones in more productive channels, and have a bit of perspective, and memories with a bit longer half life.
207 posted on 12/20/2002 9:08:30 PM PST by Torie
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To: PhilDragoo
That is the truth no money paid for reparations. So then you must really hate Bush and Ashcroft for letting the Clintons slide too?
208 posted on 12/20/2002 9:08:30 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: F16Fighter
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."

That wasn't the question I asked.

One more time:

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?

And let me ask another one: do you support making English the official language of the United States of America? If so, do you plan to ever learn how to speak and read English?

209 posted on 12/20/2002 9:09:57 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: TLBSHOW



THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE KING!
(as they say in Britain)
210 posted on 12/20/2002 9:10:53 PM PST by Blake#1
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To: Torie; rintense
then please tell me why the biggest Bush Fan of them all rintense is not happy with what Bush has done? Don't worry I saved all her words on this matter, in case of this very question.
211 posted on 12/20/2002 9:12:26 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: TLBSHOW
Inasmuch as Trent Lott was in kindergarten in 1948

You evidently retain NOTHING -- I told you TWICE the week that Lott was 7 years old in 1948; I hope he wasn't in kindergarten then.

212 posted on 12/20/2002 9:12:59 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Howlin
Maybe he was a slow learner back then. He sure seems like one now!
213 posted on 12/20/2002 9:13:37 PM PST by Poohbah
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To: TLBSHOW
Has the lady in question also suggested that Bush is a symp for the left, and wants to further its agenda, because he is now revealed as that most awful of species, a "liberal Republican?" I am using your buzz phrases now, just so that we can communicate.
214 posted on 12/20/2002 9:14:52 PM PST by Torie
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To: Jorge
My analysis is hardly panicy. The reality is that the inside the beltway Republicans have played right into their enemies hands, when indeed the tactics being used against them have been used repeatedly. It is that fact alone, which makes the Republican response so absolutely stupid.

Actually, if you have read my essay Trent Lott Affair--Anatomy & Context of a Smear, you would know that I discuss how the Left has been perfecting their techniques for this sort of thing for a hundred years.

In not understanding how to respond in a manner that did not tend to play into the demagogue's hands, the Republicans in Washington have painted themselves into a disasterous corner. On the one hand, they have divided their base. On the other, they have shown their foes a tactical vulnerability.

It should also be kept in mind, that Strom Thurmond, more than anyone else on Capital Hill, has been associated with trying to get more Conservatives on the Federal Bench. That was the price he demanded for delivering the Southern support, which brought the Republican party back from a minority status. Humiliating Lott--admittedly a weak adversary in this--over a whimsical tribute to Thurmond, will have many aspects in the future fights over judicial nominees.

Recognizing a problem, is the first step towards dealing with it. The Republicans in Washington imagined a problem, where there was not one, and that is why we are now in trouble. I am looking for a way to repair the damage.

William Flax

215 posted on 12/20/2002 9:15:13 PM PST by Ohioan
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To: TLBSHOW
So then you must really hate Bush and Ashcroft for letting the Clintons slide too?

No.

I never expected either of them to spend one minute on that.

You and I and a thousand FReepers would have assembled an army of counsels, the FBI to the tune of two hundred agents, subpoenaed hundreds of witnesses and got ready to rumble.

My godfather was a congressman, and I learned at the age of five to wash your hands after shaking hands with a Democrat.

But I don't believe in the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, or Payback From The Next Administration.

216 posted on 12/20/2002 9:16:03 PM PST by PhilDragoo
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To: TLBSHOW
Hey TLB, I am as big a supporter of Bush as rintense and I agree with you on this issue. I am angry with Bush for the first time, and disgusted with most of my fellow FReepers. Keep speaking out!!
217 posted on 12/20/2002 9:16:39 PM PST by SoCar
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To: TLBSHOW
You were wrong about Lott, and you're wrong about the conervative base.



218 posted on 12/20/2002 9:17:16 PM PST by Sabertooth
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To: Howlin
tell it to ann she wrote it
219 posted on 12/20/2002 9:21:22 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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To: Sabertooth
Inasmuch as Trent Lott was in kindergarten in 1948, he did not vote for Thurmond. He did not run on a "similar" platform to the Dixiecrats. He did not write a jacket-flap endorsement calling a segregationist an "American Dreamer."

The idea that Lott took the occasion of an old timer's birthday to introduce a new policy initiative to bring back segregation – a Democrat policy – is ludicrous.

Ann Coulter

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/808894/posts?page=64#64

220 posted on 12/20/2002 9:21:51 PM PST by TLBSHOW
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