Bill Frist majority leader Senate

[MeekOneGOP]

[auboy]

It's Christmas, Bill Frist is Senate Majority Leader, I've got a loving wife - yes, life is good.:-)

[princess leah]

I love it that he keeps his lab coat in his car...maybe it'll hang in Lott's, I mean, his new senate office...Can't you just picture him putting it on and wearing it to the Senate floor say, just before a vote on health care?

[TLBSHOW]

Heck...I'll give you 120 days to get your head out of rectal deflade! :-) That is gonna be a bigger challenge than PBA!


Be nice or I will post this as its own thread.

George W. Bush and the Betrayal Of Trent Lott

Commentary by Cathryn Crawford

Dec 23, 2002

Being a Texan, I’ve been a Bush fan for a long time. Not that everyone in Texas is a Bush fan, but I’ve supported him and his policies for a long time, reaching back to his days as governor here. I’ve even convinced others to support him. I’ve trusted him to be a strong and fair leader and to appoint other strong and fair leaders. I’ve accepted him at his word when he claims to be a Christian, and a compassionate conservative.

It’s too bad I’ve had to revise my opinion of him lately – not only of him, but many in his own party, and those that claim to be members with the same ideological slant. I am, of course, referring to the actions of those who have twisted the knife in the back of Trent Lott.

Senator Lott has been betrayed. There’s really no other word that can describe the reprehensible actions taken by the people who were supposed to stand up for him.

http://www.washingtondispatch.com/article_3683.shtml

Cathryn Crawford is a student from Texas. She is committed conservative and an admitted news junkie. She can be reached at jccrawford@hotmail.com. She welcomes your ideas, comments, and ideas for future columns.

[unspun]

You wouldn't say that if you had your brains sucked out of your head when you were a baby.

Then again....

;-)

[MeekOneGOP]

Be nice or I will post this as its own thread.

A college girl? I've never heard of her.

If you do, please ping me to it, ok? That might be interesting.

[TLBSHOW]

I can still give it a thread of its own! LOL

[TLBSHOW]

That might be interesting


I have been known to be a glutton for punishment. Sure maybe for the late night crowd! Christmas shopping first.

[MeekOneGOP]

I have been known to be a glutton for punishment. Sure maybe for the late night crowd! Christmas shopping first.

Make sure to ping me if you do post that, ok? Happy shopping.....

[StarfireIV]

I also just heard that because he was chosen at a critical time, he did not have to campaign for the position which makes him less beholden to any special interests he would have needed to court.

[FBD]

No offense to GW, but that spot should be reserved for Reagan...

Merry Christmas!

[unspun]

If I had to bet, I'd say W over RR.

I don't think you'll ever find any bombs like Sandra O'Connor falling out from our Bush pilot.

I do like the man who said "Nyet" to Gorbachav, though.

[MeekOneGOP]

No offense to GW, but that spot should be reserved for Reagan...

No offense taken. Reagan is my hero too. He knocked the Soviets down, opening a path for Freedom in that part of our little world. Suits me, FRiend.

Bush is earning his own place in history. It's just that we all don't know it yet....

[MeekOneGOP]

And Merry Christmas to you too, my FRiend.....

Merry Christmas from
Ming n Meek !

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

A timeline of the change in Senate GOP leadership

The Associated Press
12/23/02 2:53 PM

A chronology of the shake-up in Senate Republican leadership, as Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi stepped down and Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee was elected GOP leader.

--Dec. 5: At a 100th birthday party for retiring Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, Lott says voters of his state were proud to have supported the South Carolinian when he ran for president on a segregationist platform in 1948, and added, "If the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years either."

--Dec. 9: Lott issues a statement: "A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embraced the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement."

In an earlier statement, Lott said his remarks "were not an endorsement of (Thurmond's) positions of over 50 years ago, but of the man and his life."

--Dec. 11: In television appearances, Lott says his comments were a "mistake of the head and not of the heart," and that "the words were terrible and I regret that."

--Dec. 12: President Bush distances himself from Lott's remarks, telling an audience the comments "do not reflect the spirit of our country." Bush does not ask for Lott's resignation.

--Dec. 13: Lott apologizes in his hometown of Pascagoula, Miss., for what he called "insensitive" remarks, and for "reopening old wounds and hurting so many Americans."

--Dec. 15: Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., the No. 2 Senate GOP leader, calls for new leadership elections, saying the controversy has so weakened Lott that his "ability to enact our agenda" is in doubt.

--Dec. 16: Lott apologizes in an interview on Black Entertainment Television and promises to use his position to help push through initiatives that would benefit minorities.

--Dec. 18: Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island becomes the first Republican senator to call for Lott's ouster.

--Dec. 19: Frist announces he's willing to replace Lott as leader.

--Dec. 20: Lott resigns as Senate Republican leader.

--Dec. 23: Republican senators elect Frist as their new leader in a conference call.

[Denver Ditdat]

There’s really no other word that can describe the reprehensible actions taken by the people who were supposed to stand up for him.

Stand up for him? What the **** ever happened to standing up for yourself? Had Lott ever shown backbone, resolve, or a whiff of leadership he would have had backers. Why stick your neck out for someone who will cast you to the wolves while he scurries to cover his backside at the first hint of controversy in the Senate?

Lott is a follower, not a leader, and as a foot soldier rather than the majority leader he is exactly where he belongs. He has a good conservative voting record, but he can't stare down the opposition and ramrod legislation through when it matters.

[TLBSHOW]

HERE IS WHY YOU SHOULD OF STOOD WITH LOTT''

Judicial Selection After Trent Lott

Now that Trent Lott has reminded the nation that ugly, antiquated racial attitudes still exist in this country, even in the highest ranks of government, the Bush administration needs to pay even more attention to civil rights concerns regarding several of its judicial nominees. It seems clearer than ever that the White House and the Senate should conduct a more rigorous review of current and future judicial nominees' records on race, and disqualify any whose commitment to equal rights is at all in doubt.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/22/opinion/22SUN1.html

[GOPJ]

You're sooooooooo right:

The Dems will wish they had kept quiet about Lott. Now they don't have a big bulls-eye painted on the GOP to shoot at any more. This sets us up quite nicely when the new GOP controlled Congress convenes for the first time after the New Year's. We're off to a good start today.

[GOPJ]

You're sooooooooo right:

The Dems will wish they had kept quiet about Lott. Now they don't have a big bulls-eye painted on the GOP to shoot at any more. This sets us up quite nicely when the new GOP controlled Congress convenes for the first time after the New Year's. We're off to a good start today.

[FreeSpeechZone]

Republicans said he is not expected to offer details on the agenda until shortly before Congress convenes. But unless he can reach a new organizing agreement with the Democrats before Jan. 7, the Senate will convene with committees configured as they were at last fall's adjournment. Democrats would remain in charge of most, if not all, committees, and the eight newly elected Republicans would have no committee assignments.

Without a Republican majority, the Judiciary Committee, for instance, would be unable to begin considering judicial nominations that Democrats had blocked.

Before Lott was paralyzed by his own troubles, he and Daschle agreed on a one-member GOP majority on all committees. But they disagreed over Republicans' demand for a 2-to-1 split of committee funding and other details. Democrats can filibuster any deal they don't like, and have made it clear they regard the committee negotiations as a critical first test of bipartisan cooperation under the Frist regime.