LOTT TO BE RULES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN?

Roll Call (through Drudge)

[RobFromGa]

BOOBY PRIZE: Republicans to offer Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) the chairmanship of the Rules and Administration Committee, ROLL CALL is set to report... MORE

Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), who was in line to head the Rules panel in the 108th Congress, has agreed to step aside to allow Lott to retain some institutional power...

[TLBSHOW]

Do my eyes deceive me? Is that surly fellow staring at me from the front page of the good old Drudge Report wearing a Confederate general's uniform a U.S. senator — a current U.S. senator?

It is indeed, and the senator in the suit that fought under the Stars and Bars of unhappy memory is not Mississippi Republican Sen. Trent Lott, the Democrats' vision of Pitchfork Ben Tillman reborn. No, the grizzled and menacing-looking U.S. senator in Confederate drag is West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd. He is clutching a sword. Does that not send a chill down the backs of every Democrat in the country? The senior senator from West Virginia — a border state — has a cameo role in "Gods and Generals," a film about to come out from Warner Brothers.

Fie on both Warner Brothers and the senator, who incidentally is the only sitting member of the Senate to have once served as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, a group whose civil rights record has been even more unsatisfactory than that of the modern Republican Party.

Even the Clintons would agree with that. How could Mr. Byrd and Warner Brothers be so insensitive? What with all the controversy about the Stars and Bars flying from Southern state capitals, there has to be more to it. My estimate is that Mr. Byrd is trying to send racists all over the country a message. "I am with you, fellows," that is his message, and he probably is.


http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20021227-39539824.htm

[GraniteStateConservative]

Don't give him any ideas.

Trent Lott's Kwanzaa Message to the Nation
 

Waaaaaaaah Zuuuuuuuup? Props to all the homeys and bizzos back at Ole Miss, and a shout out to my D.C. posse.

Seriously, I would like to wish a Meaningful Kwanzaa to my people and join you in introspective confrontation of self and society from December 26th to January 1st in order to begin to receive and reconstruct our history and our lives, rebuilding a more positive image.

Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia, Kuumba, Imani. Now, with that out of the way...

I mo take this op to lay my swerve on that riff I did at Double-Zero's candle jam. Yo peeps, I was just trippin, doing a buck fifty and just busted a shiz-nits. On the furilla, my niggilla. We was just kickin' it. But, no diggety, my rap was totally wack, nomsayin?

Now let's all slap skin and get down to the hardcore. Don't forget who got the phat pockets, and I'm fixin' to stack you brothers up some serious scrilla scratch. You heard? And all those Senate bee-yotches tryin' to Swazey my ass, ya need to just slow ya roll else we gone knuckle up and I mo bust a cap in yo doggy bone.

Crack another 40 and smoke some kill,    
 

[concerned about politics]

perceived insensitive racial remark

Yep. More Democrat mind reading going on. They "divined" his thoughts, just like they "divined" the voters thoughts in Florida.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Is Trent a member of the East Coast or West Coast posse?

[Howlin]

LOL!

[TLBSHOW]

The Rev. Al Sharpton called on Republicans yesterday to "clarify themselves" on civil rights issues, and said he has had conversations with incoming Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist that he hopes will "be healthy in this post-Lott atmosphere."

snip

I told [Mr. Frist] that this could be an opportunity for the Republicans to clarify themselves," said Mr. Sharpton, who is considering running for president. "They should not take Senator Lott's decision to step aside as a sign that the concerns of the black community have stepped aside."

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021228-12372055.htm

[leadpenny]

nomsayin?

LOL!

[KQQL]

[Sungirl]

Didn't Rush say that the Democrats Sen. Bryd would most likely get the position and that he is the one who belonged to the KKK club and said White N#G#E$$ on TV with Babwa Walters? I think the Repubs did this to be able to dare the Dems and to be able to point out that Bryd is a REAL racist?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Hey, you're an NC Stater, right? Thanks for thumping Notre Dame so soundly, what a great way to start the New Year.

[GraniteStateConservative]

There's nothing wrong with clarfying ourselves on civil rights issues. Why can't we say what our beliefs are?

[Sungirl]

LOL!! That's Hillarious...

[MJY1288]

ROFLMAO

[Fred Mertz]

That is hilarious, but I need some assistance with the translation.

[F.J. Mitchell]

"But why give the Democrats anything to complain about?"

Cause they are amusing when they whine. Hee,hee, hee.

[babygene]

" The Rules committee is probably the WORST place they could have put him. "

I agree. Sure hope he doesn't screw it up...

[TLBSHOW]

Nothing is wrong with it. Al Sharpton should be slammed as a racist! He is planning to run for President too!

[OldFriend]

I really want to know if Byrd is going to be elected to President pro tem of the Senate......and will he be wearing a new sheet to his swearing in.

[RobFromGa]

that is classic! thanks for the laugh.

[rightwing2]

Very nice gesture by Santorum here. However, since Lott is already out, there is no need to offer him a chairmanship unless its Commerce in order to get McShame out of there.