Coleman Smith

The democrats will better served to pay the republicans to keep Lott in the leadership position until the next elections so that can use this issue.

If he gets ousted now the Republicans will have dumped a liability.

I can hear it now.


The Dem.�s will say that minority Americans now have a choice between the Democrat party or the Klan.

Lott�s obvious power play is his current threat to resin the senate. Since the Gov. of Mississippi is a Dem. That throws the senate back to 50-50.

Interesting.

Coleman Smith
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The assertion that the universe is surround in grape jelly is more creditable than the assertion that we are the immortal pets of some deity.

beliefisbunk

I don't think it's very probable that Trent Lott will resign. I think there are two possiblities on what will happen-


1. He'll probably stay in the leadership, there may be a rebuke or censure somewhere, agreed upon by his fellow Republicans, and they will go on to say Fordonian crap like "it's time for the country to heal and move on."

2. MOST likely - the media will focus less on Lott to Republican advantage in hopes that everyone will forget about the comments. Other Republicans avoid photo-ops with Lott, and despite being the majority leader, the Republican Senate guest appearing on morning politicial round-ups will be a member from the Appropriations, Printing, or Rules Committee.

The classic Republican remedy of taking care of a crisis - sweep the dirt under the rug.

If it was discovered that the "Strom comments" were the tip of the iceberg - and a staffer were to find a fashion catalog for Ku Klux Klan cheerleading attire in Lott's desk, leading to obvious resignation, then current MS governor Ronnie Musgrove (D) would be picking the new Senator. However, judging from the political philosophies of many Southern Democrats truth can only tell on what kind of Democrat will be picked. I don't live in MS, nor am I aware of the governor's stands on issues, but we could only hope if Mr. Crow were to embarrass himself enough to quit the job that we would get someone with an actual conscience

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Loren Pechtel

Originally posted by beliefisbunk:
1. He'll probably stay in the leadership, there may be a rebuke or censure somewhere, agreed upon by his fellow Republicans, and they will go on to say Fordonian crap like "it's time for the country to heal and move on."

Remember, though, the Democrats can filibuster anything they don't consider adequate.

Coleman Smith

Nope.

They dumped him because he was damaged goods.

If they had kept him he would have been beholden to the minority power structure because every time he voted against one of their programs he would have been called a racist, which he is.

His multiple gaffs were a threat to the GOP agenda so he�s out of power.

It will be interesting to see how long he keeps his senate seat

Coleman Smith

Ipecac

He committed the unpardonable sin of forgetting he was in mixed company. I wonder who the next one will be. The funny thing is watching some of the repub pundits go apeshit about Dumbya cutting Lott off at the knees. What's telling is this...Dumbya likes Lott more than your average american, if he'll do that to a friend imagine what he's got in store for us.

CALDONIA

As far as the Republican Party and Dubya are concerned, Lott's mistake was not in his belief but in his belief being exposed. The party of Lincoln embraced the segregationist movement for the sake of votes and is unable and/or unwilling to repudiate that doctrine. Therefore, they preach "harmony" with a wink and a nod to those who understand their true credo. Lott's explantation that he supported Strom Thurmond, but 'not what he stood for' sounds like a Nazi saying he respected Hitler, but disagreed with his policies, though I make the comparison not for analogy, but for illogical allusion.

I wonder when Southern politicians will realize that the giant voter bloc of black people in the South makes it moral and prudent to represent their interests alongside those of their traditional constituencies.

lpetrich

As to which side the Republican Party now takes, Trent Lott once stated that the Republican Party platform features the ideals of Jefferson Davis.

Meaning that the Republican Party is now the party of Jefferson Davis.

IvanK

Take a gander at this nominee for the biggest political story of 2002. Democrats play into Bush's hands, allow him to consolidate the most powerful Presidency since Lyndon B. Johnson's. As Oscar Wilde said, be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

Robert G. Ingersoll

- You are referring, I assume, to REPUBLICAN politicians, right? Democrats in many areas of the South apparently understand that they can't ignore black voters. E.g., in the last eight gubernatorial elections in Mississippi, the Democrat candidate won six times, each time with under fifty per cent of the white vote, but a huge majority of the black vote.

John Hancock

Yep and
Old brother Jeb he done bought the best democracy money could buy back in old 00 $2,317,800 to with no bidding ChoicePoint without ss# checks that would make voter lists 80% accurate. Really the American public "has their thumbs up their asses and their minds in Texas". Like the Duya "all hat and no cattle".
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Martin Buber