[newgeezer]

"I think he has earned it," Lott said. "I'm a pretty conservative guy. But I'm also a pragmatist and I think it would be a mistake for him not to be chairman."

Is that the smell of greased palms and scratched backs wafting out of that room?

[byteback]

Ahhh that Trent Lott spine we all know and love.

[smokeyb]

Is that the smell of greased palms and scratched backs wafting out of that room?

Exerpt from Schippers' Sellout:

Finally Senator Lott and Republican Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania entered and sat at the head of a big rectangular table. Lott leaned back in his chair with a power lean that said, "I'm in charge." I'll never forget the very first words out of his mouth: "Henry, you're not going to dump this garbage on us."

Some things never change.