Posted on 12/17/2005 3:32:19 PM PST by peyton randolph
GULFPORT, Miss. - U.S. Sen. Trent Lott (news, bio, voting record) says personal losses he suffered because of Hurricane Katrina will weigh on his decision whether to run for re-election in 2006.
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Another consideration, he said, is that he is "so disappointed with the (Bush) administration's response to this disaster that I'm almost embarrassed."
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No kidding. And I don't think there's be a safer open seat in the whole country. Southern states don't elect Democrat senators to open seats as long as George W. Bush is President.
How could a man who has done everything in the world to embarass himself an the GOP, ever think that Bush is an embarassment?
That's because he didn't get a free house from them! To me, he has been always a weak-kneed leader in the Senate!
Well, Trent, you ain't the only one embarrassed. It's too bad that my tag line happens to apply to you.
byby Trent and could you take Hagel with you? Please?
I think Lott expected President Bush to persoanlly reimburse his losses. The man is a disgrace. If he decides to run again, I hope Mississippi runs someone against him in the primary and makes sure they are good, sound republicans.
Trent is a lifer. He is never going to leave, he is just trying a new fundraising tactic.
"No kidding. And I don't think there's be a safer open seat in the whole country. Southern states don't elect Democrat senators to open seats as long as George W. Bush is President."
I hope you are right about that.
I should say, "Your leadership hasn't been missed." Frist isn't any better, but, then, he isn't any worse.
buh, bye. Next
your Tag Line Sez it all..but I will submit that old Trent has done well for an old boy that otherwise would've been selling twice-removed used cars. Prob'ly at some Delta crossroad that even Robert Johnson run past...
I do admire his sense of frugality though as evidensed by his choice of "rugs" and polyester clothing.
All said and done; Ole Miss won't miss'em.......
Goodbye. Get lost. Farewell. Adios. Ta ta. Later dude. Buh bye. Hasta lavista. Aloha. Au revoir. Auf Wiedersehen. Arrivederci. Adeus. Vaarwel.
Until there is a market for bad hair pieces, Trent will have to earn a living on the public teat.
Lott will stick around although his time in the sun has come and gone. He will probably end up the GOPs Bobby Byrd.
And to think I helped cover for this guy during the Thurmond debacle.
"No kidding. And I don't think there's be a safer open seat in the whole country. Southern states don't elect Democrat senators to open seats as long as George W. Bush is President."
How familiar are you with Mississippi politics?
Mississippi is 41% black, and if Trent Lott does decide not to run, the likely Democratic candidate would be Gene Taylor.
Gene Taylor, like Trent Lott, lost his home to Katrina (Taylor lived in what was formerly known as Bay St. Louis)
Taylor also voted Aye on all 4 articles of impeachment against Clinton, and in 2004, when Bush won his district with 70% of the vote, he won with 75%. Taylor has a consistent record as a maverick within the House and as a strong social conservative all around. Taylor would be a very tough candidate to beat because he would come in with the same geographic base as Trent Lott did, and it's a base that is very loyal to it's politicians. (For those really up on Southern history, South Mississippi was also Bilbo's base)
In fact, the only Republican I know of who would be competitive in South Mississippi against Taylor would in fact be Trent Lott. Winning those coastal counties is critical to running a successful Republican campaign in Mississippi.
The fact is, if Trent Lott decides not to run, the chances are very good that his seat could fall into Democratic hands, especially if Taylor was the Democratic nominee.
Lott's been bringing the bacon home to Mississippi for a long time. I'm sure he expected Katrina aid to be just another opportunity to use the taxpayers' $$ to make himself the hometown hero. Wonder if Haley Barbour would consider the Senate?
Don't be so confident. I'm from Arkansas and we were stupid enough to put Mark Pryor in there. Now we'll probably never get rid of him...we keep electing Blanch Lincoln. Aggravated with them both after the patriot act thing.
I don't think it is entirely about the response to Katrina. I think this has to do with his resentment at having to surrender his spot as Majority Leader after the Strom Thurmond birthday party fiasco.
My advice to Lott: Don't bother.
.to which I can only add Sayonara.
Agreed...Lott is another "Brokeback Republican."
Taylor is a VERY erratic individual. He won't be winning anything statewide. Chip Pickering will be the next Senator.
We'll really miss you. Please close the door on your way out.
Sorry about your house tho, I'm sure that hurts.
Suppose it was Taylor and Pickering in a statewide race (it could be next year, though something tells me Lott won't retire, cause he's about got invincibility and he has old scores to settle)
But back to Taylor v. Pickering, explain to me, if all things are equal, how would Pickering make up for the huge defections in the coastal counties that Taylor's running would cause
Because in Mississippi, if you're a Democrat, you have to get enough votes in the Delta and North Mississippi to cancel out eastern and coastal/southern Mississippi.
Taylor running screws up that dichotomy, so how exactly would Pickering make it up, regionally speaking?
Ditto
you and me and a handful of others...i never liked the PC attack on him
and he is angry over W and Rove's part in it
so he got them back over the Harriet affair
he shoulda let it ride now
he's hardly poor and his brother in law is a near billionaire
Lott is one of the people we need to build support for retiring. I'd add McCain, Chaffee, Voinovich, Collins, Snow ...come to think of it I can't come up with one I'd keep -Grassley, maybe
I've had no use for this plastic @sshole since he tied the hands of the House lawyers during the Klintoon impeachment. Get bent Trent!
Gee, losing Trent Lott is like losing part of myself....like maybe a migraine headache or an infected tooth!
There are a few others, but for the most part you're right.
I'm so disappointed in Lott's "service" that I AM embarrassed by it.
If you want my pre-campaign input, Senator, let someone else take a turn at being a public servant.
ROFLMAO!
Has anybody got that pic of Trent with the feather in his cowboy hat? I can't stand that guy.
;o)
" A Republican senator on Saturday accused The New York Times of endangering American security to sell a book by waiting until the day of the terror-fighting Patriot Act reauthorization to report that the government has eavesdropped on people without court-approved warrants.
"At least two senators that I heard with my own ears cited this as a reason why they decided to vote to not allow a bipartisan majority to reauthorize the Patriot Act,"said Republican Sen. John Cornyn
In spite of that awful immigration bill he drafted he's still pretty good on 90% of the issues important to me.
Jim Talent, from what I've seen so far, is also halfway decent, especially in comparison to his colleagues.
Taylor's schtick may work for him in his bailiwick, although he is clearly not particularly representative of anyone other than himself. It remains a puzzlement why in such an incredibly Republican district that he represents that the GOP has not put up a credible candidate since Larkin Smith in 1988 (the last to defeat Taylor, and would've still been the Congressman today had he not died in that terrible plane crash). He has a very erratic personality, manages to rub everyone the wrong way, says strange things (he called himself a Socialist), and votes just as exactly as that strange personality... all over the map.
You make the presumption he will automatically carry his coastal district in a Senate contest, and that is a rather big jump to make given the dynamics of that Republican district. Publicly broadcasting his record around the state and his own personal comments would likely be enough to sink him (the kicker being he'd be helping the likes of Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, et al, towards committee chairmanships - and those people are TOXIC in Mississippi - while DEPRIVING Thad Cochran of HIS ability to help the state, picture South Dakota's situation in 2002).
You also make the presumption he'd even WIN the Democrat primary without a problem. I have my doubts he could even do that, the Democrats would not be too happy to have someone that erratic in the Senate. Given that Black voters would have a HUGE impact in who gets the nomination, I'd have to think unless he started moving leftward dramatically, they're not going to vote for someone whom they might regard as a crypto-Republican.
More likely you'd see someone like Michael Moore, the ex-Attorney-General, getting the nod over Taylor. He's far more in line with the parasitic 'Rats at the federal level. In any event, I still stand on what I said, Chip Pickering would still probably win. He's young, he's attractive, he's telegenic, and he is very much in line with Mississippi's values.
Trent is one of the most useless Senators in the party.
Another Mississippi Trent Lott ping
Just get out of the way.
Bottom row, 2nd from right is Trent.
Hmm...I found the pic of Chief "Squats-When-Peeing"...
Definitely another "Brokeback Republican" moment
You're ruthless! ROTFLMAO!
I WAS going to make a comment on where Chief "Squats-When-Peeing"'s hand might have been...and Secret Service might either tackle Trent to keep him from engaging GWB in a biowarfare experiment...or else one of GW's aides might have the "Hand Sanitizer" on stand-by...
THAT is ruthless!
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