Proof positive that any clay-headed little boy can grow up to be U.S. Senator.
Posted on 12/27/2005 4:00:56 PM PST by wagglebee
Former House Majority Leader Trent Lott is mulling over two widely divergent options: Retiring from Congress – or running again in 2006 and trying to regain a top GOP leadership post.
His decision could determine whether Republicans retain control of the Senate next year, according to nationally syndicated columnist Robert Novak.
GOP officials in Mississippi believe Lott will probably retire, and they fear that would leave the door open for former State Attorney General Mike Moore, a Democrat, to win his Senate seat, Novak reports.
But Lott has dropped hints that he might not only seek a fourth term, but a Senate leadership post as well.
Lott was forced to resign his position as majority leader after the 2002 elections due to comments he made in praise of one-time segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond, which made Lott appear nostalgic for the days of segregation.
But he recently told the Sun Herald in Mississippi that if re-elected he might run for a Senate leadership post "just to make everybody nervous.”
Back in July, NewsMax reported that Lott had set his sights on the job of party whip, the No. 2 GOP post.
That was before Hurricane Katrina ravaged parts of Mississippi, sweeping away Lott’s home in Pascagoula and costing him half of his net worth, according to Novak. And his financial condition could heavily influence his decision on whether to run.
But the National Journal recently stated that "the most likely” results of the Senate midterm elections would include Lott stepping into the role of GOP whip.
Lott told the Sun Herald he’ll make his decision before the end of the year.
Said Mississippi GOP chairman Jim Herring: "Hopefully Sen. Lott will ... adopt as his New Year’s resolution that he will run again for six more years.”
Yeah, he got jobbed over the Strom Thurmond(?) remarks.
One only has to watch that moron mincing around Kennedy and Kerry to know why he's got a brown nose....
No. he lost because he apologized about three times too often.
hmm, I think the question mark belongs to another post. Preview dangit!
If so he an Arlen Specter need to retire and go bowling.
Spine transplants needed everywhere in the Senate Repub caucus.
I apologize for messing that up.
No! You are wrong! The liberal media just destroyed Sen. Lott. He was just saying nice things about one of the greatest senators. It was Sen. Thurmond's 100th birthday after all! He's a good man, and I hope he tries to be majority leader again. It was stolen from him in 2002!
But he recently told the Sun Herald in Mississippi that if re-elected he might run for a Senate leadership post "just to make everybody nervous.”
Could we maybe get a petition to send to Lott to assure him that just the thought of his considering another run for any leadership post makes us all not only nervous, but also nauseous?
Failing that, I would settle for someone who, for openers, knows the rules and hasn't spent their entire time in the Senate sleeping between bloviating. That would be a big improvement IMO.
Proof positive that any clay-headed little boy can grow up to be U.S. Senator.
How about a third option...suicide?
The Dems do not have to make McCain look like a fool. He takes care of that himself.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1544124/posts
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1547127/posts
only one choice -- RETIRE. geez
Only three? Seems like it was more than that, but that could be all the zillions of Lott threads at the time. ALL threads for a while became Lott threads. It was rather irritating.
IIRC, he also went on BET and slobbered his support for affirmative action and apologized a few dozen times on whatever show he was appearing on....THEN he got zotted by the Senate GOP.
It is time to break up the good-old-boy network of politicians.....
"Did you ever notice that every time Robert Novak claims to be the recipient of a White House leak, he smells like urine?
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Actually, Novak always smells like urine.
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