A Man Out of Time [The Landrieu-Lott political nexus]

MSNBC ^ | Sunday, December 15, 2002 | By Jon Meacham

[JohnHuang2]

Finally finished my computer upgrade -- works like a beaut!

Missed ya all, big time, though.

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[Diver Dave]

Glad to have you back, John, and I see I'm just in time to catch your 2 cents. Great Piece once again. You've been missed.

[Fish out of Water]

Good to see you back

[putupjob]

I'm happy about Louisiana because DEMS are happy about Louisiana. They missed a few salient facts in the analysis.

• Landrieu was an incumbent from a powerful Louisiana political family
• Terrell was an unknown prior to this race
• NO Republican has been elected to the Senate from Louisiana since Reconstruction
• Landrieu's landslide was half here margin of victory the last time she ran

Please, cheer with the democrats. They just don't get it. They can forget the whole southern thing. Just ask the dems in Georgia. Time for the old Rah Rah thing. GO DEMS!!

[Reagan Man]

Wow! That was a long one JH2. But right on the money.

Too bad you weren't here first hand, to see the public behavior of so called conservatives, on this ultimate conservative website. I'm sure you've either done some checking already, or will be doing so shortly. I'll tell you, it hasn't been a pretty sight, this last week. Frankly, I've been appalled at the willingness of self professed conservatives and rank and file Republicans, to join in the condemnation chorus calling for Lott's head. It's been truly sickening.

Many of us wanted Lott to step down after the Jeffords fiasco last year and many of us still would like a new GOP leader to be chosen. But under the circumstances, with the all the race baiting coming from the left, every true blue conservative Republican should be challenging these trumped up charges that have been fabricated against Trent Lott. Conservatives shouldn't be turning tail and running from this fight. Rather we all should be standing against the excesses of, hysterical rhetoric and extreme political correctness, based on some fear factor.

Many Republicans fought long and hard to retake the Senate and give PresBush a GOP controlled Congress. Now there are so many folks willing to give it up and hand that control back to the Daschle and Company. The political world has been turned upside down in the last week and I fear, it will be a while before things get back on the right track.

I'm hopeful and optimistic about the future for the GOP, just disgusted with the spineless behavior of a significant portion of conservatives and Republicans alike.

God help, the Grand Old Party!

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for the warm welcome, amigo. Missed y'all, too. Great to be back!

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, friend

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #4 -- Bull's-eye.

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks for the warm welcome back, amigo. Your points are right on, couldn't agree with you more. A quick check of the word spinelessness in the dictionary has *Republican* as the first definition.

[JohnHuang2]

Thought you could get rid of me that easy, eh? Well, no such luck ;^)

My puter problems were far more complicated than I thought, so I decided to do a complete system upgrade. Works like a charm now. Great to be back!

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Great to be back!"

Great to have you back. Feliz Navidad!!

[Aeronaut]

Hey John. Welcome back. Man, you've been missed.

[Mudboy Slim]

Good to have ya back, dude!!

"Mac-Auliffe!!!!"
(To be sung to Hank Williams, Jr.'s version of his daddy's song, "KAW-LIGA!!")

McAuliffe is a two-bit minion grovellin' fer RAT's Whores!!
He sold his Soul to Ol' Slick Willie...sold Chi-Coms OUR Guns of War!!
MAC-AULIFFE!! OOOOOOOOOHHH!! Grinnin' there as if Right doesn't know...
FReepers demand answers...Truth's gonna flow!!

T-Mac always wore his pin-striped suits and pissed good folks off a lot...
That Traitor stole from Union folks and smoked way too much pot!!
MAC-AULIFFE!!! OOOOOOOHHH!!! Too corrupt to ever do what's Right...
Because yer heart is stained from constant lyin'!!

(CHORUS)
IN-DICT McAuliffe...Equal Justice demands this!!
CON-VICT McAuliffe...'Tis in Prison he shall live!!
Is it any wonder that Slick's face is red...
McAuliffe, yer Party's good as dead!!

McAuliffe is a lowly minion...Sheeple just don't care!!
Punk's fate is fixed to the Clinton Traitor but RAT-Voters ain't aware!!
MAC-AULIFFE!!! OOOOOOOOOOHHH!! In yer trial evidence'll grow...
Right'll make sure, then, Let Sheeple Know.

Then one day that Winnick shyster bought Slick Willie's maid
And loved Terry 'cuz T-Mac's gay...but Ol' Slick saved his A!!
MAC-AULIFFE!! OOOOOOOOOHHH!! Punk stole from Winnick's Global Crossing...
Slick wishes Terry's still his ButtBoyDream!!

(CHORUS)
IN-DICT MAC-AULIFFE!! Equal Justice demands this!!
CON-VICT MAC-AULIFFE!! In a prison cell he shall live!!
Is it any wonder that Left's face is red...
MAC-AULIFFE...RAT Party's good as dead!!!

Mudboy Slim

BTW...Slick and T-Mac sittin' in a tree...K-I-S-S-I-N-G!!
First comes the Trial, then comes Jail...
Then young Chelsea MUD shall disparage!!

[cardinal4]

Welcome back, awaiting your 2 cents on Algores not running!

[McGavin999]

We missed you too John, and again, your two cents worth is worth it's weight in gold.

If we're all very, very quiet for the next couple of hours it looks like Gore just handed us a BIG, HUGE gift. His announcement just knocked this whole thing off the front page. :o)

[Sparta]

"I'm hopeful and optimistic about the future for the GOP, just disgusted with the spineless behavior of a significant portion of conservatives and Republicans alike."

Here, here. Also, another reason why Republicans do not do as well as they can in elections is because Republicans and conservative/libertarians enjoy battling each other instead of the common enemy, liberalism/socialism/communism/fascism.

[Sparta]

"Next to McCain-Feingold, the Louisiana system is the best incumbent protection racket going."

That what our election system was designed to do. It was created by Governor Murphy Foster(the creator of segregation, man who won Plessy v. Ferguson, and grandfather of current governor Mike Foster) to destroy the old Populist Party and to make sure the Republican Party never became a political force in Louisiana.

[Carolinamom]

I'd recognize your bang-up writing anywhere whether you signed it or not! A really good one!

[F-117A]

Bingo!

[CyberAnt]

And ... we're glad to have you back, John!!