[ewing]

The Hagle quote and link to the LA Times is in the middle of the page.

One more shoe drops and I expect GOP Senators to begin calling for Lott to step down..

[TLBSHOW]

if they do the gop win of 2002 is finished

Action Alert from NOW 11/8/2002

Tell the Judiciary Committee NO on Judicial Nominees November 8, 2002

Action Needed:

The Judiciary Committee's plan to bring the nominations of Dennis Shedd and Michael McConnell to the floor for a vote must be derailed. There is NO reason why Sen. Leahy (D-Vt.), the current chair of the Committee, has to schedule this vote;

it is rumored that his reason is to give the outgoing Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) a gift on his 100th birthday as he departs the Senate at the end of this session. Sen. Thurmond has been Judge Shedd’s sponsor, mentor and former employer, having had him on his staff years ago.

http://www.capwiz.com/now/issues/alert/?alertid=889126&type=CU

[thinktwice]

One more shoe drops and I expect GOP Senators to begin calling for Lott to step down..

Two shoes here -- dropped against Loot.

Ooops -- That's Loot, not Lott.

[billbears]

I'm suprised really. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. Lott's second mistake was apologizing for a misconstrued statement. If he would have kept his mouth shut it would have eventually blown over

[Ben Hecks]

Wow! If Lott caused all this hyperventilating just by making a bad joke, just think what reaction had been if he had driven a car off a bridge while drunk and drowned a young, female campaign worker.

[CFC__VRWC]

Looks like the RINOs are already starting to reach out to their colleagues - the Rats.

[detective]

Can somebody explain to me why Senator Kennedy can kill his girlfriend and noone questions his fitness to serve in the Senate while Senator Lott makes an innapropriate comment at a birthday party, apologizes several times and yet he is expected to resign.

[Bogie]

Drip drip- bull sh*t! Lot manipulated the Senate to give Clinton a pass. Lott is a crook.

The fact that he is a racist makes it funny!

[brbethke]

Stay focused on the game, people. This isn't about Trent Lott, it's about which party controls the U.S. Senate when it reconvenes in January. Right now the split is 51-49; if the Democrats can force Lott to resign as majority leader, and do it in a way so humiliating that he resigns his Senate seat as well, then Lott's replacement will be appointed by Ron Musgrave, the 4-term Democrat governor of Mississippi.

And if you believe Musgrave will appoint a Republican to fill Lott's seat, I've got some DNR-protected wetlands I'd like to sell you.

The sudden appearance of stories about Lott's racist activities as a college frat boy has as much credibility as the sudden appearance of Linda Tripp's shoplifting arrest record. This whole sorry mess is a political hit job, pure and simple, and the fingerprints of Terry McAuliffe, James Carville, and Hillary Clinton are all over this one.

[A2J]

It appears that the Republicans are becoming more like Democrats as each day goes by. They are reactionary instead of visionary, which is what cost the Democrats dearly on November 5th.

[Cousin Eddie]

If, a few days ago, Lott had given the speech that Bush gave yesterday, this situation might have calmed down. (Probably not given that he said the same thing before.)

Regardless, Lott might step aside.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Lott should step down from the leadership not because of what he said or didn’t mean to say. It’s because he is a ninnyfied moron and a RINO (redundant I know). He’s a non team player.

[Servant of the Nine]

This is a blessing for the GOP.
We were pretty much stuck with Lott, who was inept, dumb and cowardly.
The Dumbocrats have saved us by forcing the choice of a new smart tough agressive Majority Leader.

So9

[tm22721]

Many act surprised that Republicans act like capitalists (who eat their own when the heat is turned up).

BUMP

[AshleyMontagu]

Anyone who thinks this will end with Lott resigning his majority leader post is deluded. The sharks are circling, they smell blood and won't quit until a dem replacement has been named for his Senate spot.

[Cowboy Bob]

I'm not sure that I follow this whole controversy...

During a Birthday celebration, the Senate Majority leader praises a man on his 100th birthday. This man is a sitting (retiring) Senator who has been in office for 50 years. What the Majority leader says is that the country would have been better off if you had achieved the highest office you sought. Why wasn't there any controversy about Thurman during the past 50 years? The people of South Carolina kept on re-electing him. There was no effort to centure Thurman in the past, why are they attacking him now?

If at a birthday party, Tom Dashle had praised Ted Kennedy, saying that the country would have been better off if Ted was elected president in 1980. Would this be an endorsement of Murderers?

Where did Trent Lott endorce Segregation in his comments about Thurman? This is just a desperate attempt by the Democrats to find an issue.

By the way, how do the Democrats figure this strategy will win back the White vote in the South?

[rightwing2]

One more shoe drops and I expect GOP Senators to begin calling for Lott to step down.

This thing is spiralling out of control--building a momentum all its own. Already, it has damaged the GOP's standing with blacks--one of the main minority groups that Bush is trying to cater to. Its not that what Lott said was so bad. It wasn't but it sure was stupid. This press conference is really Lott's last chance cause the RATS and the liberal media aren't going to let this go. Basically, he needs to come out and very humbly admit he made some very stupid remarks which were misinterpreted. He needs to explain some of his past questionable statements and actions. Then he needs to come out very passionately against all forms of racial discrimination and pledge to fight it strongly if allowed to serve as Senate Majority Leader. Frankly, I think Lott comes up short and is pressured to resign before the Senate reconvenes in three weeks.

[colorado tanker]

Sen. Lott: Chuck, Chuck, help me!

Sen. Hagel: Don't be a fool, you can't get away.

Sen. Lott: Chuck, hide me. Do something! You must help me, Chuck. Do something!

Guards rush in and grab Lott. Chuck stands impassively as they drag Lott off.

Freshman Senator: When they come to get me, Chuck, I hope you'll be more of a help.

Sen. Hagel: I stick my neck out for nobody.

[RetiredArmy]

Mississippi has a Rat governor. Lott quits and he appoints another Rat to replace him and the Senate is tied again. That is why the Rats are on a full court press to get Lott out. The stupid fool sticks his foot in his mouth again and once again costs the Republican control of the Senate. Stupid fool. Stupid.

[fightinJAG]

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