Vacant Lott for Rent: The Trent Lott Press Conference Live Thread.

FOX News Channel ^ | 12/13/02 | Li'l Ol' Me

[section9]

Trent "Vacant" Lott is up to bat at 5:30 EST.

[altura]

On the one hand, it's a shame to let the libs get by with their shameful attacks while ignoring the plank in their collective eyes.

On the other hand, I've gotten to where I have a hard time standing the sight of Trent Lott.

[Vis Numar]

ha ha Lott is up on prime time, and just roughling through the papers "we should enforce all laws"

Roy Ennis, Bob Johnson, they are working on a full hour speech for next week.

[InvisibleChurch]

at least he's not crying like a democrat

[Howlin]

Pandering. If he agrees to power share, I'll blow up!

[Digger]

This guy sounds like Bubba. Oh PlEEEZE make him step down. This guy has totally distructed & every word is compounded by blather.

[A Citizen Reporter]

"Ooooh, Trent Lott is going to do BET next week."

And THAT was his announcement!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Now, that takes guts!

[EternalVigilance]

He doesn't get it. He just doesn't get it!!!!

For many, 'Beltway Blindness' is terminal. ;-)

[Mr. Bob]

Maybe he is going to switch parties!

[Vis Numar]

"I love him" on strom Thurmond.

[f.Christian]

Will we have a proclamation of emancipation...the statute of limitations on slavery is over---we are free!

[relee]

No Republican Senators asked him to resign.

[Wordsmith]

Posted on Andrew Sullivan's blog minutes before the press conference:

TRENT'S GOOD FRIEND: Check out Jake Tapper's piece on Lott's close friendship with a proud segregationist, Richard Barrett, who's alarmed by Lott's apparent apologies:

And Barrett remembers that November 1994 night, right after Lott was reelected to his second Senate term when, "at his victory celebration, at the Coliseum Ramada Inn, Trent entered the hall and the first person he went up to shake hands with and greet was me. He called me by my name and was very affable." But has Lott ever specifically talked to Barrett about supporting segregation? Barrett finds the question naive. "Does Jesse Jackson talk to Al Sharpton abut integration?" he asks. "Do they have to? Is there some split in the black caucus on that issue? There is certainly no split in Mississippi on segregation. Mississippi is still the solid South." Barrett spent a lot of time on the phone Wednesday night with close advisors to Lott, he says. "We're all like one big happy family in Mississippi. We're the heart of Dixie. I've certainly never heard him say anything in favor of integration, let me put it to you that way."... Barrett has harsh words for President Bush's Thursday rebuke of Lott. "Sen. Lott was right" in his original comments, Barrett says. "Integration is immoral and should also be illegal." Barrett thinks that whatever he's saying now, Lott still believes that in his "heart of hearts." What about Bush? "His heart of hearts has been addled by his drug-abused brain," Barrett says.

More and more of this stuff is now bound to emerge. Yet Lott wants to hang on. How much more damage does he want to do to the country and to his party?

LOTT MUST GO!!!!

[Dog]

As sure as I am sitting here ........the RATS will roll Lott..

[Inspectorette]

The announcement was he will appear on BET........Hahahahaha!!!

Whaaaaaa???

[xm177e2]

Trent Lott is going to be on BET. This has to be a sign of the Apocalypse...

[sinkspur]

I am NO fan of Trent Lott but, this is IGNORANCE on the part of the media to keep pounding away at the man for a SIMPLE mistake. I hate the double standard!!!

They never forced Byrd to defend himself in a press conference.

[EternalVigilance]

Oh Lord.

[inkling]

If Lott stays as Majority Leader we will lose the Senate and the House in 2004.

[Dog]

OMG......he just brought up the Jeffords statement....

Get him out of here!!