He has experience dealing with a Rat Pack.
Posted on 12/15/2002 7:59:46 AM PST by ewing
Absolutely. Check out my post (#17) above. Frist and Rove are both Rinos of the first order.
"An American Insurrection: The Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962,"
"As dawn came on Oct. 1, 1962 – this has never really come out before, and there is a bit of a mystery to it – there was a horrible riot that had just occurred. There were 375 injuries. There were hundreds of civilian arrests. There was pure chaos in the town of Oxford, on the campus of the University of Mississippi and this enormous military invasion of Oxford, Miss. Troops were dropping in by helicopter and convoy. What's one of the first things they do? They conduct a lightning surprise raid on the fraternity house that Trent Lott is the president of. They discover, and seize and remove from the fraternity, 24 weapons – shotguns, rifles and a pistol.
... he (Lott) spent the night before rounding his boys up and keeping them out of trouble. So he was a leader that night. It's documented. "
The Rove comments will not be authoritatively sourced IMO ( I especially don't think McConnell would have been defending Lott today if the WH had decided he should go- Rove's instincts are highly regarded). We'll see if I'm right.
One of his favorite soundbites was that on the "citizen legis-LAY-tohr". Evidently, now that power corrupted him, he forgot about the 'citizen' half and he'll stay to legislate for as long as the unwashed keep re-electing him.
Bill Frist on Gun Control
Voted NO on background checks at gun shows.
Require background checks on all firearm sales at gun shows. Status: Amdt Agreed to Y)50; N)50 Reference: Lautenberg Amdt #362; Bill S. 254 ; vote number 1999-134 on May 20, 1999
Voted YES on more penalties for gun & drug violations.
The Hatch amdt would increase mandatory penalties for the illegal transfer or use of firearms, fund additional drug case prosecutors, and require background check on purchasers at gun shows. [A YES vote supports stricter penalties]. Status: Amdt Agreed to Y)48; N)47; NV)5 Reference: Hatch Amendment #344; Bill S. 254 ; vote number 1999-118 on May 14, 1999
Voted YES on loosening license & background checks at gun shows.
Vote to table or kill a motion to require that all gun sales at gun shows be completed by federally licensed gun dealers. Also requires background checks to be completed on buyers and requires gun show promoters to register with the Treasury. Bill S.254 ; vote number 1999-111 on May 11, 1999
Voted YES on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks.
Vote to table [kill] an amendment to make it unlawful for gun dealers to sell handguns without providing trigger locks. Violation of the law would result in civil penalties, such as suspension or revocation of the dealer's license, or a fine.
http://www.issues2000.org/Domestic/Bill_Frist_Gun_Control.htm
He has experience dealing with a Rat Pack.
- He voted Yea to confirm an anti-gun Clinton judge.
- He voted against defeating the Hatch-Craig gun control amendment.
- He voted Yea on an amendment forcing gun sellers to include trigger locks with every purchase.
- He voted Yea to gut the Smith amendment. This allowed Janet Reno to police the FBI regarding gun registration.
- He voted Yea on the young adult gun ban, which would severly penalize parents if their children even touched an "assault" weapon (like a little Ruger Mini-14).
- He voted against replealing the Clinton/Brady medium capacity magazine ban.
- He voted against a Lott resolution that called for tougher enforcement of existing gun laws and protecting the general rights on gun owners.
This can go on for a long time, but suffice to say that for every one instance you can give me of Frist voting pro-2nd Amendment, I can give you 2 instances of the opposite.
He needs to go, and he needs to go NOW. If he gives up his Senate Seat, then he really is just a closet racist, who only cares about his own personal needs. Screw him.
Trent Lott might be a doofus, but we need a one seat majority in the Senate to move judges through the process.
We need a Senate majority to move good legislation through for the American people. Lott needs to understand this and be the good soldier for his party.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Listen to his 1968 Album "Hello Dummy" and you will see why Don will NEVER be majority leader!
If you have a non politically correct sense of humor you will LYAO !
I'm sorry he has to go this way, but make him go sit in the corner, shut up , and vote the way he's told.
Sen.s Frist & Allen, these guys are bonafide. Good examples of what we need to run the Senate show.
Frist isn't a lawyer, a bigger plus! Allen's a lawyer, but not a dirt bag, so he's OK too.
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