The GOP, Party of Cowards

Ever Vigilant ^ | 12/23/2003 | Lee R. Shelton IV

[Valin]

Now that Lott has been forced to step down as Senate Majority Leader, neo-conservative Republicans are the ones cheering the loudest.

"You're not going to dump this garbage on us!"
Trent Lott to the impeachment managers.

[TLBSHOW]

President Bush wants Lott in his house so he must not be a racist or all that bad like you all want us to think.

Statement by the President

"I respect the very difficult decision Trent made on behalf of the American people.

As Majority and Minority Leader of the Senate, Trent Lott improved education for the American people; he led the way in securing tax relief; he strengthened our national security; and he stood for a bold and effective foreign policy.

Trent is a valued friend, and a man I respect. I am pleased he will continue to serve our Nation in the Senate, and I look forward to working with him on our agenda to make America safer, stronger, and better."

George W. Bush 12/20/2002 http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/12/20021220.html

[sauropod]

I will never forget the time on C-Span (1994) when Queasy I'mPhony and (i think) Jose Torres were equating defunding the Congressional Black Caucus with "ethnic cleansing."

Add to that Queasy's refusal to disavow that very racist ad the NAACP did w/ James Byrd's daughter and the video of a truck with a chain behind it....

Lord, please grant me an opportunity to tell Queasy face to face that he has no right to say word 1 about racism and to

STFU!

'Pod

[dirtboy]

Lott could have simply said, "I wasn't talking about segregation. I was just voicing my admiration for my colleague, and I think much of what Strom Thurmond has done over the years has been a credit to this nation." End of story. The left would have had nothing to run with.

Like hell they wouldn't have. Lott said the country might have avoided some "problems" had Strom been elected in 1948. Since the Dixiecrats existed almost solely to perpetuate segregation, it is a very reasonable jump to believe that Trent was praising that institution. Only Trent knows if he is a racist or is just an idiot, but neither is a suitable trait for a majority leader.

This story is done and gone, but you seem compelled to keep it alive. However, the more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets, so pull out your spatula if you want to pry this one off the asphalt.

[TLBSHOW]

President Bush really thinks Trent does a good job!

See post 62, in fact he looks foreword to working with him.

[dirtboy]

Have your parents written the college you attended to ask for their money back?

[sheltonmac]

"re: your 4th paragraph...you're now know as a full fledged political astute mental midget"

You mean the GOP hasn't been branded by the left as a party of racists? Are you sure you live in the U.S.?

[hchutch]

Agreed.

Furthermore, we have higher standards.

Tell me, what would you rather have a major figure in the party in the headlines for: Dumb comments, or for rendering aid in a very nasty automobile accident, saving four of six victims?

[PhiKapMom]

You sound like a liberal, blaming others instead of placing the blame firmly where it belongs - with Trent Lott himself.

My sentiments exactly! Lott got exactly what he deserved -- his statement was bad enough but the apologies were dumb! He had to go or his comments would have been the Senate agenda by the RATS. Anyone that cannot see that doesn't understand the politics that is going on in D.C. The RATs had an agenda that Lott gave them and they were not letting go helped along with the liberal national media.

Sometimes you have to cut your losses -- this was one of those times! Lott had to go.

P.S. I am a Senator Nickles' supporter and am proud of my Senator for standing up for what was right!

[TLBSHOW]

So Bush is wrong? Hummm!

[TLBSHOW]

President George W. Bush talks with House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott while watching election returns in the White House residence Tuesday night, Nov. 5, 2002. White House photo by Eric Draper.

[cynicom]

dirt...

Personal attacks are forbidden plus being rude and obnoxious.

[dirtboy]

I bet you laugh at the punch line when you tell yourself a joke. Look, nutbar, I never said Lott was a racist, and I never said he should resign from the Senate, so I really don't see why you are trying to make an issue of this, unless you have absolutely no grasp of logic and reason...

[dirtboy]

dirt... Personal attacks are forbidden plus being rude and obnoxious.

TLBSHOW is the most obnoxious poster on the forum, IMO, with his nonstop spamming of inane statements regarding Lott, and deserves an occasional kick in the pants for trying to put words in my mouth.

[FreeReign]

My point is that if the GOP really cared about fighting for conservative principles, Lott would have been sent packing a long time ago...

Your point is simplistic. The GOP is a conglomeration of many individuals -- it's not an individual thing to be describe in a single notion.

The GOP happens to be the party that most freedom lovers in this country support and vote for. It is the party, where our power base resides. It is the party through which freedom will evolve.

The more people who believe in freedom, the more rightward the GOP politicians will move. I'm am tired of hearing all the whinning and misplaced blame that eminates from so-called conservatives. The real problem is that we just don't have enough freedom-minded people. Over time that will change.

Hold the GOP politicians feet to the fire -- yes. Trash the entire party -- NO!!

[Behind Liberal Lines]

At the time he stepped down, the public perception of Lott (and, therefore, the political reality) is that he was a bad person. From "the Tonight Show" on down, his name has become universal shorthand for "white racist."

Right or wrong, he's the modern Archie Bunker.

So maybe Lott has been unfairly singled out, maybe he got hit with a a cheap shot...but that shot still took him down.

It's like football. Maybe it was a foul that injured the Quarterback, but once the quarterback is injured badly enough, you have to take him out of the game before he loses the whole thing.

Lott may have taken one for the team but it was time to bench him. The good of the Republican team demanded it.

[cynicom]

dirt...

You owe TLB an apology, are you man enough to do it????

[Mustang]

BTW....the GOP is not the party of Racists.

The Liberal-Socialist-DemocRAT, (aka the LSD), party are the race baiting demagougues who gleefully reap votes from the ignorant and misinformed, which has historically earned the Racist label.

BTW, mac...my frustration is not toward you, but the author of this drivel.

[TLBSHOW]

He wrote this story!

[cynicom]

Better check the author again....