stephanie
06-16-2007, 06:43 PM
Trent Lott, nominal Republican and former Senate Majority Leader - who showed himself a faux conservative during the Clinton Administration - is starting to lash out at we troublemakers who oppose this amnesty bill and (egad!) listen to talk radio. He told the New York Times:
“Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”
Lott showed himself a true elitist with this quote in the Washington Post:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400919.html?hpid=topnews
“I’m sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don’t even know what’s in the bill,” Lott said. He added that the “leadership will have to be prepared to do what needs to be done.”
In other words, the elites in the Senate will ignore what we low lifes want and do the bidding of the President and illegal immigration lobby (including the Democrats). (Is it completely lost on the GOP that turning a bunch of criminals into citizens/voters benefits only the Democrats?)
He also, according to the Times, doesn’t seem to care for the Senators who are new enough to actually listen to their constituents:
At some point, Mr. Lott said, Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.”
The Times says Lott, earlier identified as “on the fence” (his usual position anyway), now supports the amnesty legislation.
At least one political analyst thinks it is the President who should keep quiet if GOP Senators want to pass this bill:
Matthew A. Towery, a political analyst in Atlanta who was once a campaign chairman for Newt Gingrich and is now chief executive of a polling firm, Insider Advantage, said: “Having George W. Bush come out and speak in favor of the immigration bill does not do any good for Republican senators. He just irritates the conservative base of the Republican Party, which has abandoned him on this issue.”
Lott’s collaboration with liberal Democrats is nothing new. He has long been a disgrace to the GOP and Mississippi (and I am sad to see my former state continuing to elect him by wide margins). But at least Lott’s insults show that the heat is still on, to the extent that the snake oil salesmen behind this bill fill the need to beat up on you and me.
There is no doubt that a lot of those in Washington share Lott’s disdain for the views of the American public. Perhaps Senators Cornyn and Hutchison feel the same way. Usually, though, even the most entrenched politician isn’t stupid enough to actually say it (or dumb enough to be convinced by his handlers to do their dirty work).
The arrogance of these unprincipled phonies is breathtaking.
Let’s stay under their skin, shall we?
http://www.lonestartimes.com/
Keep....calling, writing, emailing..:cheers2:
“Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.”
Lott showed himself a true elitist with this quote in the Washington Post:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061400919.html?hpid=topnews
“I’m sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don’t even know what’s in the bill,” Lott said. He added that the “leadership will have to be prepared to do what needs to be done.”
In other words, the elites in the Senate will ignore what we low lifes want and do the bidding of the President and illegal immigration lobby (including the Democrats). (Is it completely lost on the GOP that turning a bunch of criminals into citizens/voters benefits only the Democrats?)
He also, according to the Times, doesn’t seem to care for the Senators who are new enough to actually listen to their constituents:
At some point, Mr. Lott said, Senate Republican leaders may try to rein in “younger guys who are huffing and puffing against the bill.”
The Times says Lott, earlier identified as “on the fence” (his usual position anyway), now supports the amnesty legislation.
At least one political analyst thinks it is the President who should keep quiet if GOP Senators want to pass this bill:
Matthew A. Towery, a political analyst in Atlanta who was once a campaign chairman for Newt Gingrich and is now chief executive of a polling firm, Insider Advantage, said: “Having George W. Bush come out and speak in favor of the immigration bill does not do any good for Republican senators. He just irritates the conservative base of the Republican Party, which has abandoned him on this issue.”
Lott’s collaboration with liberal Democrats is nothing new. He has long been a disgrace to the GOP and Mississippi (and I am sad to see my former state continuing to elect him by wide margins). But at least Lott’s insults show that the heat is still on, to the extent that the snake oil salesmen behind this bill fill the need to beat up on you and me.
There is no doubt that a lot of those in Washington share Lott’s disdain for the views of the American public. Perhaps Senators Cornyn and Hutchison feel the same way. Usually, though, even the most entrenched politician isn’t stupid enough to actually say it (or dumb enough to be convinced by his handlers to do their dirty work).
The arrogance of these unprincipled phonies is breathtaking.
Let’s stay under their skin, shall we?
http://www.lonestartimes.com/
Keep....calling, writing, emailing..:cheers2: