Mississippi Senator Trent Lott will resign his seat by the end of the year, Michael Kunzelman and Jack Elliott, Jr. report for the Associated Press:
Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, announced Monday he will retire from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress in which he rose to his party's top Senate job only to lose it over a remark interpreted as support for segregation.
"It's time for us to do something else," Lott said, speaking for himself and his wife Tricia at a news conference.Lott, 66, said he had notified President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on Sunday about his plans. Barbour, a Republican, will name someone to temporarily replace Lott.
Read the rest at the link provided. It's about time, and good riddance!
Lott is symbolic of the problems Republicans had in the majority in Congress: the insatiable appetite for pork, the determination to hide it from public view where possible, and the disdain for citizens who call for openness and frugality. He regularly deserted his conservative principles to make deals, and came to believe his power was some sort of God-given right instead of a sacred trust of the people.
Get lost, creep.
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Comments (19)
And by quitting before the ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Rance | November 26, 2007 3:07 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
And by quitting before the first of the year, he avoids the new law which would force him to sit out for two years before he can cash in as a lobbyist.
1. Posted by Rance | November 26, 2007 3:07 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 15:07
2. Posted by mantis | November 26, 2007 3:11 PM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Ka-ching!
2. Posted by mantis | November 26, 2007 3:11 PM |
Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 15:11
3. Posted by David | November 26, 2007 4:07 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
This is something we ALL can cheer about. The living piece of junk is gone. I would say something stronger, but I know we have young eyes reading this blog.
3. Posted by David | November 26, 2007 4:07 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 16:07
4. Posted by jp2 | November 26, 2007 4:09 PM | Score: -2 (8 votes cast)
Jim on Lott previously:
"He is well versed on Senate rules and practices, and has been there long enough to know most of our Senators pretty well - and to know what it takes to get the stragglers on board."
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2006/11/15/trent-lott-wins-senate-minorit.php
Granted, that was an entire year ago...
4. Posted by jp2 | November 26, 2007 4:09 PM |
Score: -2 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 16:09
5. Posted by 914 | November 26, 2007 4:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Brought to You in "Rhinovision"
DLTDHYITAOTWO
5. Posted by 914 | November 26, 2007 4:11 PM |
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Posted on November 26, 2007 16:11
6. Posted by GeminiChuck | November 26, 2007 4:18 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Another strong case for congressional term limits
6. Posted by GeminiChuck | November 26, 2007 4:18 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 16:18
7. Posted by Ted | November 26, 2007 4:54 PM | Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
jp2,
And how does that statement read as support for the man? I read it as recognizing obvious advantages and abilities that come from being in the same job for years and years.
I've said Bill Clinton is a likable guy. That statement doesn't mean I trust him or want his wife to be President, it merely means that I think that Bill Clinton is a likable guy.
7. Posted by Ted | November 26, 2007 4:54 PM |
Score: 3 (5 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 16:54
8. Posted by Brian | November 26, 2007 5:13 PM | Score: -2 (8 votes cast)
Has Jim expressed disdain for Lott in the past, or only just now that he's resigned?
I question the timing.
8. Posted by Brian | November 26, 2007 5:13 PM |
Score: -2 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 17:13
9. Posted by jp2 | November 26, 2007 5:23 PM | Score: -1 (9 votes cast)
Ted - I know you have to defend your right-wing buddies, but if you can't see the difference between his previous post and today's "Get lost, creep" then you are beyond help.
9. Posted by jp2 | November 26, 2007 5:23 PM |
Score: -1 (9 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 17:23
10. Posted by Clay | November 26, 2007 6:08 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Don't let the screen door hitcha...
10. Posted by Clay | November 26, 2007 6:08 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 18:08
11. Posted by nogo war | November 26, 2007 6:09 PM | Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
What i have always respected about Wiz posters, it you all visit many places.
As such, I am sure you are aware if Lott finished his whole term as last elected he promised he would have to wait two years before he could become a lobby guy...guess he could not wait.
I remember a place and a galaxy far...far away when the House Leader was Denny H...(of course the Hammeras whip)and in the Senate it was Lott...all
abandoning their promise and your faith.
It is a stretch to blame moonbats on this , just another example, of Republican cut and cash in.
Please show me one place where during his campaign Lott indicated he would not serve his full term.
Link to a non-moonbat place
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/7032.html
11. Posted by nogo war | November 26, 2007 6:09 PM |
Score: -4 (8 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 18:09
12. Posted by McGehee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| November 26, 2007 6:17 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Nogo, do you seriously believe anyone here is going to defend Trent Lott?
12. Posted by McGehee![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://wizbangblog.com/nav-commenters.gif)
| November 26, 2007 6:17 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 18:17
13. Posted by Gmac | November 26, 2007 7:32 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Good damn riddance.
To bad they couldn't make that law to read 5 years out of goverment and make it retroactive the way they did with those tax increases a few years ago.
13. Posted by Gmac | November 26, 2007 7:32 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 19:32
14. Posted by Oyster | November 26, 2007 9:29 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Brain and jp2: Oh, is this the kind of commentary you're hoping doesn't exist from Jim Addison?
Or did you know it was there in your fervent search to find something, anything, with which to indict him on? But you ignored it for something a lot less meaty, yet malleable in the liberal mind?
14. Posted by Oyster | November 26, 2007 9:29 PM |
Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 21:29
15. Posted by Oyster | November 26, 2007 9:34 PM | Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
"It is a stretch to blame moonbats on this , just another example, of Republican cut and cash in."
What? Blamed the moonbats? What?
15. Posted by Oyster | November 26, 2007 9:34 PM |
Score: 1 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 26, 2007 21:34
16. Posted by retired military | November 27, 2007 6:53 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
And good riddance.
He is an ass, a pompous ass, and a thorn I will be glad to see out of the side of republicans.
16. Posted by retired military | November 27, 2007 6:53 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on November 27, 2007 06:53
17. Posted by Clay | November 27, 2007 9:05 AM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
yet malleable in the liberal mind?
Hey Oyster: Way to shut up Brian and jp2. Libs just can't hang with Reason.
17. Posted by Clay | November 27, 2007 9:05 AM |
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Posted on November 27, 2007 09:05
18. Posted by Oyster | November 27, 2007 12:57 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
They're probably hugging and comforting each other right now.
18. Posted by Oyster | November 27, 2007 12:57 PM |
Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on November 27, 2007 12:57
19. Posted by Clay | November 27, 2007 3:01 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well. You did sorta spank their inner children and generally made them feel bad about themselves. Oh, and they do try sooooo hard.
19. Posted by Clay | November 27, 2007 3:01 PM |
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Posted on November 27, 2007 15:01