Let's remind him not to forget his hairpiece. Goodbye!

What happened Trent? Get tired of being an Anti-American neo-scum?

Do us all a favor on your way Out Mr. Lott - tell us the real reason you are leaving. Tell us about what has happened to your party, tell us why it isn't worth your time anymore.

If you really consider yourself a good American, think of America first

I guess money is more important than the people of Mississippi or America. Ah, Republican values in action.

Sen. Lott must be having a bad hair day!

Made enough money in congress for him and generations of his family to live like kings for rest of thier lifes so its time to retire. The country needs term limits and then maybe True Americans will run for office instead of the treasure seekers we have now.

Mission Accomplished. He guaranteed funding for rebuilding that nice house with the ocean view, and he finally realized that Bush & Co. really are stupid venal little sh!ts after all.

I smell fish. Anyone else smell something fishy? Anyway, the Last Republican Singing Senator goes down. 'Bout time.

Bye Trent, maybe you can visit Bush, exiled in Paraguay, and keep licking his boots.

Good... now maybe the 'tight' pursed conservative will stop being so liberal with other peoples monies.

good riddance to another pompous right wing blowhard! too bad for the hairstylist who will lose another 2 hr. pompadour appointment as these old timers file out.

Knowing the kind of person Haley Barbour is likely to appoint, my enthusiasm is somewhat muted.

That said, I will not miss this guy. Young Americans (say high school age) were put off politics, and thus any real knowledge of how their government works, by people like Gingrich, Lott, the House impeachment managers from 1998.

As well, Lott's not much better than David Duke. At least Duke will tell anyone who asks what he stands for.

Another rat racing for the stern of the U.S.S. GOP and throwing himself over the side.

The many Republican defections this year is the surest sign that GOP congressional members know a reckoning is at hand in November.

Hey Neo Con GOP Bush Butt Kisser Trent Lott
please take those yellow cowards Neo Con
Mitch McConnell,Amnesty John McCain and
Democrat Losers Crazy Harry Reid and Dirty
Dickey Durbin,and Nutcase Madame Speaker
DINO Nancy Pelosi,Teddy Kennedy,and DINO
Republican in Democrat Clothing Dianne
Feinstein and Steny Hoyer along with you
Trent baby! Good Bye And Good Riddance!

Caught with a boy or caught with a girl?

Is one rehabilitated after making a racially insensitive remark by winning election in Mississippi?

What is the real reason? Is it the Washington D.C. madam diaries or "Hustlers" magazine Larry Flyntt threating to expose Lott?

That's right, he's retiring because he's "tired" of his job. Sure, sure.
The fact that his brother-in-law, Dickie Scruggs, is shortly to be criminally indicted for actions that may be connected with his representation of Lott in a lawsuit against State Farm has nothin' to do with nothin'. Move along, folks, nothing to see here.

One more bad apple gone....

Good News: a-hole from Mississppi leaves congress.
Bad News: another a-hole from Mississppi will be taking his place.

Great, another republican who tried to compromise and work with Dems is leaving. Just what the Senate and country doesn't need, a GOPer who pushed for the Dems SCHIP bill, more help for Katrina recovery, and something with illegal immigration besides securing the border. Sorry to see you leave, Senator Lott.

Sen. Lott you will be missed in Washington, in this age of partisanship there are few like you. Note to all Liberal Democrats or Progressive Democrats what ever you are calling yourself today. Sen. Lott has been above partisanship in the House and Senate. Sen. Lott voted to Impeach President Nixon... Wish I could say the same about House Democrats who held a pep rally for Bill Clinton when he was impeached.

Then again time after time has shown Republicans can raise above partisan ship and do the right thing... not the politically Right Thing... as many on the Left seem to do time and time again.

Sen. Lott we wish all the best in retirement, You will be missed!

well their is something going down . by the way I hear that that TAXHIKE MIKE is a lot like Trent Lot. ol taxhike is the other neocon we do not need at ALL .

Of course Lott is retiring. Before 2006, the Senate must have been a wonderful place to work -- three days of work a week, rubber-stamping Bush's every decision, being feted by lobbyists at every turn, having Karl Rove congratulate you and promise you electoral success until you're 95, treating your Democratic Senate colleagues like House Negroes. Now that the party's over, why be the Republican whip? Why do all that work, having to stand there when the chickens all come home to roost?

Senator Lott had floated the notion that he was considering leaving Washington for financial reason following the destruction of his home by Hurricane Katrina.

The biggest mistake Senator Lott and the rest of his "true" Conservative colleagues made was putting party above American principles. I'm glad to see democracy finally working again. My only hope is that the pendulum doesn't swing unchecked to far to the left. If it does and we'll be having this discussion again about how democracy has broken down.

I grew tired of the current crop of Republican political leaders simply because they are not true principled conservatives and because they lacked the courage to stand up to the real coward George W. Bush / Dick Cheney. I really fell bad (not really) that these departing Republican Senators' legacy will be smudged with the stench of George W. Bush's incompetence.

but, but, but, we're going to win with one of our conservative candidates, we'll still be able to torture, invade countries, help the rich get richer, lie to the American people.. Trent, you'll miss all the fun!

Cut and run??!!! What a self serving hypocrite coward. Thought we were at war. Doesn't he support the troops?

Sen. Lott loves the terrorists more?

is that his thing that you remember most about Trent Lot , that he voted to impeach Nixon ? big deal , my god man. what a legacy this neocon has left , he voted to impeach and bad mouthed a lot of people in one nasty comment. then was told to step down. and he did step down like , man he was the same as impeached himself .

Nota Lott in the future. But then there's always been Nota Lott there anyway.

He is a joke , their is more to come on this you can be sure. by the way I hear that taxhike mike is a lot like trent lot . check out taxhike mike .

This exodus of Republican leadership seems to be the one benefit we (America) will have gained from the Bush misadministration. I can't wait to see the whole rotten bunch voted out of office come next November.

Mark Allen Stamaty's "Bob Forehead" left a couple of years ago. Trent no longer has a role model.

Hope his picture shows tears of remorse for doing so little for Miss...but it may just be crocodile tears, what else would one expect of a boot licker.

"Lott, 67, grew tired of the political infighting in the Senate as Republicans have been forced into a position of merely blocking a Democratic agenda, the aide said, stressing that the decision was not connected to any health or ethical issues."

FORCED?
The barbarians have CHOSEN to take the obstructionist path...but that's not the source of my real disappointment...it's the part about the Rug's point that there's no health issue.

He will not be missed - Good Riddance!

Don't let the door hit you in the arse, Trent!

"Sen. Lott has been above partisanship in the House and Senate."

Now that's funny.

good riddance to a racist rubbish!

Gosh! Think he would be available to speak at my birthday party next month? It would be really special, I know.

It is exactly scumbags like this greedy racist republican Lott that make me so happy god has placed term limits on life.

The Post needs to get better sources, this is from the CNN article:

"A senior Republican source close to Lott said one reason for the decision is the new lobbying restrictions on former lawmakers.

A law kicks in on January 1 that forbids lawmakers from lobbying for two years after leaving office. Those who leave by the end of 2007 are covered by the previous law, which demands a wait of only one year."

Trent isn't the only Republican to realize that it just won't be fun anymore when the party enters into permanent minority status in 2009.

I just can not hardly wait to see where the pay-OFF will be.. Billy got big Pharma.. Lindsay Graham got the big bargain in the soul-selling store.. Oh, he's not the only one! Let's give Ron Paul a chance to let-us-down..www theradioavenger com

Sorry to hear he is leaving, but at least he stuck around long enough to take care of all the people affected by Katrina, as he promised.

***many of the retiring GOP lawmakers were former subcommittee chairs and senior members not happy with minority status***

Too bad...you clowns had your chance and chose to line your pockets and follow the dim-witted clown in the White House over the cliff...so now take your ball and go home and pout.

Lott is cashing in while the getting is good. If he resigns before the end of the year he can join a lobbying firm immediately and start reaping millions for the connections he made while serving on the public payroll.

This has a familiar ring to it...

Uncle Don:

Radio show host Uncle Don had finished telling his last story of the day. He wished a good night to all the children in his audience, and then sang his familiar sign-off song. As the station began a commercial break, he sighed, saying to no one in particular, "There, that oughta hold the little b@stards!"

Trent Lott?:

Senator Trent Lott was just finishing up his last news conference of the day, looking out to all of the sheep in the audience as he said good night and refusing to answer any questions. As the next speaker began his session, he sighed, saying to no one in particular, "There. That oughta hold the b@stards!"

don't forget to take Larry Craig with you

Not to worry. The Republic will go on...without the garbage.
Let's see if Americans have learned anything at all...
We will have to wait and see who will replace the racist neo-con.

The Singing Senators!! They're getting back together for their first reunion since 2007! Singing Senators Larry E. Craig (Republican) and Trent Lott (R) know how to hit the high notes! In June 2007, Singing Senators Ashcroft, Craig, and Lott gave their first priceless performance in more than six years. Singing Senator Larry Craig was subsequently voted into the Idaho Hall of Fame. Priceless. After doing a heckuva a job for the formaldehyde trailer people in the state formerly containing New Orleans, President Bush stood behind Singing Senator Trent Lott on Trent Lott's porch and pushed his pork through as hard as he can.

Seriously, if Trent Lott is stepping down because he does not want to be associated with the allegations of intellectual property theft, torture, serial burglary and much more conducted against Americans of patriotism by influential Southern Republican backroom insiders, I urge Trent Lott to stop worrying about his own personal fortune and help this crime victim set this situation right.

With Larry Flynt about to reveal a huge sex scandal involving a US Senator who also happens to be a Republican, one has to wonder if it's Lott.

I'm guessing someone has a photo of ol' Trent in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.

dude -- how do YOU proposed paying for the stupid Iraq war? We have to pay back the foreign countries that we borrowed from.

OK, enough! Let the man go. What point in piling on him now? If you want an enemy to focus on, look at the people who will be remaining in office ...

Ya gotta hand it to some of these Republicans: they know when their party's over, or when Americans are over their party.

This country may get back on the right (as in correct) track, yet. When King George and his court depart and Hillary Clinton takes the oath of office, this nation will breathe a collective sigh of relief.

Can all you televangelists say "amen" and thank God for this latest chatisement? He does, indeed, work in mysterious ways, sometimes, but this time, it's not so mysterious, is it? Clearly, all your moralistic, compassionate conservative servants have failed on important levels and God is trying to tell you something. I look forward to hearing EXACTLY what.

In the meantime, perhaps Oral Roberts will heal the nation, if he isn't too busy trying to prop up his own falling house of cards. I can't wait to tune in to see what the psychic healers on the 700 Club heal next. Hubris? Hypocrisy? Lying? Hillary bashing? War mongering? I'll stay tuned.

What is all the speculation about a successor? Nowadays, doesn't his seat just go to his wife?

Lott is and has always been a racist, his assurance over the years for reelection. Moreover, he epitomizes the demagogue, one of many in the Senate. Not to worry, however, the people of Mississippi will choose another exactly like Lott. He hasn't contributed an iota to the needs of the entire country; rather, he has been one of the princes of pork.

This reflects just a small part of a revolutionary new beginning for the GOP. After Dec 16th 2007 nothing will be the same in the Republican party.

The party of Lincoln will have a bold new front runner. A man who represents honest leadership based on integrity and the principles of freedom and liberty.

http://teaparty07.com/

Hurry, Trent...jump from one trough to the next...grab that lobbyist gig before the new laws kick in...maybe Wide-Stance Larry Craig can be your butt-boy...

Note to Trent: Wipe that brown spot off of your nose first, then go rebuild your home that Bush chose to leave in rubble.

Wow. Doesn't anybody think the guy has done anything in all the years of public service. Personnaly, I will miss Mr. Lott, and I do think trying to keep the Dems in check has to be a full time laborious, stinking job. I would like to keep some of my money and sanity. Hopwfully, smiling nancy will leave as soon as she realizes there is more to being the speaker than a nice wardrobe and teethy smiles.

The angry, hateful and hyper-partisan comments on this board are very telling about the current state of the supposedly caring Democrat party. Liberals are full of hate and venom and it will bring down their party in November 2008.

About Trent Lott I am ambivalent. After Katrina and his party's obstructionism, versus the constructionism they promised, I had hoped Trent would get mad and go back to voting with the Democrats.

Still, one more Republican Senate seat for a non republican to take in the next general election. Maybe only 24 Republicans left in the Senate in 2009.

Lott is a duper of the mind and why does the link to Ron Paul's rebellion - see your left side of today's page.. just why does it go blank? Why doesn't it link? Is this part of the truth deal you, as a former watchdog, where you deny access to words? I like Ron Paul even more now--you globalist *deleted*!

a Cut and Run Republican.

gittin' out while the gittin' is good

So sorry to hear about Lott's resignation. Lott was a pragmatist who tried to work with the other side. Lott did a lot for ALL Mississippians in making sure we got our share of revenue. He also recruited industries to locate here.
And contrary to what has been written, Lott is not a racist. Who would want to go to Washington today with all the media bias and political correctness. We can only hope that Haley will appoint someone with political skills, integrity, and convictions.
Senator Lott, I wish you and your family the best in your retirement.

We can expect to see a lot more articles like this one. The vast majority of the men and women in Congress are in their 60's and 70's.

Finally, new blood...

Good Riddence! one more idiot gone....

althiough I wonder what Bushie has on him... tap-dancing in airport stalls, or worse...God knows what Bushies wiretaps came up with.... had to be holding something on this bafoon!

I can't say that I'm a fan of the Republicans or the Administration but I am disappointed at the gloating and/or venomous tone of 99% of these posts.

I guess civility really is dead....

Hey people, are you actually listening to yourselves. There's a lot of hate out there!

Wow looks like the libs are working themselves into a frenzy.

Bye-bye, Senator Mushmouth - enjoy your rebuilt second home and set a place for Bush to come a sit a spell. I'm sure the last laugh will be on rest of us, when the destruction is complete. As for the complaints about gloating and hate - Where were you righteous twits living during this creep's reign? Or do you save your outrage for those agin' Bush and Co?

I give it less than three months after his retirement for whatever scandal he's running from to break.

I believe a couple of the writers have their facts mixed up. Trent Lott was on the Judicary committee. My recollection is that he did not vote to impeach.

Rats leaving the SS Craptastic while Cap'n Monkeyboy goes down with the ship. (Vision of Mickey Mouse in ancient Steamboat Willie cartoon.)

He's an oily, smarmy type, we won't miss him a bit. By his leaving he will materially improve the Senate.

I wonder if that dirt-digging guy in DC (can't recall his name now) has the goods on him, like he did on Vitter and the DC Madam caper. Hmmmm...

He and others like him (Rep. ranks are full of "Lotts") can't vacate soon enough. Let us get back to "democracy and the constitution" in governing!

There is a difference between hate and anger. I believe the conservatives have the market cornered on the latter, while we democrats are finally filled with righteous (as opposed to self-righteous) anger. Yes, there is a lot of hate out there, but please understand the difference between those who spew hate and those who express disgust and anger. Sarcasm is a far cry from name-calling, outright lying, rumor spreading, foaming-at-the mouth hatred.

Who among you republicans would like to defend the Karl Rovian tactics we have been exposed to all these years?

I suppose I am in the minority here but I'm sorry to see him go. He was an effective member of the Senate and the people of Mississippi seemed to agree.

Correction: I meant that republicans have the market cornered on hate, not anger.

And Mississippi gets Pickering as a replacement for the next thirty-odd years. This was planned for sometime by Haley Barbour et al.

"Lott, 67, grew tired of the political infighting in the Senate as Republicans have **>>been forced into

Oh, he's "grown tired" of it, is he? And way to misspell "chosen"--nobody's forced the GOP to adopt any strategy.

This sentence does beautifully capture the self-perpetuating Republican m.o., however: Put people who don't believe in government in charge of governing, let them trash the place, then whine about how broken the system is and try to capitalize on popular resentment thus engendered.

Good riddance Strom Thurmon butt kisser!

I here the GOP is giving you a retirement present, a golden noose. Wear it in good health!

Another ol GOP dawg "retires', will become a lobbiest in one shape/farm or another still reap/rape $$$ and Haley appointing the replacement?..LOl, perhaps one of other croinies will be put in place, like one from one of the contractors who helped to rebuild after Katrina with no bid contracts and great profiteering ability pushed full throttle to maximize their profit lines...Biz as usual folks, nothing much new or astounding!!

He was an effective member of the Senate and the people of Mississippi seemed to agree.

Posted by: Jack | November 26, 2007 12:12 PM

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You don't talk to African Americans very often, if ever, now do you?

Tired of fighting the obstructionist battle? Hmmmm. The rules of this site appear to prohibit further comment.

Unfortunately, he won't be leaving the area. They never do. The just bounce back like a bad check. The $$$ is here, not in MS. It would be better if he dragged his butt back to that racist state from which he came but I don't see it happening.

He will quickly recover from his "fatigue" and begin his lobby practice.

WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY- HALEY BARBOUR CAN APPOINT A BALCK PERSON TO REPLACE TRENT LOTT. IT WOULD ADVANCE RACE RELATIONS A 100 YEARS.

I am a born and bred Southerner whose family marched in the 1950s for integration---not the 60s but earlier. Maybe our crusade for tolerance and justice should include letting Senator Lott retire in peace without all this verbage which would be more appropriate for the Fascist News Network (FOX). Maybe we should all ease up.

Yes, in response to those who are shocked, shocked that Bush, Lott & Co. inspire such "hatred" and "venom," you might consider that these people have for years been tarring Democrats and anyone else who dares to disagree with this Administration as being unpatriotic, cowards, traitors, and worse. In this world, you sow what you reap. It makes me think of former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder's classic comeback when Oliver North, then running for the Senate, complained that he was "the most investigated man in America." "Well, Col. North," drawled Wilder, "there may be good reasons for that."

I'm finding it harder and harder to understand why so many very loyal bushies are leaving the Washington DC area. These are not people who are disgruntled with Bush but people who are completely loyal. Is something going on? Like the Asst Secretary of State who said she would still be working with the Administration, just not in Washington DC. If something is in the wind concerning the DC area, don't you think it would be in everyone's best interest to know about it. Just seems odd that there has been a two year migration of his most loyal followers from the area.

Can you imagine the comments if Ted the swimmer was to have the decency to leave?

Really, after reading most of these comments, I really wonder who has the corner on hate and anger...

BREAKING NEWS:

Trent Lott, scumbag rebublican resign from the Senate, after being caught in the men's room with Larry Craig.

They were both reported to keeping a wide stance, while they were tap-dancing and singing Turbonegro's "Rock Against Ass".

One less Republican Racist to deal with.

What does the Republican Party stand for today? Imposing extremist religious views on the public, restricting civil liberties, social welfare for the richest Americans.

What happened to fiscal conservatism? What happened to limited government?
What happened to keeping America the world's leader?

Republican values have failed.

Governor Barbour ought to appoint Governor Barbour to replace Senator Lott. He's been about the only bright Republican spot in some time.

Say what you want about Lott's Thurmond remarks (and he did apologize, btw), he has been an extremely effective Legislative Branch leader. He was a much better Republican Majority Leader than Frist, and maybe McConnell, too, but a notch below Dole.

"Sen. Lott you will be missed in Washington, in this age of partisanship there are few like you. Note to all Liberal Democrats or Progressive Democrats what ever you are calling yourself today. Sen. Lott has been above partisanship in the House and Senate. Sen. Lott voted to Impeach President Nixon... Wish I could say the same about House Democrats who held a pep rally for Bill Clinton when he was impeached.

Then again time after time has shown Republicans can raise above partisan ship and do the right thing... not the politically Right Thing... as many on the Left seem to do time and time again."

What planet do you live on? The Republican push for partisanship above all the needs of our country is why we are in this mess.
The Neocon Republicans deserve to be thrown out like the thieving bums they are.
Maybe then real Republicans will take back their party........but I won't hold my breath.

If they would all just go....what a mess they have left to clean up!

I think he and Larry Craig are going to open a Bed and Breakfast in Biloxi.

Good riddance. Another lap dog falls asunder.

You might want to give some thought to thanking God, or your lucky stars as the case may be, for the 1st Amendment freedoms that enable you to make these sort of statements without any fear of the consequences. In some places, you would be hunted down and had your face re-arranged. In others, you would just be shot until dead.

I would feel better about Lott's departure if I thought there were any chance of replacing him with someone who is less of a Republican ideolog. Unfortunately, he is a perfect reflection of his state, and the next person to fill his office will be as well.
Mississippi is changing, but ever so slowly. It will be Republican and racist for quite a while yet. Texas will fall first.

After 1 January, persons leaving Congress may not register to lobby until two years have passed. Those leaving before 1 January, however, may register and lobby after being "out of Washington" for only 1 year. Perhaps Mr. Lott is simply venal. He may want to supplement his generous congressional retirement money with the dollars generous firms and right wing ideologues pay well-connected ex-Senators and Congressmen for jollying up their successors and ex-colleagues. Could it be, Mr Cheerleader-of-the-Right?

A great American! Hard to replace!

is Mississippi still actually considered a state?......I mean...really...

"The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house -- there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch."

--George W. Bush, first responder, Sept. 2, 2005

Navy Brat:
Put down the crack pipe, I think you've had enough.

And people wonder why intelligent, ethical, and hard working individuals don't run for public office?

The senior republicans are finally coming to terms with reality. They are no longer in control of all the lobbying and money grabbing efforts. These guys really did a lot of damage to the image of this country with their greed and corruption. I'm a conservative army veteran and I will say that I'm ashamed of the actions of the majority of republicans in the lst 12 years. The lst eight(8) years has been a shameful period for this country. I can't wait for the current administration to leave. They are now claiming success in Iraq to facilitate our departure soon. This should have happened two years ago. Now the media is helping them claim victory by counting the amount of people killed. This is a shame. But they will do anything to claim victory and run. This is the republicans story. Sad, very sad.

People have been writing the obituaries for both parties since Lincoln. Dems are currently at the helm because of one unpopular war. Put Hillary in charge and watch how fast the repubs take back the Congress. I'm not sure why both parties like to repeatedly stamp on the imagined grave of their adversary, but it sure makes the stampers look childish.

The pure hate expressed on this thread says a lot more about the posters than it does about the target of their hate.
Trent Lott was an intelligent , honorable man who serve d his constituents well in the Senate.
He will be missed in the Senate.
I feel quite sure that his replacement will not be any more acceptable to the idiots that are venting on this thread than he is.
Gov. Barbour will appoint another conservative Republican to replace him ,and the people of Miss. will keep him in office in the next election.
So , all of you Lib/Dem losers can gloat all you wish, Nothing will change as far as that Senate seat is concerned.

The guy who made the "Scruggs" connection got it right. Lott is going to get dragged through the mud again, and he deserves it. He tried to screw State Farm Ins as has much of the legal community of Mississippi. So much for the Republican mantra of reducing ridiculous litigation. Lott is in the thick of this one. The Republican Party doesn't need this guy.

Navy Brat:
Hitler would have voted to impeach Nixon.

Which industries is Trent in hock to??? Who bought and paid for him in the Senate? I seem to recall its big tobacco? Maybe the cotton and sugar industries? Thats who he'll become a lobbyist for once he's gone...After all, ya gotta dance with the ones that brung ya!

How effective is ole Trent gonna be with the newly Democratic controlled House, Senate and WHite in '08? He might have trouble greasing enuf palms to get anything done for his pimp corporations.

Another NeoCon rat bites the dust! Maybe there's hope for some real changes in the Senate. Trottee boy most likely is leaving due to bad knees....after all when you're the President's dog-lacky, it takes its toll on your knees and hands being on all fours all day. You did a heck-cof ah job, Brownie(nose)..heh, heh

Good bye.

Hey Mitch McConnell, YOU ARE NEXT.

The state of Kentucky will not allow you to be Speaker nor the Republican majority leader.

my, my, my, bleeding heart, secretly racists liberals all over this page. Of course, this being the Washington Post page
I will be surprized if this comment is posted because it does not have the same contents as the others. Isn't it amazing what we "deem" racist????? Washington Post You have allowed on your site for people to make fun of people who do not have any hair, a racist to call MS a racist state and basically to tear down a man who they HATE because he may have different views than they do. Liberals prove the republican's point every time.

"You might want to give some thought to thanking God, or your lucky stars as the case may be, for the 1st Amendment freedoms that enable you to make these sort of statements without any fear of the consequences. In some places, you would be hunted down and had your face re-arranged. In others, you would just be shot until dead."

I thank God we still have first amendment rights as the Bush administration has done their best to rewrite the constitution to fit their every whim. (Wire Taps, Torture, etc....)

I agree - there is a difference between hate and anger, and there are many of us who are very angry. We have been subjected to lies, hypocrisy, racism, fearmongering, war profiteering, and the devastation of our civil liberties ever since the Republicans took over all branches of the government along with most of the mainstream media. The Republican machine has slandered true Patriots like Max Cleland, managed to elevate a draft-dodging chickenhawk's service over that of a real soldier, and outed an undercover CIA agent who was working to contain weapons of mass destruction.

I know little about Trent Lott's voting record or the good he has done in Mississippi, and he certainly may have benefitted his state and the people in it. However, I can only judge from statements he made concerning his positions. He always sounded like a racist, homophobic, jingoist to me. With the exceptions of a very few Republican moderates, I can't say I'm sorry to see any of them go.

Unfortunately, there's not a lot of hope among the Democrats in terms of any kind of progressive agenda either. A choice between Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama - or even John Edwards (the best of a bad lot of front runners) and a real nutcase like Giuliani leaves much to be desired.

What a dreadful state of affairs we find ourselves in! Having Trent Lott leave the senate is just one very small step in the direction home.

I hope Sen. Lott's departure will clear the way for a speck of progressive light to now shine through from Mississippi in the form of Mike Moore. I must admit that the Senator's departure is something I never would have expected after his apparent comeback earlier this year as minority whip. That was quite a comeback from his segregationist slip-up at the Thurmond Party where he inadvertantly revealed why so many southerners turned Republican after 1964. It does make you wonder what's happening here.

Now all we need is to get rid of the excessive baggage in the Democratic Party. We can start with Senator Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi then include any others who opposed the Cheney impeachment.At the same time we should be looking into criminal charges for the Bush Administration and Blackwater to start.

The real reason he's leaving like all the other republican dogs is there's more money to be made by lobbying...

99 percent of these comments are just disgusting and disappointing. Sure, if Chappaquidick Ted resigned, they'd be the same but from the right ... and it would be equally disgusting.

Like one previous poster said, civility is truly dead.

And if you people are typical of the next generation of "leaders" in this nation, then God help us.

We can all wish Senator Lott well and Thank Him for His Service to our country.

jeez, all those purty words, but not one mention of larry flynt...

All politics is local and Trent Lott will be sorely missed. He and his staff have come to the aid of many Mississippians over the years (myself included). Like him or hate him, he has helped our state, especially post-Katrina. I don't agree with him on many issues, but he has served Mississippi's recovery well. Compare our state with Louisianna and that's clear. And by the way, that's no hair piece, if you saw him covered in mud after Katrina you'd know that. He may have had a nicer house than many, but he knows the pain and despair of losing all the things that simply can't be replaced even in the finest stores.

***"You might want to give some thought to thanking God, or your lucky stars as the case may be, for the 1st Amendment freedoms that enable you to make these sort of statements without any fear of the consequences. In some places, you would be hunted down and had your face re-arranged. In others, you would just be shot until dead."***

another freedom-loving repuke, i see....the party of family values. murder, rape, torture -- yeehaw! bring it on, babeeee

Good riddance. Now the Republicans and the good people of Mississippi can send someone to replace him that is equally as bad.

Folks, Paul Kane should apologize for not being more clear about Lott's service on the House Judiciary Committee. Lott voted *against* impeaching Nixon.

Those (few) here who claim Lott voted to impeach Nixon are wrong. Indeed, it was his demonstrated loyalty to Nixon that sealed his rise in the GOP ranks.

Here's the audio of the roll call. Lott comes up at 1:30.

http://watergate.info/sounds/judiciary-roll-call.ram

And if you people are typical of the next generation of "leaders" in this nation, then God help us.

Posted by: jlanderson | November 26, 2007 01:00 PM

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These comments are reflective only of the "far left" wing of the Democrat party. It seems that the WAPO forum is one of their favorite places to vent their hatred of most things Republican and/or American.
I do not believe that the percentage of overall Dems who think like this bunch of haters is nearly as high as it is on this site.
This site has a huge percentage of the move-on nut cases that hate all things conservative . Fortunately they are in the minority nationwide.

I only have one thing to say. Let's elect a democratic president and a huge democratic majority in both the house and senate. It's time to clean up the gigantic mess left behind by Bush and we need someone with a lot of Washington experience who can hit the ground running from day one with both the House and Senate behind them. For all of you doubters out there I say lets give it 4 years and if you are not happy then elect someone else. Let's have some real change in 08!

the country will be much better off without LOTT AND THE REST OF THE G.O.P.

Remember when ole Trent lost the big job after those remarks at Storm's party a few years ago? He pledged then to make up for it by being the best senator on race relations ever. We are still waiting.

With new restrictions taking effect in January on congresspeople becoming lobbyists after leaving office, what an amazingly propitious coincidence that Lott will have resigned from the Senate only days before he would have been bound by those restrictions!

I wonder which K Street address we should send his mail to?

The Real Reason that Sen. Trent Lott is resigning his seat early is that if he stayed in Congress, he would be subject to the new rules prohibiting him from lobbying his former colleagues. Since it is of significant value to him personally of being able to collect large fees as a lobbyist, he chose to take the money road and cut short his Senate career. We probably haven't seen the last of Republicans resigning from Congress to become high paid lobbyists.

After presiding over the looting of the national treasury over the past seven years of the bush theftocracy I guess the implosion of the economy does not make it cost effective to stay around. I suspect, also, an awakening middle-class will put policians in place who will be looking for some payback. Trent, and he is a smart one, is getting the hell outta town before the posse arrives.

Sen. Lott is an honorable man and I will miss him from the U.S. Senate. I do hope he finds a good job and will ad his comments to the political discourse.
God bless you and your family.

Just look at this URL: http://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html
courtesy of the Republican Administrations, there is no end in sight to paying off what the "Borrow and Spend" Republicans have given us. I would bail out now too if I were him!

In some ways I think we'll miss Trent. He had a gentlemanly quality that made it easy for people to talk with him. Sure, he was a racist conniver, but what else could you possibly have with a Mississippi Republican. All in all, it will be good to get rid of the corrupt old bastard, but don't expect anything better if his replacement is another Republican.

I think his retirement has everything to do with the federal corruption investigation by the FBI that is taking place in Alaska. The program NOW with David Brancaccio aired a story about this over the weekend. This investigation has centered on Senator Ted Stevens, but it mentioned Trent Lott's involvement as well as other Republican Senators. My guess is that the FBI has a lot of dirty laundry on Mr. Lott and he has decided to exit the stage before it hits the fan.

Ah, the lefties are rejoicing and dancing in the aisles, spewing their hate and pointing fingers at Lott and the R's. This whole country has turned into a giant game of "gotcha" while the country suffers. The R's are no worse than the D's and vice versa.

There is a sick sound in this country, it's the sound of the "Right Wing". Thanks to people like Lott and Falwell. We talk about being free all the while, taking away Freedom. Goodbye and Good riddence.

So much for the Grand Dragon's access inside the Beltway, huh....

Good bye Trent. Hope you have a crappy retirement. Hopefully you will become bed-ridden so you will have plenty of time to watch the senate in action on c-span.

Wow, so ole Trent doesn't like being in the minority. Too bad he never asked his fellow Mississippians with darker skin how it felt.

"Sen. Lott is an honorable man and I will miss him from the U.S. Senate. I do hope he finds a good job and will ad his comments to the political discourse.
God bless you and your family."

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Very droll.

However, Lott is getting out one step ahead of the new Senate Ethics rules.

If he does not retire by year's end, he will be faced with new restrictions about the amount of time he must wait before becoming a lobbyist.

So, as ever, Lott is putting personal well-being before public service.

Plus, he can see the oncoming tsunami that will wash away the GOP and does not wish to spend the rest of his career being a member of an irrelevant minority."

As much as he represented the failed old Republican Guard, the new Republican Guard is fundamentally more radical, beholden to religious freaks, speaks to no one but Jesus, and an absolute danger to the Constitution. It's no great loss to the country that he has gone, but at least he had the ability to reach across the aiusle now and then without beating his opponents over the head withg a crucifix.

GOP Senator Trent Lott's reasons for retiring, "Fatigue has set in, Lott grew tired of the political infighting in the Senate as Republicans have been forced into a position of merely blocking a Democratic agenda," said the GOP aide. Instead, why doesn't Sen. Lott do what is right for America rather than just buckling under to the pressure coming from the White House? Do not run away from responsibility Sen. Lott, but if you must please, please, please take your lying, incompetent, dictator loving, war mongering, government trashing, constitution bashing, bad for America Republican cronies, i.e., President Bush and VP Cheney, with you.

Let's beat that deadline into the world of lobbying ~~ heck there is even more money to be made there! It's nice to see people show their real colors, Hope the people remember the lack of sincerity when you ran for re-election and were telling the flock that you wanted to represent their best interest!!

Now the public can see (without glasses) that you were only representing your own interests.

The truth is,-- you are finally doing what is 'right' for the American people by leaving.

Now you have more time to attend Klan meetings!

I am a democrat and not a fan of Mr. Lott and I certainly have disgreed - sometimes quite vocally - with him and his agenda. But let's DO remember that he has tried to honestly represent the people of Mississippi in the House and, later, the Senate. I think his values and principles are badly misplaced, but I have no doubt that he has done what he honestly believed - and still believes - were the right things to do and the right path to follow. I can strongly fault him for his perspective but we should all treat him with the respect that someone who lives by their principles deserves. The golden rule applies here and I hope that others will do the same for me.

Senator Bad Hairpiece must know about the military coup for 2008, and he's getting in position to be the neo-Confederate Zone czar! Good luck, and may you be granted plenty of human slaves, I mean "enemy combatants undergoing rehabilitation through labor" Massa Lott...

We're really going to miss you Trent...NOT!!!

"I invented the paper clip!"

Is this the same Trent Lott that was screaming about Clinton while carrying an extramarital affair at the time? It couldn't be, -- that would make him a hypocrite! Everyone knows that a fine, upstanding 'Christian' like him must be pure!

I remember that the KKK claimed to be a 'Christian" organization!!
Enjoy the meetings Trent!!

Gotta wonder if there's not a scandal in here somewhere. The GOP is losing some very powerful people in the 2008 re-election cycle. I'd guess scandal's a part of more of these than we know. I hope that more Americans understand that not only are the GOP President and Vice President incompetent and dirty, in the sleaziest sense of the word, but that coupled with addiction to power, these folks are the worst crew to ever have worked together to oppress the American people.
If Lott's lot has been compromised by scandal, one has to wonder when some of those in the GOP who are "clean" are going to speak out, and state, clearly, that they're ashamed of their party's record.

I believe that every public servant who enters public office does so with the intent of doing some good for his local community, city, state or country! I don't believe that Mr. Lott "was" any different! Yet, as time passes, I think there is a dimenishing return. However, I do believe there is a need to have experience in office.....ergo, we need better checks and balances to keep those elected from becoming self centered or indulgent. That tends to sway from public serving to self serving.

Shifting to finances....we can't expect to attract our best and brightest to public office (not saying Mr. Lott is or isn't) in a capitalist society witout some expectation of an acceptable payday so I don't fault Mr. Lott for going after the money. I just hope that he voted to increase the pay and benefits for our public school teachers prior to his departure! Kinda hard to get the best and brightest without having them taught by the best and brightest.

Oh, but I forgot, Mississippi still has room for growth in education!

Those posters that think that 'Good o'l boy' Trent was doing anything but promoting his own agenda, should stop picking their own mushrooms!

Posted by Dwight Patel"
Then again time after time has shown "Republicans can raise above partisan ship and do the right thing... not the politically Right Thing... as many on the Left seem to do time and time again."

First off, it's "rise above," Mr. Patel. And second, while Sen. Lott may have indeed shown more common sense over the last five years, that doesn't absolve his past -- you must have been asleep prior to that. And most importantly, I hate to tell you this, the GOP practically invented the rancorous political environment in which we have to suffer.

Meh. Lott read the writing on the wall and responded appropriately. Everybody knows the Republicans are finished... Lott is just acting on that knowledge.

It's getting hot in the Kitchen so like Dennis Hastert, Lott is leaving before the indictments. Lott has robbed the Katina fund and got billions plus the new second home Bush promised him. Yes Lott was involved in the illegal charges against a Governor. So much more and don't forget Palfrey's made up case of hired prostitutes. All this with the stolen Iraq money as the White House Crime team is taking what they can and leave. Look for more up power players to be collecting their stolen money and putting it in off shore accounts as more secret crimes come to light. Scott knows alot more about the crimes that the GOP have done and still doing. Watch Boner start crying some more as he gets in pockets lined with Lobby money. Stevens will be next to resign as he uses the GOP script of leaving to spend more time with his family. I look forward to Connie Rice getting kicked out as she says she's leaving to spend time with her family even if she has no family it's the GOP cover story for all.

I don't know about all they're saying about Trent Lott, but I would like to defend Dick Durbin. He's been a long-time advocate for mental health issues, and I just want to stick up for him and encourage his continued support for mental health laws.

Somebody check the archives. I recall that Lott was among the Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee who voted AGAINST impeaching Nixon.

I guess he realized his quest for segregation isn't ever going to work again.

Happy Trails Sen. Lott !

Once again Lott reveals what a despicable public servant he is.

I am probably as blazing a liberal as exists on this blog, but even I am dismayed by the tone of most of these comments. We are starting to sound as hateful and venomous as the right wing-nuts. Please, Democrats and other Progressives, let's show the decency that we accuse them of lacking. I am very pleased to see Lott leaving, but I am pragmatist enough to doubt that it will mean a lost GOP seat in the Senate. Even if Barbour doesn't get to appoint a croney, Mississippians are not yet ready to elect a Democrat. All in time, folks. Meanwhile save your bile and venom for the truly evil people out there...Rove, Cheney and Fox News.

It is a sad time when a loon like lott is among the most sensible and sane member of a governing political faction. A party that makes an extremist like lott appear voice of moderation is one that deserves to become the minority congressional party for most of seven or more decades, like from the Great Depression through the 1990s. It is only the quirks of history and the pull of racism and religious bigotry that have given the right such a stranglehold on American politics. Time to take the South up on it's 19th century offer to seceed. Then we could treat the confederate states like the third world nation they are, teach them American values, bring in basic education and health care, teach them about science and modern medicine, and bring them into the 21st century.

The GOP Ship of State is floundering...........
...............Captain "W" is still "Staying the Course"
GOP leaders fear facing VOTERS

THE RATS ARE LEAVING A SINKING SHIP

RepublicanAlignedTraitorS

What is the Council of Conservative Citizens going to do now? Their Grand Wizard is abandoning them.

"Geraldo" Ouch!!!! I don't think we can blame the entire South for the bad republicans in office. However I have to wonder what makes the democratic party think that Senator Obama has a snowballs chance in hell of being elected president of the United States without the vote from the South (The south that would rather elect a little green martian than a black man)!

The ship is sinking, the ship is sinking.
All off, all off......!!!!!!!

I'm assuming he will become a corporate lobbyist, possibly using tax-deductible funds to "rebuild" McCondos and cassinos on the Gulf Coast to replace poor peoples' houses... good example of "Disaster Capitalism" - let disasters wipe out the undesirables, replace with McSuburbs.... more shall be revealed.

I wish him the best, but I am NOT sorry to see him go.
He is the blow hard, but, do little icon that fosters the attitude that politics is the go along, get along sausage making mess most Americans Abhor.

www.Scamogram.com

Retiring this year will allow the good senator to officially lobby his buddies after a one year wait. If he retires next year, the new rules kick in and he would have to wait two years before joining the lobbyist circle. Smart man!

I believe that much of this has been misconstrued...I am not from Mississippi...my belief seems to be "no one is perfect" and if there is some good in a person, let us PLEASE concentrate on those qualities. I am sure (from reading some of the comments) that Mr Lott did some good in his home state. Take a look at Mr Kyl's voting record here in my state.
Mr Lott is retirement age, and should go with as much grace as possible.

I believe that much of this has been misconstrued...I am not from Mississippi...my belief seems to be "no one is perfect" and if there is some good in a person, let us PLEASE concentrate on those qualities. I am sure (from reading some of the comments) that Mr Lott did some good in his home state. Take a look at Mr Kyl's voting record here in my state.
Mr Lott is retirement age, and should go with as much grace as possible.

Goodbye you worthless guttersnipe Nazi pig.
Wallow in your pork barrel with your GOP buddies and overbill your illiterate constituents in the private sector, with same ferocity you showed ignoring them while in Congress. You Bush ass kissing shell of a human being. I mean this in a positive, Christian, family values way, of course.

Trent Lott could not be counted on by conservatives, which is why he and the Republicans are "on the outs" right now. Trent cared more about what his collegues in the Senate thought of him, than of sticking by conservative and American principles.
He was part of the old Blue-Blood Republican Club and really WAS what lib's often say about us. That is the hardest medicine to have to swallow. But we swallowed it. Then we took a walk!
On top of that, he was hated by Lib's for being conservative. Wow. Tough position, huh?
He made a racist remark at a private party. Something he shouldn't have said, and it probably did reveal something of his deepest held feelings.
He is crucified and excoriated in the comments above by the same people who say conservatives want to limit free speech. We don't. Free speech let's people know who you really are.
Those of us who follow Christ and are Conservative in our reading of the Constitution, are not racist, not even in private.
For us, the last 3 years have been a perfect storm, politically. Evangelical leader caught practicing the sin he condemns even as he stumps for moral values in government. Republican Leaders sent to prison for paying or taking bribes. John McCain and Lindsay Graham prevent Republicans from confronting Democrats who are holding up conservative judges.
Gee, why couldn't the Republicans get out their base?
Trent, don't let the door...

Trent Lott ! What will happen next ?!
Can the tax cuts for those poor, poor rich people survive now that so many Bush supporters are leaving ? What will happen to Larry Craig ? (Are any Congressional Pages allowed near the rest rooms around the Senate anymore ?)Does anyone know why Trent Lott would leave in the middle of his term ? (Not child molestation , was it ?)What will happen next to these republickanz ? Man ! Do you think Lott might turn into a 'support the troops private contracting salesman' for Halliburton on Capitol Hill? Wow ! Did he lean too hard on FEMA to get some Katrina Disaster MONEY, maybe ? I'm worried...

And so, Mr. Lott leaves the stage. I suppose that he did his best. I also suspect that the reasons, as suggested by many of the comments posted here, are somewhat more complex (and interesting) than "I'm tired."

I also agree that there is way too much venom in here, but it is easy to understand the rage. Sort of like watching the freedom-loving people of Iraq pulling down Saddam's statue in the first few days of the "war". Of course, that too was staged...

So, the Republicans will fall, and the Democrats will rise. I don't question that the Neocons have made a mess; the evidence is overwhelming. What is intriguing is how they did so. They simply changed the labels on things, and that made it all better. You reduce air-pollution standards, and call it "Blue Skies". You bury your armed forces into a centuries-old civil war, and call it a "terrorist insurgency". You run up nearly $5 trillion in debt, and call the economy "robust". There is no better delusion than self delusion...

But my real question is this: What do we mean when we say that the Democrats are going to clean the mess up? Other than pointing out the crimes of the current administration (which are legion), what is the plan to actually "clean up the mess"? Will the Democrats use the White House and overwhelming majorities in both halls of Congress actually "fix things"? Will they agressively deal with the $10 trillion in tangible debt? Will they deal with the $50 trillion in "unfunded liabilities"? Will they actually fix the economy, solve global warming, resolve the energy crisis, restore faith in the dollar, rebuild New Orleans, protect marriage while being gay-sensitive, bring real peace to the Middle East, end terrorism, cure cancer, and secure a better future for the as-yet-unborn generations of Americans? I suspect not. And the reason is because, as any reasonably astute aeronautical engineer will tell you, a bird (or a plane) can't fly with just one wing. Oh, you can tuck that right wing in pretty far, and flap like hell with the left, but you're in serious aerodynamic trouble. What we need to do is understand that we need both wings. We need them working together. We need them healthy. We need one wing to be sufficiently self-confident to understand that they don't need to commit yet another vengence attack against the other wing, just because the other wing smacked at it last time the other wing was in control. We truly need some leaders who can "reach across the aisle" for some purpose other than shoving a knife into somebody on the other side. I can't say that I'm terribly optimistic. My guess is that we remain a house divided, and as Mr. Lincoln pointed out, a house divided cannot stand for long. Of course, we can always bank on inertia for awhile...

I suspect that we will see the new Administration and Congress spend a lot of time rehashing about how hard it is, and how big the mess is. Like the dog chasing the car, they are about to find out what happens when you catch it. Like a dog barking furiously at an empty, parked car, they are about to appear ridiculous.

I can't help but wonder if, in a few hundred years, a tyrant will rise in the country formerly known as the American Empire. He will be "bad", no doubt. But he will be tolerated by the rest of the world because he will manage to establish order (in the manner of a Saddam or a Tito) over two warring peoples; the Republicans, and the Democrats. Finally, no bloodshed in the streets, no fighting, just peace at the price of liberty. What a grand vision to which to aspire!

This country was founded by some very smart men who did not always agree. There is a wonderful story of two of the greatest among them (Thomas Jefferson and John Adams) who were united in their desire to start a country, but polar opposites on many of the critical topics of how to do so. At one point, Ben Franklin took them both out together in a small boat, and refused to return to shore until they found a way to bridge their differences. But as wonderful as that idea might be, (and one should never let the facts get in the way of a good story) there was a key difference between the debates then and the debates now. Today, each party holds that the other party is wrong (regardless of topic) because each party has to be the one who is right. What Mr. Bush is doing on a global scale, with his conviction that what America does is right by definition simply because it is America that is doing it, echos in the halls of the American body politic, where in the view of the Democrats, anything the Republicans do is wrong by definition, and vice versa.

So, Mr. Lott goes home. Let's stop tearing down his statue, and get on with the very real business at hand. Let's remember that we are all flying on the same plane, and the plane is going down fast. We need both wings!

wmck1212

If his retirement age has anything to do with his leaving, why did he run for a 6 year term when he only intended to serve 2 years of it?

Thanks to jjohannson for setting the record straight about Lott and his friend Nixon.

However, it is undeniable that Lott was good for MS. They usually rank #1 or 2 in federal dollars returned to the state (about 3:1 ratio). What's ironic is that he does this while railing against the federal tax code and those blue states that keep MS solvent.

Change is a come'n to the GOP!

www.ronpaul4all.com

As a Member of Our Congress for over 35 Years Retires, He deserves a lot better from people of this Country than the Childish cheap-shot Comments I have read!

Why ANYONE would want to represent TRASH like You, is completely beyond me! I guess he came to feel the same way!

Putting up with 600 Congressional Oversight Reviews in 100 Days, having to deal with Wrong-headed Amnesty Bills, Partisan Based Power Bills, and all the rest of the Garbage associated with a Congress with 11% Approval, would make any decent person with an ounce of Pride want to get out!

Would YOU want to be associated with ANYTHING with an 11% Approval Rating?

Kay Bailey-Hutchison, and John Cornyn are willing to at least keep 11% of us Happy!

Promote them!

Happy Trails to Senator Lott-You have done your time, and I feel sorry for the others who are having to deal with snits like these other Posters, and HORRIBLE Reps. like Reid and Pelosi!

THEIR ALL LEAVEN DODGE, BEFORE 2010 SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO EX PLANE WHY THEY DIDN'T STOP THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION.

ChrisH
Wonderful post!!
Unfortunately, The Dems will talk about clean-up and then pack in the pork that they promised not to.
The Dems are missing a great chance through greed!

The rise and fall of political parties should be helpful, but they only seem to be getting worse. It all reminds me OF 'Boss" Hague, the mayor of Jersey City,N.J. for over 30 years. When he left office, it was taken over by his nephew who only lasted one term because of corruption! As 'Boss' Hague said ' He tried to steal in three years what took me thirty!

Reading a lot of these comments it is know wonder a person would like to get out of politics. A lot of you have become so full of hate that it's sad to see the house and senate become so partisan that they can't work together anymore. I believe that we have good people on both sides that want to get things done but unfortunately they are in the minority. All of you who believe that only the dems deserve to be elected better check your facts before you throw out all republicans that they can't stop the dems because that is all that stands in the way of higher taxes, draft, government healthcare and illegals taking over this country.

ChrisH: That was a terrific comment. Thank you.

Good riddance, and good luck on K Street Trent!

They get tired when they filled their pockets with lobby and campaign money. One more proof that democracy suffers terminal illness when you see garbage like this last so long in a position of power.

The stench will last an eternity.

Good riddens,

Could it be just a coincidence that Lott is retiring on the eve of a new law taking effect next year limiting his ability to make millions working as a lobbyist? Let's not let public service get in the way to lobby some conservative cause and make millions to boot. I thought the old Dixiecrat Lott would be happy "whipping minorities", I mean being "minority whip for years to come, but money comes first, always first.

Some of the more paper-assed posters here bemoan the hatred expressed towards the right wing...

Better get used to it.

I for one firmly believe that the only good conservative is a dead one.

I am going to hire him to lobby for amnesty for illegal aliens . I hope he still knows those neat cheers .

Too bad so many of you are short sighted. Since you despise him so much get off your fannies and run for office! Let's see what you can do!

The people making all these remarks against Mississippi should remember that there was a time when the state of Mississippi tried its best to secede from the U.S.A. An extremely violent war was waged against the former Confederate States of America and they were forced to be a part of this country against their will. If people in other parts of the country don't like the Senators and Representatives that southerners send to Washington, they can blame it on their own ancestors!

All of your shots at Mississippi in general are spiteful and, in a way, bigoted. I have a news flash: not all Mississippians are racists. Furthermore, which of your respective home states has a statesman serving in the Senate? By the looks of it, not many. So, why don't you move out of your glass house before throwing stones?

Treating collegues like house negroes! Please...The democrats had their way for decades. The power,control, abuse and thievery was shameless. Not to mention a government run amok. We are reaping what they sowed.

"Unfortunately, The Dems will talk about clean-up and then pack in the pork that they promised not to." Good post Robert Egan. Robert, you mean like this recent Pelosi crowd!! The poor angry left. If only they could spout a cause against conservatives that their party isn't in up to their ears.

I first met Senator Lott in Mississippi in 1977 right after Senator Stennis (Remember him?) shangheid the Naval Oceanographic office out of Suitland to the NASA site (Now called Stennis Space Center) north of Bay St. Louis, MS. He had just been elected (hand-picked by Stennis) and stood on the podium to welcome us to the great state of Mississippi. One of the men standing next to me said, "I'd never buy a used car from that guy." The Naval Oceanographic Office went from being a premier scientific organization to a field organization doing essentially nothing. Very, very sad. Unfortunately, Lott leaving the senate is about 30 years too late. He's been selling used cars with his oily manner to a lot of people and it's time he took the mask off and becomes a lobbyist.

Chris H, the Big Bird you describe with two healthy wings is what they used to call socialism. The textbook definition of socialsm was that it delegated private enterprise to those entities where private ownership and control worked best and public ownership where public ownership and control worked best. It was the Republican party who flew in with one wing and declared that socialism was a bird with one LEFT wing and that they, Ronald Reagan, Coors, neo-cons et. all and ever since were the true "centrists." Both left and right have been flying with THE ONE RIGHT wing ever since. That is why you are today looking at a crippled bird that once was the COUNTRY called America, is now the CORPORATION called America.

So! Another Bush acolyte bites the dust. Too bad that sinking ship can't take the entire 'pub look-a-likes with it when it goes down for the 3rd time.

Racist Pig. Good riddance.

Well, he waited long enough to get back up in the ranks, then gave Bush and the republicans the finger.
Hopefully we will be reading a book from him spilling the beans about just how corrupt Bush and Cheney really are.

If only he were leaving feet first. Good riddence. COWARD! He wouldn't be leaving if his party was in power.

He will have more time to play naked leapfrog with his butt buddy Larry! And then get together with the other singin senators for a congressional circle jerk. Have fun butt pirates!

Mr. Lott, Please explain to us Americans why, since 1980, there has been a Clinton or a Bush in high office?

Please, Mr. Lott, tell us in a real Democracy that dynasties cannot exist. Tell us why they gave us two families, and Americans became distracted.

Please, Mr. Lott, assure me that after 8 years of Hillary, they won't offer Neal or Jeb Bush as the GOP candidates in November 2017.

Tell me we still have our country as founded by the Father of OUR COuntry.

Thanks for your 'service'.

Later.

Little to all those Dimos coming out from behind the skirts...