Comments on: Sen. Trent Lott Announces Resignation

Second-Ranking Republican Says He Will Leave Senate By Year's End

[wdrussell1]

Larry Flynt said he was going to bring somebody down.
I wonder if this was who he meant?

[macusweil]

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/

[jetranger7]

No, their leaving, so they can have time to prepare, and build their concrete bunkers for saftey, they know what BUSH has up his sleeve, were all probably gonna see another attack in 2008, about 2 months before the election, and guess what, it''ll be blamed on some other country, when actually it was Ol'' George up to his antics again,so the ones they want left to be alive in this country, are bailing out, and preparing for whats about to come , the - NEW WORLD ORDER - out of CHOAS & FEAR !!

[fairandbal]

Lott is a snake, he''s bailing out now because of a new law that takes effect in 2008. the law extends the ban on how long legislators can become lobbyists AFTER leaving office. He''s bailing so he can become a lobbyis t and milk us out of even more money for his own personal gain.

[starleo146]

ott becomes the sixth Senate Republican this year to announce retirement.

It would have been much easier and cost effective to give each Congressional Republican a hari-kari sword and a few moments of privacy.

Posted by omega39 at 09:23 AM : Nov 26, 2007

You did it again ROTFLMAO, good way to start the day with agood laugh thanks Omega39, I owe you one.

[starleo146]

HOW MANY ARE LEFT THAT WE CAN VOTE OUT? He said he hasn''t made his mind up how about another lobbyist in the making. What ya think?

[frankly6]

Another rat jumps overboard before the ship sinks.

[gramto7]

Fiscally we are in as good shape as we were in the 1990s, National Dept to GNP is the same.

Posted by jowand

Jowand,
If you will notice on the graft on the page noted below, the ratio was improving greatly when Clinton was in office. However, with your idol, it is once again returning to its prior state.
http://uspolitics.about.com/library/bl_gross_national_debt.htm

[newz4i]

"Lott becomes the sixth Senate Republican this year to announce retirement." The American voter removed Republican politicians in 2006. Of those who remained, six announced retirement. There''s a current in this country, a current removing failure from our culture. The American voters can follow the flow downward to remove Republicanism in their state and local elections. Replace failure with success by removing more Republicans throughout the country.

[konabike]

About time!

[jowand]

Trent Lott isn''t a Bush guy at all, great news he is resigning. Fiscally we are in as good shape as we were in the 1990s, National Dept to GNP is the same.

[samrensho]

It''s called cut and run. Bail out in the waning days of this administration that has gutted America and slide into some cushy job in the private sector before the bandini hits the mixmaster.

[tyjohn47]

This is an excerpt from the MSNBC version of this story. It provides what is likely the real reason Lott is not fulfilling his obligation to the people of Mississippi who, when they voted for Lott, appearently should not have expected that he would complete the term he ran for and was elected to. Instead, $ wins out again. Geezus!

"While the exact reason Lott is stepping down before he finishes his term is unknown, the general speculation is that a quick departure immunizes Lott against tougher restrictions in a new lobbying law that takes effect at the end of the year. That law would require Senators to wait two-years before entering the lucrative world of lobbying Congress."

[omega39-2009]

Do the U.S. people believe these Bush administrations croonies are resigning all of a sudden. They know that there is going to be a scandal worse than watergate
Posted by battyellison

My own suspicion is that Bush and his rubber stampers have left the country in such a state of fiscal disaster, that some very unpopular legislation is going to be required to correct it. The people who caused the problems to begin with, would rather sit on the sidelines and point fingers at those trying to fix them.

[battyellison]

At a certain point, the "Bank Robbers" realize that they have grabbed as much loot as they can and the longer they stay in the bank, the greater their chances of getting caught.

Very Good observation and a correct one why do you think they''re jumping ship the Repug''s think they''re invincable and with a clown like bush in charge they went for the gold Bush could care less about the country just his croonies. Bush is a very dangerous man and should have been stoped long time ago

[battyellison]

Do the U.S. people believe these Bush administrations croonies are resigning all of a sudden. They know that there is going to be a scandal worse than watergate its the Bush, Cheney plan to make Oil companies rich while destroying the country things are going to come out in the next 18 months and its going to be the worst most corrupt administration in the history of the world. What Bush/Cheney has done is plain and simple Criminal and the older repugs have to jump ship so they won''t be associated with dictator and his strong man and the destruction of the republican party and the U.S as we know it

[cyberus-2009]

I think the term limit should be one, NOBODY serves consecutive terms.
Why #1 Because every politician spends half their term trying to get re-elected, if they had to take a term off they''d spend more time doing a good job so people would remember them as a good office holder when their next chance comes up.
Why #2 Because as it stands now a few "lifers" control the committees that decide whether or not a bill is ever voted on by the majority of congress .. the people WE voted for.
Just MHO

[omega39-2009]

Lott becomes the sixth Senate Republican this year to announce retirement.

It would have been much easier and cost effective to give each Congressional Republican a hari-kari sword and a few moments of privacy.

[forthepeopl1]

5) just like the president and v.p i will put term limmits on congress senators no more then 2 4 year terms and the same goes to the house .
6) i would tell congress to pay back all the money that they have stole from ssn, and they are to put into law that no one in this united states government can ever take a dime from it again.period... this will shure it up..period.
7) i would enforce our laws on illeigals in this country, and to start i would put all law enforcement including our national guards and reserves to work in going house to house work place to work place and weed them out of america...

and much much more,david a belanger,a american for america. [e-mail]
i woulded beleive anything not one word comming out of anyone in this whitehouse not one word, they have disgraced this country and themselves.

and to congress i would tell the president, you know what its over, period now come to us and tell us how much money is needed to get our troops home. period we the people are done, so how much is needed thats all you will get.


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DAVID A BELANGER,U.S.ARMY VET,[e-mail],978-618-3105

[antoniof123]

Who cares he is a politician and he will get a lobbyist job and make more money then you me and about 20 other people. Furthermore, he will get Senate benefits, wow no wonder he voted against health care we might be able to afford it.

Good riddance.