Poor Trent Lott, like a lot of long standing institutions, the times are passing him by. He sees things changing and he longs for the good ole days. The rising popularity of these new Tea Party Republicans, he fears, will derail the gravy train that he spent his political and post political career nurturing. In a recent interview with "The Washington Post", on the subject of Tea Party candidates, the former Republican senate majority leader said: "We don't need a lot of Jim Demint disciples. As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them." Lott remains hopeful however, that we can still go back to the way things used to be; "I still have faith in the visceral judgment of the American people." First of all who is the "we" he's referring to? Lott resigned his senate seat in 2007, just ahead of new law requiring former elected officials to wait two years instead of one after leaving office before working as lobbyists. He now operates the "Breaux Lott Leadership Group" with former Democratic congressman John Breaux. I can definitely understand why he wouldn't want a bunch of "Demint disciples" running around. Demint, the Republican senator from South Carolina, is widely thought of as the most conservative member of the senate and consistently opposes wasteful government spending and big government policies. In other words, he's the political opposite of Lott. Trent Lott's career in the senate was widely heralded, by "Citizens Against Government Waste", which repeatedly recognized him for going above and beyond the call of duty in the area of pork barrel spending.In May 2006, the government watchdog organization honored he and fellow Republican MS senator Thad Cochran as "Porker of the Month" for exemplary efforts to waste taxpayer money. This same duo was later named runner-up for "Porker of the Year". During Lott's term as senate majority leader, Mississippi was consistently among the top three states in the nation in terms of pork barrel spending. Lott's name was later mentioned in the trials of his brother-in-law, Attorney Richard Scruggs, who eventually plead guilty to charges of wire fraud and bribing a judge and is now serving a seven year prison sentence. Trent Lott is the poster child for what cost the Republicans their majorities in both houses of congress and the trust of the American people; politicians who masquerade as conservatives to get elected, then stuff their own pockets as well as their cronies' with taxpayer dollars. What is truly amazing but, at the same time terrifying, is that, despite what's happened in the last two years; Lott and other Republican elitists still don't get it. Trent, you ignorant, arrogant, pompous jackass; you're over! You've fooled us for the last time; we don't need you. The Tea Party and other grass roots movements are not indebted to the Republican Party. The Republicans will come to us, nominate and support the candidates we choose, or WE WILL DO IT WITHOUT THEM! Having an R beside your name doesn't buy you anything. We will be watching every move that you and the other slime ball Washington lobbyists make and will jump at the first opportunity to have you indicted on corruption charges. Do the logical thing and move to the Democrat side with Arlen Specter. He'll be unemployed soon, are you hiring? The leaders of the Republican Party should take notice; we are mad, we are motivated, our numbers are growing, and Jim Demint, Paul Ryan, Michelle Bachmann and Chris Christie disciples are exactly what we're looking for. If that bothers you, good; don't let the door hit you in the butt.
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