Trent Lott says Bill Frist betrayed him

[wicket]

They are eating themselves! :rofl:

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050816/NEWS02/508160341/1009/NEWS

Sen. Trent Lott accuses Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of betraying him during a GOP revolt in a new, tell-all biography that expresses little remorse for the racially tinged remarks that led to Lott's loss of power and Frist's ascension.

In Herding Cats: A Life in Politics, available in bookstores Aug. 23, the Mississippi Republican blames the media and a handful of his GOP colleagues for the loss of his Senate leadership job in December 2002.

Frist, a Tennessee Republican who replaced Lott as the GOP leader, comes off as traitorous. The book generally divides other Republicans into either heroes or villains, depending on whether Lott saw them as allies or enemies during his downfall.

"I consider Frist's power grab a personal betrayal," the book says. "When he entered the Senate in 1995, I had taken him under my wing. ... He was my protege and I helped him get plum assignments and committee positions."

[geek tragedy]

1. Sweet!!!!

Watch the rats devour each other.

[SoCalDem]

2. Hell hath no fury like a lover scorned..

I took liberties with the actual quote..couldn;t help myself

[emdee]

3. What goes around comes around....

when are these people going to realize that?
This is hilarious!
emdee

[Maven]

4. He called his book "Herding Cats?"

What a douche.

I can't believe these are the tasteless buffoons in charge of our country.

[wicket]

7. Whoa- is that another slam at Frist??

"Herding Cats"- sounds like it could be a slam of Frist's cat killing days.

[smartvoter]

5. Power hungry crooks can never trust each other. Boo-hoo. nt

[tanyev]

6. It's an elephant-eat-elephant world they live in.

[jim3775]

8. I love it.

I love the infighting. I can't wait for the '08 primaries.

[blm]

9. Lott had at least an OUNCE of integrity. Frist has NONE.

BushInc wanted Lott out because he was against the privatization of electric utilities that BushInc wanted in the energy bill.

It was the first time I ever saw that he actually cared for the working class people who the GOP seeks to wring every last penny out of by consistently siding with the corporate elite.

[wicket]

10. You hit the nail on the head

The Bushies wanted Lott out, and had Frist do their bidding.

[blm]

11. Remember, they used Tim Russert to keep the story alive in the MSM.

The story wasn't forcing Lott out UNTIL Russert decided to highlight it on his show.

Russert sure as hell didn't do it for the lefty bloggers who were on the story.

[merh]

12. His comment about taking him under his wing reminds me of the

Ma Mobley tale - Ma Mobley finds a rattle snake frozen in the woods, almost dead from the cold. Her heart goes out to the rattle snake and she picks it up and tucks it in her blouse, keeping it warm against her breasts. As she continues through the woods, the rattle snake begins to thaw and come to life.

Suddenly, the rattle snake bites Ma Mobley. As she falls to the ground and is suffering so, she looks at the snake and asks

"How could you bite me, I saved you from dying, I helped you when you needed the help?"

The rattle snake replies "You knew I was a rattle snake before you picked me up, what else did you expect?"

What the heck did Lott expect, he was training him for pete's sake.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

13. Frist told Lott he would offer him a loving home

Just like those kitties.

[wicket]

14. kick

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