Trent Lott To Bush: “OK, Big Boy, I'll Just Vote To Override Your Veto”...

[Imagevision]

"I was offended," Sen. Trent Lott, Mississippi Republican, said of Mr. Bush's threat last week to veto legislation aimed at stopping the transfer of port operations to a company owned by the United Arab Emirates. He said Mr. Bush "threatened me before I even knew the details of what was involved or whether I was going to vote for the bill or not."
Mr. Lott said his immediate reaction was: "OK, big boy, I'll just vote to override your veto."
He called the White House, he said, to advise administration officials that they'd run afoul of some of their strongest allies in Congress.
"Don't threaten me like that again," said the former majority leader, recounting the conversation with an official he declined to name. "It doesn't make a difference if you're a Republican or a Democrat. Don't put your fist in my face. Where I'm from, we're willing to fight back."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/03/01/trent-lott-to-bush-ok_n_16587.html

[Fridays Child]

1. Chest thumping never fails to impress me.

:sarcasm:

[CottonBear]

2. Lott's pissed 'cause his porch isn't rebuilt yet.

:sarcasm:

[petepillow]

27. well it's going to be a bigger porch, and that's HARD WORK

[DinahMoeHum]

29. Here's the Before and After on his house in Pascagoula

http://www.sunherald.com/multimedia/sunherald/archive/baflash/lott.html

www.sunherald.com
(then scroll down to Before and After, then scroll on to Jackson County, then click on "Lott house")


:smoke:

[CottonBear]

31. Damn. Nothing but a big pile of rubble left. :( n/t

[Jack from Charlotte]

32. Mostly he's pissed 'cause Chimp didn't help him after his racist comments

The Chimpster let Trent's ass swing slowly in the wind when his Senate Leardership job was on the line after his racist comments got him in trouble. Trent hasn't forgiven The AWOL/moron since.

Even former cheerleaders like Trent (at Ole Miss) and Georgie (at Andover) can have a falling out.

[Rose Siding]

3. This is a calculated run away from bush as his numbers plummet

Old Helmut Hair did not just turn into a fine person. It's fun to watch them perform, but I hate to give their manipulative theatrics an audience.

[converted_democrat]

12. Yep... n/t

[Inland]

16. Easier for Lott than others, as Bush shit all over him

after his birthday party episode, and worked to have him removed as majority leader.

[Disturbed]

4. Hmmm...I guess the Bush Regime won't be re-building ..

Tren't s house now and Shrub won't hanging out on Trent's porch.

[MadMaddie]

5. More signs of starting to turn and eat their own...

This show is going to be good...:popcorn:

[dogday]

6. Move over Maddie and pass the popcorn! nt

[MadMaddie]

14. Would you like some butter and salt with that....?

:popcorn: :popcorn: :rofl:

[dogday]

18. Anyone else up for the show?

What we drinking today? :rofl:

[MadMaddie]

19. How bout some Mack and Jacks....good brew...

:beer:

[Katherine Brengle]

7. Burning bridges... can be beautiful sometimes. n/t

[mikeytherat]

8. Lott is a pig and a racist to boot, but he got shivved by BushCo

and has been pisssssssssssed for years. He's been waiting. Interminably waiting.

mikey_the_rat

[anitar1]

26. Thanks . I was going to post the same. Lott is a master

schemer and is probably enjoying this.Presidents come and go , but the South usually keeps their Senators in office.

[Jack from Charlotte]

33. I agree. He'll nail The AWOL/moron any chance he gets.*

*

[BOSSHOG]

9. He was right on this issue

I'm not bragging about my Senator, you can have him if you'd like but bottom line bush said he'd veto an override on an issue that had yet to be presented to the full senate. No doubt, there are so many republicans in DC that hate bush's guts. I know trent does.

[GaYellowDawg]

11. Broken clock, etc. nm

nm

[SoCalDem]

10. Cancel that order of sweet-tea...no porch for you , chimpy

of course no porch for anyone just now...

[Renew Deal]

20. lol

:rofl:

[GaYellowDawg]

13. I hope they continue to turn on each other.

I hope that the Republican Party swiftly becomes rife with cannibalism, and that it's bloody and painful.

[amitten]

17. I want to see them duel. The old-fashioned way.

Maybe Bush can borrow Cheney's pellet gun? Seems to do well on humans. }(

[GaYellowDawg]

22. Good idea.

I'd love to see the Republican Party become the Pepper Capitol of the world.

[Renew Deal]

21. Lott is justified to be pissed.

Just compare how he was treated to a true criminal, Delay.

[PATRICK]

15. You can see why

they(the true Bush inner circle) do not really support or trust powerful lawmakers who are on "their side". They must be absolute cronies and given any opportunity, long before any of them gets too big for his britches or hinders their agenda, they will actively(behind the scenes) or passively(LIHOP) dump them.

This is why Frist is head of the Senate and Frist is not the upfront guy on REAL opposition.

[Imagevision]

23. Now I know why Bush got in the wind...

[underpants]

24. Oh joy male cheerleaders in a slapfest

:popcorn:

[CottonBear]

28. LOL! Oh my god! Male cheerleaders bitch slapping each other.

:rofl:

[underpants]

30. and calling each other "Big Boy"

slllllLLLAP!!

[Dunvegan]

25. This tells me that BushCo THREATENS Republicans to keep them in line...

...no matter who they are...no matter how much seniority...no matter how powerful, he plays Godfather and "makes them ALL an offer that they CAN NOT refuse."

Totalitarian bully bastid.

Actually, I love it that when threatened, whatever else I think about Lott (and he's on my Schmitt List big time) that he picks up Little Boots' gauntlet and publicly discloses he was threatened, and slaps him right back in the kisser.