Trent Lott Elected Minority Whip
by Chris Bowers, Wed Nov 15, 2006 at 07:09:50 AM EST
A couple of days ago, Jonathan noted that Republicans are convinced they must move to the right in order to regain power. Of course, they have moved to the right anyway, since we have defeated most of their so called "moderates." However, Republicans have not sat idly by in this process, and have pro-actively moved themselves to the right by electing racist Trent Lott Minority Whip:Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of remarks considered racially insensitive, won election to the No. 2 post Wednesday for the minority GOP in the next Congress.
Lott returned to the center of power by getting the position of vote-counting GOP whip, nosing out Sen. Lamar Alexander. Sen. Rick Santorum told reporters that Lott beat Alexander by a 25-24 vote. I mean sure that this is the sort of move that will help their outreach to minorities, which Republican are clearly concerned about since they have named Mel Martinez their chief spokesperson. Atrios, one of Lott's original tormenters in his fall from grace, writes:Well, after being demoted from the #1 Republican spot all the way down to the #4 Republican spot, Trent Lott has triumphantly clawed his way back to the #2 spot. It is particularly easy to rise up two spots when the #1 and #3 members of the Republican Senate leadership, Bill Frist and Rick Santorum, will no longer be in the Senate.
So, everyone remember that the modern Republican Party is welcoming of all types of people, even though they did just elect a leader who think the country would have fewer problems if a segregationist had become President instead of Harry Truman.
Lott returned to the center of power by getting the position of vote-counting GOP whip, nosing out Sen. Lamar Alexander. Sen. Rick Santorum told reporters that Lott beat Alexander by a 25-24 vote. I mean sure that this is the sort of move that will help their outreach to minorities, which Republican are clearly concerned about since they have named Mel Martinez their chief spokesperson. Atrios, one of Lott's original tormenters in his fall from grace, writes:Well, after being demoted from the #1 Republican spot all the way down to the #4 Republican spot, Trent Lott has triumphantly clawed his way back to the #2 spot. It is particularly easy to rise up two spots when the #1 and #3 members of the Republican Senate leadership, Bill Frist and Rick Santorum, will no longer be in the Senate.
So, everyone remember that the modern Republican Party is welcoming of all types of people, even though they did just elect a leader who think the country would have fewer problems if a segregationist had become President instead of Harry Truman.
Tags: Republicans, Senate 2008 (all tags)
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