Lott to DC: Run for your lives

I realize that the White House is desperate to gain increased surveillance power under a “revised” FISA, and I know lawmakers have shown a serious willingness to give the president more of what he wants. But there’s just no reason for Trent Lott to scare the bejeezus out of people who live and work in the nation’s capital.

Roll Call reported late yesterday, “Capitol Police officials have stepped up the department’s security presence on Capitol Hill in response to intelligence indicating the increased possibility of an al-Qaida terrorist attack on Congress sometime between now and Sept. 11.” One assumes they’re working on something more reliable that Michael Chertoff’s gut.

But leave it to Lott to push the matter too far.

Without mentioning a specific threat to the Capitol, Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) ominously advised Thursday that Congress needed to pass changes to terrorist surveillance laws before leaving for the August recess and warned that otherwise “the disaster could be on our doorstep.”

When asked if people should leave Washington, D.C., during the month of August, Lott responded, “I think it would be good to leave town in August, and it would probably be good to stay out until September the 12th.”

First, what, exactly, are people who live and work in DC supposed to do in response to comments like these? And second, how shamelss is it for a Republican to say, "Give Bush what he wants or we'll all die"?



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One assumes they’re working on something more reliable that Michael Chertoff’s gut.

Nope.

Bush will never have what he wants. He wants to be respected as a great leader having a great legacy. Won't happen. Ever.

The Repuke party and the democrap party disgust me beyond
discription. May they all rot in hell.

Give the chimp what he wants and no one gets hurt. The democrats need to demand that witness' show up for testimony 1st, that subpoenas are honored 1st, before they give an inch to BushCO.

Could it be the "Catastrophic Event" that Bush's Martial Law/Dictatorial Powers type bill was talking about that would give Bush complete control of the government?

Screw Trent Lott... three good videos to start the day smiling...

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/65388/detail/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk-st8fLYCM

I thought we were "Fighting them there, so we don't have to fight them here." If, God forbid, there's another attack in the U.S., I hope and pray that the populace will recognize it for what it is: The predictable result of this administration's insane policies.

Wes @ 4:

Give the chimp what he wants and no one gets hurt. The democrats need to demand that witness' show up for testimony 1st, that subpoenas are honored 1st, before they give an inch to BushCO.

Forget about the silly sideshow they got going now. Get Cheney and Bush impeached ASAP!

I just heard that they gave him what he wanted. More power to wiretap without warrants.

No surprise, for Lott is from Mississippi and stupidty and politics in that
State go hand-in-hand.
Yes, I too read that U.S. Senate "gave" bush what he wanted as to wire
taping survilance...Weak kneed bastards. Most likely voted "yea" because
they each had plans at home for the weekend and did not want to be spending
any additional time in D.C.

Finally! Another country not weakened by cowardly "oh what about the 4th Amendment" civil liberty Democrat traitors.

Don't we owe our Commander In Chief the sort of unquestioned authority taken by the admired leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe?

Zimbabwe passes eavesdrop law
Harare, Zimbabwe
03 August 2007 05:55

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has signed into law a Bill allowing the state to eavesdrop on private phone conversations and monitor faxes and emails.

The Interception of Communication Act, published in the Government Gazette on Friday, provides for the setting up of an interception centre to listen into telephone conversations, open mail and intercept emails and faxes.

The law also compels internet service providers to install equipment to facilitate interception "at all times or when so required" and ensure that its equipment allows full-time monitoring of communications.

"A service provider who fails to give assistance in terms of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine ... or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years or to both," reads part of the new law.

The law came under a barrage of criticism while it was still being debated, with media groups saying it was a major step backwards.

The Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers' Association said many operators would shut down if they failed to raise foreign currency to import the interception devices.

"We have always been intercepted during communication, be it emails, phones or even at post offices, but with the passing of the law they will now do it on a large scale. This is a very sad day for Zimbabwe," said Harare-based media lawyer Wilbert Mandinde.

The government defended the new law saying it was necessary to protect the country from international terrorism and espionage. -- Sapa-AFP

Slimy Democrats in the Senate!!Post all of their names so all can see...

They're probably more concerned about the nuts on BO's site.

It's called false flag terrorism and until everyone learns to recognize the tactic for what it is and how often it has been used through American history, most of the stories and debates that get kicked around this blog are seriously misunderstood.

Good thing we have a Democratic majority in Congress. Otherwise, Bush/Cheney would get whatever they want whenever they want.

Make the chickenhawks stay and fight on the newest front.

Maybe Lott will invite everyone to stay with him at his rebuilt vacation home on the Gulf Coast.

Bush wanted to see it, so maybe Trent can include him along with everyone who's getting out of Washington. And the Iraqi Parliament are all on recess, so add them to the guest list. And include Cheney, but only on the condition that he leaves his hunting rifle home.

I believe the Capitol Police warning and "Lott scare" tactic are about one year
early, for my "gut feeling" indicates the in order to implement Adm. Directive #51
(bush-lite continuing in office) the terrrorist threat will occur about this time next
year; thereby negating the Nov. 08 elections.

yenehC hcaepmI @ 8:

Wes @ 4:

Give the chimp what he wants and no one gets hurt. The democrats need to demand that witness' show up for testimony 1st, that subpoenas are honored 1st, before they give an inch to BushCO.

Forget about the silly sideshow they got going now. Get Cheney and Bush impeached ASAP!

Agreed, Bushco has got to go.

and @12-AGREED, I would like to see the names that voted to appease Bush.

OOOGA BOOGA!!!

Friggin' idiots. If Bush Knows so damn much about the threat then why does he need extra power to wire tap? Sounds like he has all the information he needs to stop the "imminent threat" that I so sure exists cuz you know... Trent "Klansman" Lott said so.

Bitch please.

How utterly and completely irresponsible. The ethics committee show wear his punk ass out with a stick for using that kind of petty, immature scare tactic. Unless of course he knows Bush has a plan to allow yet another devastating terrorist attack to justify yet another increase in Presidential power. Perhaps he'll signify that power with a nice gold and jewelry encrusted band to go on his head. There's a word for that I just forget what it is...

By the way Jeannie the senate did vote to expand "temporarily" his powers, but the measure failed miserably in the house so he ain't got it yet.

What a bunch of bull crap. If America can't see they are just trying to put on a show so it will give the dems a excuse to vote for the surveillance insanity then they deserve this.

Train @ 20:

OOOGA BOOGA!!!

By the way Jeannie the senate did vote to expand "temporarily" his powers, but the measure failed miserably in the house so he ain't got it yet.

Not "YET"; but before this day is over, the House will cave also and give in.

Maybe the Bushies are planning an attack so he can declare martial law and cancel the elections for 2008. His power grab must be near complete so nobody can do a damned thing about it except for all to raise up and fight the takeover. I wonder if the military would be willing to allow that to happen or if it would turn against them!

I don't trust any of those lying sacks of crap.

and thirdly; why is Trent Lott working for Al Qaeda?

Trent Lott can't decide if he wants to be Jim Crow or Chicken Little.

how come Lott & Co know about this threat but the leadership in the congress don't? How come only loyal Bushies have the scoop on this?

Following LOTT's Logic (Leave and stay away until Sept 12) because the job has become more dangerous,

What about the guys over in Iraq and Afghanistan, it's pretty damn dangerous there every friggin day. so should they leave?
What a bunch of Chicken Hawk (shit) pussies.

We're tired of their crap.
♠♠♠♠♠♠♠

Isn't this the same idiots that were defending the Iraqis for taking August off?

Bringing them democracy over there, so we don't have to have it here.

BobX @ 28:

Isn't this the same idiots that were defending the Iraqis for taking August off?

Bringing them democracy over there, so we don't have to have it here.

That would make a great bumper sticker

myiq2xu @ 25:

Trent Lott can't decide if he wants to be Jim Crow or Chicken Little.

"Run for your lives! The negroes are falling! The negroes are falling!"

Pity that poor monster, Lott
His brain is infused with dry rot
"We're all gonna die!
Kiss your asses good-bye!"
What insanity hath Lott & Co. wrought.

Chuck @ 14:

It's called false flag terrorism and until everyone learns to recognize the tactic for what it is and how often it has been used through American history, most of the stories and debates that get kicked around this blog are seriously misunderstood.

Pussy Concurs. On a related note- isn't it awfully considerate of the terrorists to be so, well, predictable?

And tell me again, how does bypassing what has been basically a rubber stamp by the FISA Court for all requests for interception of phone transmissions--including approval AFTER THE FACT--make any of us safer. This is Bushit.

Shiva H Vishnu @ 29:

BobX @ 28:

Isn't this the same idiots that were defending the Iraqis for taking August off?

Bringing them democracy over there, so we don't have to have it here.

That would make a great bumper sticker

I wish I could take credit for it but it's not mine.

George Bush talking to Dick Cheney:

"I thought you said we were giving the Iraqis our Democrats!"

I believe the administration was given information in the beginnings of and summer of 2001 and that still didn't stop a terrorist attack. Does Lott really think that pushing some half-assed legislation through now will help? I guess Condi really needed a map with red dots and a set of crayons to stop 9/11. Shameless indeed.

pussy_galore @ 32:

Chuck @ 14:

It's called false flag terrorism and until everyone learns to recognize the tactic for what it is and how often it has been used through American history, most of the stories and debates that get kicked around this blog are seriously misunderstood.

Pussy Concurs. On a related note- isn't it awfully considerate of the terrorists to be so, well, predictable?

This is just the newest gage in predicting terrorist activities here in the U.S., bush-lite
decided that "Jerk-offs gut feeling" needed some fine tuning.

This is SOOOOO easy to see through. Various cheerleaders come out with the
'run and hide...fear, fear' card, with un-sourced claims of intellegence of an
immenant attack in order to lay down yet another stepping stone in this country's
take over from within. Those in "the know" are threatening law makers to give
Bush more dictorial power with these threats, and congress 'knows' what the game
is all about and don't want to see the 'crazies' pull off another event.
How obvious that the real terrorist are the ones pulling the strings behind the
scenes are none other than those in our own government.
The pot we are all swimming in has already reached boiling point.
We are cooked.

liberalista @ 15:

Good thing we have a Democratic majority in Congress. Otherwise, Bush/Cheney would get whatever they want whenever they want.

Like they do now?

With people like Trent Lott a terrorist group has no need to waste its valuable manpower, resources and what not on a terrorist strike. Its people like him that make a terrorist group's task that much easier because he is doing the work for them.

Well, it's apparent that the Republicans' scary rhetoric works on the Democrats in Congress. It scares them right into giving Bush what he wants, every time.

DISGUSTING!

If they had any balls, they would have said "We'll stay in Washington as long as you like, Mr. President... and we won't sign our civil liberties away no matter what you say."

Well, I guess it's official. There really is no difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to protecting and preserving the Constitution of the United States.
When these elected dumbasses come home from DC for their August break, give them an earful. They have sold our rights out from under us and the time has come to seriously consider a third party in this country that will return us to Constitutional law.

This is insane. If they're so sure and attack is coming, the existing system already works well enough - the fact that we know about an "impending attack" is proof of this.

If we need revision of the anti-terror system, rushing to revise it now won't prevent an attack "between now and September 12" - the new powers would only help gather info on future attacks.

Plus - we can't trust this administration with any more powers. They've lied to us, they fucked up everything they put their hands to; they can't run a war comptently.

I wish the Dems had a spine.

Lott's on the new Searsucker Suit Wearers Gone Wild DVD

We should be grateful to George Bush for protecting us from all those evildoers. He's probably stopped lots of terrorist plots that are too secret for us to know about.

He just can't tell us about them because then the terrorists would know that he caught them.

Al Queda is laughing their asses off cowering in fear because George Bush is our President!

We don't need to worry, he's only taking our freedoms to keep them safe. He wouldn't lie to us!

In other related news, Trent Lott put his remarks in writing when he sent letters to his fellow Senators reading: "Give Bush what he wants or the girl gets it", which was written by cutting out letters from various newspapers and glued to a sheet of paper.

This will be very short...because I must go run and hide in my basement; but first
gotta go to store and stock up on groceries and some more duct tape.

Congress does not deserve a vacation. My family can't afford to leave town, neither should they.

Pigs!

I've got the first part of Howard Dean's Yearly Kos keynote speech--the part about voting rights--posted here.

And how even more shameful is it for Dems to cave? I am madder at them than the Repigs. They should know better.

I seriously thought that idiot had retired. Imagine my shock to see Lott's name in the news for something other than "Soliciting male minors for sex" or "Senator caught with three teenage hookers". I guess he is still rebuilding his house so Bushit can come visit him in Mississippi. I kind of wonder if there are pics available that shows how well his neighborhood has been restored after Katrina so they could be compared to N.O.'s Ninth Ward.

With respect to Senator Lott, I think the following is definitely applicable:

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.
But, I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

jr @ 44:

Lott's on the new Searsucker Suit Wearers Gone Wild DVD

I heard he was supposed to go to Cox's to get his Searsucker-Suit,
But went to Sears instead.

(read it once more, you'll get it.)

Idiotland @ 3:

The Repuke party and the democrap party disgust me beyond
discription. May they all rot in hell.

A-freakin-men

This just in. There is growing evidence that Minnesota Republicans are mounting a concerted attack in Minnesota, undermining the state's infrastructure by failure to fund and then pointing at bright, shiny objects to distract our attention. The net result of the brilliant no-new-taxes strategery? For starters, the total collapse of a major interstate highway bridge in Minneapolis. Lives lost. Dozens of injuries -- some of them critical. Millions and millions of dollars to undo the damage and then replace the bridge. The Iraq strategy, then. And as I have been saying for the past few days, when government is small enough to drown it in the bathtub, which leads to drowning people in the Mississippi River, something is terribly wrong. Just sayin'.

By the President's recent Executive Order, he can take over the entire government during an emergency, which is so loose in its legal definition that a mere _threat_ that causes the Capitol to be shut down for a day is enough to cause a "significant disruption to government services" and trigger a dictatorship of indeterminate length.

Sounds a bit like rumors of such a threat have begun to circulate, just in time to save BushCo from Congressional investigations. At the very least, it's a welcome distraction for them.

Buzzflash.com
Senate passes Bush-backed spy bill
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN0328188520070804

OT but good news for a change;
PAPER BALLOTS FOR CALIFORNIA! - SECRETARY OF STATE ANNOUNCES DE-CERTIFICATION/RE-CERTIFICATION PLANS FOR E-VOTING SYSTEMS

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4914#comments

Quess Lott wants to shut down the government, except for the department that cuts his check.

Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum
retched little man
with death on his hands
what he wants right here
is for us to live in fear
Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum

Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum
wishes our flag would be
the same as the confederacy
does not seem to care
'bout non white people out there
Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum

Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum
his solution would be
massive spying on the free
and all the "right" people (the white)
should flee DC in fright
Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum

Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum
Scum ScumaLOTT Scumatose Scum

Yet again al-Qaida proves to be a great ally to the White House.

Why is Trent Lott-A-Vagina still in office? Did they lift the ban on Klan members in the Senate?

DC residents should write their Senators and demand that Sen. Lott explain the danger! Oh... yeah, well now you have another reason to move to Maryland.

Chris @ 62:

DC residents should write their Senators and demand that Sen. Lott explain the danger! Oh... yeah, well now you have another reason to move to Maryland.

Does DC stand for "Dodge City?"

Now we know the truth: Trent Lott has an alien spaceship sending him signals hidden under that nasty, ill-fitting "rug" he wears on his head.

Trent Lott: Alien Sycophant? or is it Succubus?

They should just stay in town and pass bills eliminating BushCo abilities to legislate through f-in executive order and abilities to evade oversight by claimed priviledge. Lets restore a bit of democracy and not give uber-asshole what he wants.

veritas @ 64:

Now we know the truth: Trent Lott has an alien spaceship sending him signals hidden under that nasty, ill-fitting "rug" he wears on his head.

That's a rug? I thought he was wearing a dead cat.

veritas @ 65:

Trent Lott: Alien Sycophant? or is it Succubus?

Shit-for-brains

Here are the Dems that caved again:

The following Democrats voted for it: Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Nancy Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia).

Pathetic.

The senate Democrats capitulated to Bush and gave him what he wanted on FISA. I'm ashamed of the Democrats who have once again shown their spinelessness. Closing "loopholes" that are in reality constitutional rights must have given them a feeling of real accomplishment.

If there is another terrorist attack, I'm going to look squarely at the government as the perpetrator. To think that they know of a plan and yet have not acted to stop it or mitigate it (for example - ordering a complete evacuation in acknowledgment of an inability to thwart impending act) is bogus. The claim is either another in an endless series of successful scare scams( looks like the Senate Democrats swallowed this one hook, line and sinker) or it's a genuine plot. If it was a genuine plot, any sane person would not let the plotters know that they were onto was was being planned. If they knew enough about the plan toknow the date, they would also know enough to go after the plotters and shut them down - with prejudice. Failure to do so would be an act of abetting the terrorism. In other words, if the terroist act weren't a false flag operation, it could only then be carried out with the tacit permission of the government.

Lott seems to be talking as if he has some special knowledge. He's either bullshitting the public in order to advance the GOPer agenda of destroying the Constitution or his knowledge is legitimate, in which case the government is doing nothing to thwart the known terrorists and is instead using the planned act to consolidate its police state powers - apparently willing to sacrifice a city and it's population in order to secure that power.

I'm calling Bullshit on Lott and on the imminent terrorist plot. And I'm calling every senator of either party who voted to expand FISA a fool and a coward and a traitor to the Constitution.

It's clear now: Even the Democrats in Congress would trample our constitution and their oath of office in order to get to their vacation destinations on time! OUT WITH THEM ALL! THEY'RE ALL WORTHLESS, SPINELESS FOOLS.

The time has clearly come for a third party since neither party is now representing the will of the people nor upholding our constitution. THIS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS we find ourselves in - make no mistake about it and the Democrats now have shown their cards.

The democrats can no longer be trusted either which means that if this democracy of the people is to continue, then the People need to have their own party and representation in Congress - VOTE FOR A THIRD!!

I hope that Bloomberg now runs and perhaps he can capture the heart and mind of Al Gore to run along with him. I believe that these two individuals are now THE ONLY two who can save this country from self-destruction.

Ask youself this question: Why is there no candidate running (Democrats included) who are not absolutely bull#hit about the abuse of executive power? Answer: Because they hope it remains (our rights overturned) when they are in office and they lust for it themselves. This is a very serious flaw in each of the candidates running right now.

Time for Al Gore and Mike Bloomberg!!

We should all -- and I mean the entire American electorate with more than two neurons -- join forces to vote Republicans like Trent Lott out of office. The man is using a terrorism for political gain. He has no morals, no honor, and no shame. We don't need henchmen and fearmongerers like this in our government.

The obscene desire of the repugs to see the planet curled into a fetal position in fear while they lord it over us with their tinfoil hats and paper tigers is beyond insane.
They eat, breathe, wake and sleep on a diet of pure propaganda and they love it. So much that they want everyone to down the koolaid and join the cult, at gunpoint or otherwise, doesn't matter to them.

The only attack on the US this summer will be the continued repug attacks on civil liberties. Unless of course the shrub co. clan has plans to blow up another land mark in order to maintain the fear factor.

The entire cast of candidates cannot be trusted since many of them in Congress knuckled under to illegal spying on citizens and the Bush Regime.

Everyone needs to switch to Independent and begin encouraging people you know to run for office on the Independent ticket.

It's time to press Al Gore to run as well as for Mike Bloomberg to take the Independent stage, front and center now.

Their time has clearly come! The Dems have also made a critical judgment error in adjourning for a month after bending over to Bush - this will do irreparable damage to the Democratic base and Dems will be switching to Indpendent in droves now. One month will be all the time it will take for the Democratic Party to now tank itself.

Having been a dem all my life before finding myself so utterly frustrated that becoming Independent was the only way I could distance myself from feeling complicit in ANY way or connected to the hijinks and chicanery going on, I find this new awareness both distasteful and incredibly disillusioning. Now I have to admit to myself that the Dems are equally complicit in the hijacking of our democracy and it's very sad to reach this conclusion.

But in moving onward and upward, we can look with enthusiasm to what this all means now: It means that there is absolutely no doubt left in anyone's mind that a third party (The People's Party) IS the only answer to this constitutional crisis. Rejecting ALL present individuals in Congress and making a CLEAN SWEEP of Congress IS the only option open to us at this point.

Encourage everyone you know to run for office so we can unseat these charlatans in Congress posing as ambassadors of the will of the people! Bah! They're all power hungry sycophants who have absolutely no concern for the people - their own power trumps everything.

I fail to see how this even helps their political cause in the least. In fact, it defeats them by showing what a failure they've been and how they've achieved the opposite of what they promised.

All it does is say, in effect:

"Yes, we've done an absolutely hopeless job keeping you safe, our policies have in fact made things more dangerous, and after many years of wasted effort, thousands of wasted lives, and billions upon billions of wasted dollars, now, that danger is growing and is in fact imminent.

Therefore the LAST thing you should do is allow this administration, or its apologists like me, to decide anything about this subject whatsoever. Let someone more sane and rational take over, we've booted it, obviously".

Strange that they don't see this themselves.

Dirty Hippie Blogger Says:

Thank you for the vids. Excellent!

Paul @ 70:

The senate Democrats capitulated to Bush and gave him what he wanted on FISA. I'm ashamed of the Democrats who have once again shown their spinelessness. Closing "loopholes" that are in reality constitutional rights must have given them a feeling of real accomplishment.

If there is another terrorist attack, I'm going to look squarely at the government as the perpetrator. To think that they know of a plan and yet have not acted to stop it or mitigate it (for example - ordering a complete evacuation in acknowledgment of an inability to thwart impending act) is bogus. The claim is either another in an endless series of successful scare scams( looks like the Senate Democrats swallowed this one hook, line and sinker) or it's a genuine plot. If it was a genuine plot, any sane person would not let the plotters know that they were onto was was being planned. If they knew enough about the plan toknow the date, they would also know enough to go after the plotters and shut them down - with prejudice. Failure to do so would be an act of abetting the terrorism. In other words, if the terroist act weren't a false flag operation, it could only then be carried out with the tacit permission of the government.

Lott seems to be talking as if he has some special knowledge. He's either bullshitting the public in order to advance the GOPer agenda of destroying the Constitution or his knowledge is legitimate, in which case the government is doing nothing to thwart the known terrorists and is instead using the planned act to consolidate its police state powers - apparently willing to sacrifice a city and it's population in order to secure that power.

I'm calling Bullshit on Lott and on the imminent terrorist plot. And I'm calling every senator of either party who voted to expand FISA a fool and a coward and a traitor to the Constitution.

Paul: You are absolutely spot on! Lott was the frontman this time or the circus "barker" as the case actually is - take off his wig and he becomes the clown, too.

Seriously, this was a major charade on the american people. We've been totally pimped now by both parties. How much longer can we, the people, continue to bend over when we know precisely what they're doing to us??

This month off will mean a massive movement out of the Dem Party and into the Independent Party based on yesterday's knuckling under. This was the largest mistake a party could make - to show their spinelessness and allow the trampling of our constitution so easily and then take a month off. Well, they may be on vacation and I say "bon voyage" to each of them because when the people get a list of the votes in favor of this illegal abuse of power, there will be campaigns nationally to unseat them all.

This is huge. This is a constitutional crisis. This will mark the beginning of the people taking back the reins of their country.

We need to press Al Gore into joining Michael Bloomberg and save this country.

Frybread @ 72:

We should all -- and I mean the entire American electorate with more than two neurons -- join forces to vote Republicans like Trent Lott out of office. The man is using a terrorism for political gain. He has no morals, no honor, and no shame. We don't need henchmen and fearmongerers like this in our government.

You're preaching to the choir, however, it's those voters in Mississippi who need to be
educated. They watch Faux Noise only, and are among those wonderful religious
Christians who truly believe that "their" leader(bush-lite) has a direct line to God,
therefore HE can do no wrong. Really sad and a shame that there are so many of
that kind in Mississippi and other Southeastern States...narrow minded, uninformed
and totally ignorant as to how this admin. is destroying our Constitution.

getalife @ 69:

Here are the Dems that caved again:

The following Democrats voted for it: Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Nancy Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia).

Pathetic.

Puzzled @ 75:

I fail to see how this even helps their political cause in the least. In fact, it defeats them by showing what a failure they've been and how they've achieved the opposite of what they promised.

All it does is say, in effect:

"Yes, we've done an absolutely hopeless job keeping you safe, our policies have in fact made things more dangerous, and after many years of wasted effort, thousands of wasted lives, and billions upon billions of wasted dollars, now, that danger is growing and is in fact imminent.

Therefore the LAST thing you should do is allow this administration, or its apologists like me, to decide anything about this subject whatsoever. Let someone more sane and rational take over, we've booted it, obviously".

Strange that they don't see this themselves.

Thanks for this list, Getalife! Now it's time to get bush to unseat these Dem charlatans.

Diane Feinstein surprises me the most! What the hell is that woman thinking?

veritas @ 79:

getalife @ 69:

Here are the Dems that caved again:

The following Democrats voted for it: Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Nancy Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia).

Pathetic.

Puzzled @ 75:

I fail to see how this even helps their political cause in the least. In fact, it defeats them by showing what a failure they've been and how they've achieved the opposite of what they promised.

All it does is say, in effect:

"Yes, we've done an absolutely hopeless job keeping you safe, our policies have in fact made things more dangerous, and after many years of wasted effort, thousands of wasted lives, and billions upon billions of wasted dollars, now, that danger is growing and is in fact imminent.

Therefore the LAST thing you should do is allow this administration, or its apologists like me, to decide anything about this subject whatsoever. Let someone more sane and rational take over, we've booted it, obviously".

Strange that they don't see this themselves.

Thanks for this list, Getalife! Now it's time to get bush to unseat these Dem charlatans.

hahahah! Freudian slip there...meant "not it time to get "busy" (not bush) to unseat these Dems. Guess he actually has in reality because they've joined his side of the fence in this war against the people now. Too funny!

veritas @ 80:

Diane Feinstein surprises me the most! What the hell is that woman thinking?

She, like the other Democratic cowards, is thinking how she is going to spend her month-long vacation.

veritas @ 81:

veritas @ 79:

getalife @ 69:

Here are the Dems that caved again:

The following Democrats voted for it: Evan Bayh (Indiana); Tom Carper (Delaware); Bob Casey (Pennsylvania); Kent Conrad (North Dakota); Dianne Feinstein (California); Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i); Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota); Nancy Mary Landrieu (Louisiana); Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas); Claire McCaskill (Missouri); Barbara Mikulski (Maryland); Bill Nelson (Florida); Ben Nelson (Nebraska); Mark Pryor (Arkansas); Ken Salazar (Colorado); Jim Webb (Virginia).

Pathetic.

Puzzled @ 75:

I fail to see how this even helps their political cause in the least. In fact, it defeats them by showing what a failure they've been and how they've achieved the opposite of what they promised.

All it does is say, in effect:

"Yes, we've done an absolutely hopeless job keeping you safe, our policies have in fact made things more dangerous, and after many years of wasted effort, thousands of wasted lives, and billions upon billions of wasted dollars, now, that danger is growing and is in fact imminent.

Therefore the LAST thing you should do is allow this administration, or its apologists like me, to decide anything about this subject whatsoever. Let someone more sane and rational take over, we've booted it, obviously".

Strange that they don't see this themselves.

Thanks for this list, Getalife! Now it's time to get bush to unseat these Dem charlatans.

hahahah! Freudian slip there...meant "not it time to get "busy" (not bush) to unseat these Dems. Guess he actually has in reality because they've joined his side of the fence in this war against the people now. Too funny!

Webb?? Webb?? WTF?? I can't believe this!

This vote in favor of spying on citizens will be held against each and every one of these charlatans posing as representatives of the people! Let's all get busy and form grass roots movements to get good people to run against each of these individuals now.

Frybread @ 82:

veritas @ 80:

Diane Feinstein surprises me the most! What the hell is that woman thinking?

She, like the other Democratic cowards, is thinking how she is going to spend her month-long vacation.

Feinstein and Webb absolutely stun me on this! What the heck are they thinking? Certainly they can't believe that the people would support them on this? This critical error in judgment on the part of ALL the democrats (the messengers of what we now are realizing was a "fake message" after all) will finish them off next time 'round.

Doggiebobo @ 78:

Frybread @ 72:

We should all -- and I mean the entire American electorate with more than two neurons -- join forces to vote Republicans like Trent Lott out of office. The man is using a terrorism for political gain. He has no morals, no honor, and no shame. We don't need henchmen and fearmongerers like this in our government.

You're preaching to the choir, however, it's those voters in Mississippi who need to be
educated. They watch Faux Noise only, and are among those wonderful religious
Christians who truly believe that "their" leader(bush-lite) has a direct line to God,
therefore HE can do no wrong. Really sad and a shame that there are so many of
that kind in Mississippi and other Southeastern States...narrow minded, uninformed
and totally ignorant as to how this admin. is destroying our Constitution.

Just trent lott out of office? He can be the beginning of a massive "clean sweep" of frauds in Congress now.

Doggiebobo @ 78:

Frybread @ 72:

We should all -- and I mean the entire American electorate with more than two neurons -- join forces to vote Republicans like Trent Lott out of office. The man is using a terrorism for political gain. He has no morals, no honor, and no shame. We don't need henchmen and fearmongerers like this in our government.

You're preaching to the choir, however, it's those voters in Mississippi who need to be
educated. They watch Faux Noise only, and are among those wonderful religious
Christians who truly believe that "their" leader(bush-lite) has a direct line to God,
therefore HE can do no wrong. Really sad and a shame that there are so many of
that kind in Mississippi and other Southeastern States...narrow minded, uninformed
and totally ignorant as to how this admin. is destroying our Constitution.

liberalista @ 15:

Good thing we have a Democratic majority in Congress. Otherwise, Bush/Cheney would get whatever they want whenever they want.

Unfortunately, many of us know who Bush is channeling and it isn't god!

veritas @ 87:

Doggiebobo @ 78:

Frybread @ 72:

We should all -- and I mean the entire American electorate with more than two neurons -- join forces to vote Republicans like Trent Lott out of office. The man is using a terrorism for political gain. He has no morals, no honor, and no shame. We don't need henchmen and fearmongerers like this in our government.

You're preaching to the choir, however, it's those voters in Mississippi who need to be
educated. They watch Faux Noise only, and are among those wonderful religious
Christians who truly believe that "their" leader(bush-lite) has a direct line to God,
therefore HE can do no wrong. Really sad and a shame that there are so many of
that kind in Mississippi and other Southeastern States...narrow minded, uninformed
and totally ignorant as to how this admin. is destroying our Constitution.

liberalista @ 15:

Good thing we have a Democratic majority in Congress. Otherwise, Bush/Cheney would get whatever they want whenever they want.

Unfortunately, many of us know who Bush is channeling and it isn't god!

I'd like to know what this liberal majority actually means besides "nothing"?? This last trampling on our constitution is a case in point - this, coupled with bending over on the war funding means it's the "end of the line" for the Dems now as well.

On a more positive note, if there is a terr'rist attack on DC it would mean that (since we're fighting "them" over there so we don't have to fight "them" over here) we could pull the troops out of Iraq immediately. At the instant of the terr'rist attack the entire Iraq "mission" would conclusively and finally have proven to be an abject failure.

Like we didn't know that already...

BOOOOOOOOO

did I scare ya?

mudshark @ 91:

did I scare ya?

Sorry for the delay in getting back w/an answer, but I was in my darkened basement
with no lights, hiding from them-there terrorist...shaking and trembling

Lott responded, “I think it would be good to leave town in August, and it would probably be good to stay out until September the 12th.”

So, Lott wants to "cut'n'run" from Washington?

mudshark @ 91:

did I scare ya?

No, your attempt had a major flaw. It should be like this:

Al Queda says : BOOOOOOO

See, a lot more threatening

Doggiebobo @ 92:

mudshark @ 91:

did I scare ya?

Sorry for the delay in getting back w/an answer, but I was in my darkened basement
with no lights, hiding from them-there terrorist...shaking and trembling

I hope you haven't forgotten to put plastic over your windows.....

This blog should put Feinstein's speech up.

It tells the pathetic story.

Come on, you know Lott's comments were aimed at the lily white bedwetters who call the Va. suburbs home. I doubt he gives a shit about the real residents of DC; the working people who keep the city running because, you know, they're mostly African American. And we know how the GOP thugs feel about black folks, don't we boys and girls??

Lets face it, The Repugs are simply smarter than the Dems.
Whenever Bush wants something, he sends one of his minions out to disturb the Hornest nest and the dems fall for it every time. Only the Public is getting too smart for his games!

Democrats are weenies, and the public is worse.

Douglas @ 93:

Lott responded, “I think it would be good to leave town in August, and it would probably be good to stay out until September the 12th.”

So, Lott wants to "cut'n'run" from Washington?

I'm sure the troops would like to leave Iraq for awhile. You know, to get a break from the shooting and bombs and stuff. We know that's not gonna happen, right Trent? Fucking coward.

I get the sinking feeling that the Republicans have gotten so used to power, so fond of it, that they won't give it up, whether they're elected out or not. They've tried blatant gerrymandering, stealing votes with Diebold machines, false voter fraud hysteria... The list goes on and on. When it comes close to the time for the Republicans to step down from power, look for some sort of desparate mad attempt to stay in power. I'm just worried they're going to stage an attack on American soil and blame terrorists to prove their point and strengthen their claims. If that happens, our country will cease to exist. The zombie horror of a nation that arises after the smoke clears may still have the name "The United States of America," but mark my word, the American way of life will be gone forever.

Arroyo @ 99:

Democrats are weenies, and the public is worse.

Yeah, tooooo involved in the more important things in life; such as watching
"reality" TV programs and such.

We have nothing to fear but Trent Lott himself.

And if he ever decides to sing "Elvira" with the Singing Senators again.

Lott looks a lot like Fred Flintstone.

Here's the funny thing about this whole situation: Democrats have no spine. Republicans, like Lott here, have a spine, it's just yellow.

The Champ is out.

Must be nice to be a member of the class of people who can leave DC in August.

Nope, no attacks before 9/11 this year. I think it's going to start happening next spring. If it happens now, the people will be desensitized to it by next year's election. Mark my words: The Republicans WILL win (or Bush will hold office by way of martial law) by way of terror. And lemme tell ya -- if Giuliani is president, I am going to get the hell out of what used to be the United States of America.

I think there will be an attack shortly after the next election....It happened to Clinton(less than one month when he took office)It happened to boosh 8+ months after he stole office and it happened again when Blair left office giving over to Brown in Britain...theres a pattern here...

Booosh knows all this and is just trying to make it so the dems can't say it was booosh's fault....so it must be BC's fault...or whichever Dem is in office.

What an ignoramous. Even if what he said was good advice (and it certainly is not), why say to return on September 12th? If people living and working in DC can go away and return on a certain date, so can the evil doers. Lott is just so ignorant, so stupid. What an idiotic fearmonger.

Lott to DC: Run for your lives

Trent Lott scares the bejeezus D.C. RollCall reported "Capitol Police officials have stepped up the department’s security presence on Capitol Hill in response to intelligence indicating the increased possibility of an al-Qaida terrorist attack ...

If Lott is scared why doesn't he just resign.....OH thats right the Cult of Booosh won't let him.

I would say terrorist threats and attacks pale before the attacks the Republiborg Collective have launched on our constitutional rights, our financial integrity, and our worldwide image. Their selfish, fear based and paranoid vision has devastated the America we once were proud of.

These people have done more damage to America than any terrorist group could dream possible. All done in the name of "patriotism." Bullshit.

I thought we were "fighting them over there" so that we wouldn't have to "fight them over here?" Now we are fighting them both places?

I just tried to call Trent Lott's DC office to let him know what I thought of his statements. Surprise Surprise! No answering service! I wonder if they knew they'd get a large volume of calls? :)

How incompetent Lott is that he has no clue who the Al-Qaeda operatives are and lost six precious years to combat the enemy. Only threatening the citizens of the U.S. is a sign of cowardice.

Mr. Lott who is Al-Qaeda? They must be far superior than the U.S. if you are requesting the D.C. folks to leave town in August.

Which rogue nation is supporting Al-Qaeda? Let's see, my guess, the russians, Israelis, or the Chinese.

Correct me!

It is a SETUP. The President has the power to CONVENE Congress as long as he likes if there is a big enough emergency. (No wonder he THINKS the Executive is more powerful than Congress... IT IS.)

From the Constitution:

He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them,
and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper;

its great that people are telling us DC natives to leave because of something they have no opportunity to vote on, such is the way for us that pay federal taxes in the nations capitol

taxation without representation

Hey Lott: I live and work in DC. Wanna pay my rent, groceries and other bills while I leave the city for the rest of the summer?

Friggin' idiot.

Andrew @ 42:

Well, I guess it's official. There really is no difference between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to protecting and preserving the Constitution of the United States.
When these elected dumbasses come home from DC for their August break, give them an earful. They have sold our rights out from under us and the time has come to seriously consider a third party in this country that will return us to Constitutional law.

We don't need to vote third party to accomplish preservation and protection of our Constitution. There is a Republican candidate that has always voted his conscience and has never voted for anything that goes against the Constitution. He has had an impeccable voting record for his 10 terms of Congress. He voted against the Iraq war and believes in foreign diplomacy without intervention. He returns a large portion of his Congressional budget every year. He is a man with a real taste for individual freedom. This man is Dr.Ron Paul, the truly honorable Congressman from Texas. If you don't already know of him, please do yourself a favor and check him out. Our children and grandchildren deserve a chance at freedom and liberty. Let's do the right thing before we're to late to do anything at all.

I love Lott's view of the American middle class: a chicken in every pot, 2 cars in every garage, 6 weeks in a row of summer vacation, and an out of town vacation home (or the cash to pay for a 6 week stay in a hotel). I guess he's mistaking the American middle class for members of Congress, in which case you can add free government-provided health care and a guaranteed pension.

No 45 wrote:

"We should be grateful to George Bush for protecting us from all those evildoers. He’s probably stopped lots of terrorist plots that are too secret for us to know about.

He just can’t tell us about them because then the terrorists would know that he caught them.

Al Queda is laughing their asses off cowering in fear because George Bush is our President!

We don’t need to worry, he’s only taking our freedoms to keep them safe. He wouldn’t lie to."
__________

You are right. We have to give the president his due credit for protecting us after 9/11. We did not suffer much.

So much for bravado statements like "Bring 'em on!" These chicken sh** Republicans will run for the hills while the rest of us who live and work here each and every day in this swampy marsh are stuck like bugs in a rug.

It would be a brave statement if the President and Congress said: "We've got too many problems to take a month off. We're staying put until we get the work done."

EZ @ 121:

No 45 wrote:

"We should be grateful to George Bush for protecting us from all those evildoers. He’s probably stopped lots of terrorist plots that are too secret for us to know about.

He just can’t tell us about them because then the terrorists would know that he caught them.

Al Queda is laughing their asses off cowering in fear because George Bush is our President!

We don’t need to worry, he’s only taking our freedoms to keep them safe. He wouldn’t lie to."
__________

You are right. We have to give the president his due credit for protecting us after 9/11. We did not suffer much.

If the dumbass in chief would of read the PDB dated aug 6th 01 he would of realized that we were going to be attacked....NO......I'ain't buying this BS.....safe? from whom..an don't say the terrrrists....
sheeeesh.

as the Decider-in-Chief once said, "briing them on!"

Trent doesn't mind, he has other things to do, like (1) wash his hair or, (2) put out the recycling.

I think that too much lightheartedness is expressed in these replies. The Administration has shown that they are both capable and willing to do whatever is necessary to achieve their goals. Remember the White House messages sent to to Feingold and Leahy for their holding up the passage of the Patriot Act. Or those in the media who dared highlight the civil rights implications of the Act. If Trent is sending a message to Congress, at the Administration's behest, they should be afraid. Very afraid.

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Time to move the capital!
There's no reason why the Democrats can't move sessions to a Marriot in an undisclosed location and stay through August to get some work done!
Didn't the Texas State Dms do that several years ago? All fled to OK!

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Holy cut and run pansies! I guess Trent Lott isn't the toughest male cheerleader in DC.

-GSD

Everyone should leave Washington for the next month and a half to two months. Sorry, if you "have a job" or "can't afford to take a two month vacation",you have to stay behind to shield the rest of us from the slaughter.

It is time for civil unrest to begin, we are done being polite. fuck all you assholes in DC

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The country is now safe for thirty days because all these dumb fucks in DC are now on vacation, good ridence if even for a short period of time

These pricks in DC have 40 billion left on their credit card, hopefully the dems will not increase the debt limit upon return from vacation. this will shut this corrupt government down and we can replace them all in Jan. 2009. We the people are dead fucking serious. It's game time!!!!!!!!!

Wanted !!! 20 million patriotic US citizens to march on DC on sept. 15th to take are country back.

Bush and his cronies threaten us with violence and we cannot return the favor is total bullshit!!!!!

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