Trent Lott does NOT want citizens calling him; I wonder how many others feel the same way?

[babylonsister]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003760421_lott24.html

Some Republicans under attack from ... talk radio?! (RE: immigration bill)

By Jonathan Weisman and Shailagh Murray

The Washington Post


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In a reference to Lott's 2002 resignation as majority leader after he seemed to endorse Sen. Thurmond's racist past at the South Carolina Republican's 100th birthday celebration, Limbaugh said, "You remember when he got into trouble with the Strom Thurmond comment? We're out there defending the guy. The White House threw him overboard. All kinds of Republicans were throwing him overboard. Talk radio came to his defense."

Lott's response last week: "When they're with you, it's great. When they're not, it's not good."

Democrats long have borne the scars of such tongue-lashings from the AM dial. But conservative Republicans now are feeling the lash as well.

"I've had my phones jammed for three weeks. Yesterday I had three people answering them continuously all day," Lott said last week. "To think that you're going to intimidate a senator or any senator into voting one way or the other by gorging your phones with phone calls — most of whom don't even know where Gulfport, Mississippi, is — is not an effective tactic. But it's their right to do that."

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[ikojo]

1. I think most of our elected officials don't want to hear

from the rabble except during campaign season. The ones they do like to hear from live lives very different from most Americans; they are the ones who can write the huge checks.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. hmmm. sounds like the intimidation is working.

Let's see if I can squeeze out the slightest bit of sorrow for Trent's dilemma.


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nope. that was just hemerrhoids.

[sendero]

5. LOL

morning funny :)

[EST]

3. So, helmet head comes right out and says, ala the DICK cheney,

that he cares nothing about what his constituency thinks and calling him to tell him what it thinks will make no difference to him. Isn't it about time that constituency gets the message?
They should throw him out and get someone who does pay attention to what the people want--after all, that's the way it's supposed to work.

THe liars are out in force, this morning.

[fasttense]

4. Those damn American citizens, when will they learn to stop bugging us?

Just leave us legislators alone to do our best to tear apart the remnants of our democracy.

[rasputin1952]

6. I am surprised the pinhead is still in the Senate....

he shold have been pilloried years ago. Nothing like telling your constituents that they are just to damn foolish to think they can make their voices heard...:eyes:

The man is an idiot, heat up the tar and tear open some pillows...the people of MS shold be calling all the more now...:D

[Solly Mack]

7. Love the praise but let the people voice displeasure and suddenly

it's an intimidation tactic


guess if you're going to voice displeasure then always come with cash in hand - that way the senator can phrase it as - changing their mind after careful consideration

not like we didn't know already though

[speakclearly]

8. Sounds like the "sheeple" are rebelling! /NT