Seems like he has planned this for awhile. Did he cheat the voters?
2007-11-26 02:04:24 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
It must be getting kinda lonely in the White House!
2007-11-26 02:09:11 · update #1
Just another sign of corporations and lobbyists controlling our government. We could change it if we stop fighting.
BTW,US involvement in the Balkan conflict and Somalia started when G H W Bush was president.
2007-11-26 02:21:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Lott could have cashed his chips and gone into the private sector long ago. I think he genuinely enjoys being a member of the Senate and has done a good job representing the people of Mississippi. I am surprised that he is leaving now, but I suspect it is because he thinks the Republicans will not be in the majority after the next election. It is too bad, because my impression is that he is a good leader who knows how to work with the other party.
2007-11-26 10:14:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
He'll get the same cushy job through connections just the same as those who resigned after working for Clinton. No difference at all.
2007-11-26 10:16:18 · answer #3 · answered by vinny_says_relax 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The system encourages this. Let's not be so quick to punish Trent Lott when everyone else (on both sides of the aisle) has been doing this for decades. It's the revolving door. And given the opportunity, you'd do the same thing.
2007-11-26 10:08:22 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Surely he hasn't JUST realized that this war is going to have to be paid for,and the probability of unpopular tax increase votes loom ahead.....Why,"cut and run".,because the future looks gloomy for your side,why not finish the job you wanted when all was rosey....He is the SIXTH SENATE REPUBLICAN THIS YEAR TO announce resignation, where's the "balls" ?(Don't ya just love courage )
2007-11-26 10:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
No...
The Clinton administration made the same calculation in its own dealings with Halliburton. The company had won the LOGCAP in 1992, then lost it in 1997. The Clinton administration nonetheless awarded a no-bid contract to Halliburton to continue its work in the Balkans supporting the U.S. peacekeeping mission there because it made little sense to change midstream. According to Byron York, Al Gore's reinventing-government panel even singled out Halliburton for praise for its military logistics work.
So, did Clinton and Gore involve the United States in the Balkans to benefit Halliburton? That charge makes as much sense as the one that Democrats are hurling at Bush now. Would that they directed more of their outrage at the people in Iraq who want to sabotage the country's oil infrastructure, rather than at the U.S. corporation charged with helping repair it.
2007-11-26 10:10:07 · answer #6 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
One more neocon bites the dust. The GOP seems to be falling apart more and more each day.
2007-11-26 10:49:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was surprised, I thought he was going to try to get his leader position back, especially since McConnell may very well go down next year.
2007-11-26 10:08:03 · answer #8 · answered by Super Tuesday 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure with someone who will repay his many loyal years of service.
2007-11-26 10:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by Holy Cow! 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋