From: John Cuccia 

Mr. "I'm a uniter, not a divider" is even dividing his own party now.

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:28:37 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:

>I hadn't realized just how bitter Lott was over losing his power to Frist.
>
>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>news:04a5m1929uou6k9n5p29ngvg02tt7qeg04{at}4ax.com...
>> Trent Lott takes the Boy Wonder to task for a variety of things:
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/27/AR2005102702
237_2.html
>> Not two hours after the White House withdrew Harriet Miers's Supreme
>> Court nomination yesterday morning, Trent Lott (R-Miss.) walked out of
>> the Senate chamber with a spring in his step.
>>
>> "I raised red flags the first day," the senator from I-told-you-so
>> said. Asked if there was a sense of relief in the Republican caucus,
>> Lott paused, smiled and, in his barbershop-quartet bass, sang out to
>> disbelieving reporters: "Happy Days Are Here Again!"
>>
>>
>> and...
>>
>>
>> Lott, the Senate Republican leader Bush helped to dethrone, was happy
>> to talk. And he didn't have anything nice to say. On Bush's nominees:
>> "I'm not going to just roll over and take everything he sends up
>> here." On Bush's consultations: "I don't think he got
enough advice
>> from the right people." On Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for the
>> court: "Forget that!"
>>
>> Asked why Bush chose Miers, Lott replied: "There is Federalist Paper
>> number 76. I invite your attention to it: Be careful about home state,
>> personal friends, cronyism."
>>
>> Lott had more to say. He branded Bush's aides "all young and
>> inexperienced" and said senators had nobody to call at the White
>> House.
>>
>> "Karl Rove can't do it all by himself," Lott said. Then
a mischievous
>> grin crossed the senator's face, and, alluding to the CIA leak case,
>> he added: "And he may not be there." Theatrically, Lott
brushed his
>> hands as if wiping off dust.
>>
>

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