St. Louis CofCC Blog

Oh, the wasted chances that he was given…to become a truly stellar leader — Twice, the first in late 1998/early 1999, and the other after the Strom Thurmond birthday party in late 2002, when the mainstream media mentioned his name in juxtaposition with the Council of Conservative Citizens many times, he could have propelled himself to the stratosphere of American political power and respect, and could have turned the American body politic right-side-up for the sake of white racial nationalism.

Instead, he pandered and backpeddled (and made himself look like a liar in the process), and in spite of his supposed contempt for President Bush, whom he blames for his ouster as Senate Majority Leader in late 2002, he poodled right along with President Bush in the effort earlier this year to enact soft amnesty “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” and not long after, in a mafia-esque fashion, blamed talk radio for its failure, and stated that it was a “problem” that “had to be dealt with” (presumably with concrete shoes).

All that is moot now, because he will never dance again, come the end of this year.

Officially, Trent Lott is resigning from the Senate to “pursue other opportunities.”  Translated into English, this means that he’s going to cash in on his political knowledge and influence, most likely by being hired by some D.C. law firm, a PAC, or another group of lobbyists.  He won re-election in 2006, but he would be 71 years old at the end of this term, and he wanted to be able to “cash in” while he still had some coherent years left.

Speaking of opportunities, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has a big one, and his appointment to replace Lott will be a significant acid test.  We might get the next Bilbo, but we’re also as likely to get a corporate stooge cheap labor-loving neocon.  Barbour will communicate a lot about himself through his choice.