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Not a whole Lott of difference: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will continue to support establishment objectives, signaling no real change in the senate. (Politics).
At the December 5, 2002 birthday party for retiring Senator Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (RMiss.) uttered his now-famous comment that the country would have been better off if Thurmond had been elected president when he ran as a Dixiecrat in 1948. In a matter of days, that off-the-cuff remark was used to link Lott and the GOP to the South's segregationist past and to taint Republican conservatism with racism--even though Lott did not mention segregation and segregation was only one of the planks in the Dixiecrat Party platform.
The Left took full advantage of the opportunity created by Lott's political faux pas. But, as we shall see, ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 21, 2002 700+ words
...word about Mr. Lott's resignation...circulating in the White House. It was confirmed...Republicans said Mr. Lott's decision caught many senior White House officials by...officials at the White House yesterday as Sen. Trent Lott announced that...
- White House turns up the heat when Lott support deteriorates.(PAGE ONE)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 17, 2002 700+ words
...source close to the White House rebutted claims...betrayed Mr. Lott by calling his...quarterbacks." White House officials say...scolding of Mr. Lott was necessary...days later, the White House gave Mr. Lott a strong endorsement...
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...everybody - for Trent Lott, for the White House, for the Republican...perception that the White House is trying to ease Mr. Lott out of his leadership...Among them are Mr. Lott himself, who has accused the White House of trying to undermine...
- Lott pushes for Gall; White House says not right now.(A)(Nation)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Hudson, Audrey August 4, 2001 700+ words
...Minority Leader Trent Lott said he would support...Commission, but the White House said it had no such...that power. "The White House is looking into that...said Ari Fleischer, White House spokesman. Miss...the Senate. Mr. Lott said Miss Gall was...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) June 17, 1998 700+ words
...a sin and as the White House declared that such...Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., likened...kingdom of God. The White House and Sen. Paul Wellstone...seized upon Lott's remarks to call...and our vote.'' White House press secretary Mike McCurry said Lott's ...
- White House set to stay out of affirmative-action case; 'Lott's mess' seen...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times January 9, 2003 700+ words
...the issue is that the White House will not file any brief...Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott as Senate Republican...lawyer called "the Lott mess," affirmative...of speculation. "Lott's mess likely makes the White House's decision-making...
- Lott hits bipartisan reform bill: Says White House hopes to evade fund-raising...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times Kellman, Laurie March 18, 1997 700+ words
...irregularities," Mr. Lott said of the task...yesterday by the White House. "We will investigate...Publicizing ways the White House has undermined the...campaign money. Mr. Lott, House Speaker...higher priority. The White House's wrongs, which...changes," Mr. Lott ...
- Republicans sigh with relief as Lott resignation clears way; Party leaders...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times December 22, 2002 700+ words
...WASHINGTON TIMES The White House publicly insisted that...Republican leader Trent Lott's political career...the resignation of Mr. Lott did nothing but help...confidence after the White House and Mr. Frist, as chairman...Carolina Republican, Mr. Lott suggested that "we ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Not a whole Lott of difference: Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist...