A Lott Of Bombast Departs

So the latest Repug to leave us is none other than Trent Lott, huh?

As Daily Kos blogger DHinMI tells us here, one of the stated reasons for Ol’ Trent’s departure is because of the ban members of Congress will face on lobbying within that body after they leave office; by departing now, Lott exempts himself from that ban.

So the man who once compared illegal aliens to livestock but then hypocritically blamed talk radio for the poisoned immigration debate in this country (to the point where Trent actually called for the return of the “fairness doctrine”) is outta here, huh?

And this CNN story tells us…

Lott feels he has vindicated himself and has helped guide his state through the difficulties of Hurricane Katrina's destruction…

I don’t know about that (I'm tempted not to believe it, though I can't find contrary evidence at the moment), but at least I hope the experience of Katrina has made Lott rethink his efforts to fight limits on casino construction on his state’s environmentally sensitive wetlands (here – I’m not holding my breath on that, though).

And speaking of Katrina, who can forget Dubya’s sympathetic recollection of the destruction of Lott’s house in the hurricane which, though unfortunate, pales in comparison to the human tragedy faced by poor Gulf Coast residents?

And finally, my personal favorite concerning Lott which is right up there with his “all these problems” Strom Thurmond-homage infamy, and that would be his taunt of Al Gore based on the misquote in Wired Magazine about Gore and the Internet, with Lott claiming that he “invented the paper clip” (here, along with many other "golden oldies" - so much for the "rising from the ashes" narrative on Lott foisted on us by our corporate media).

The departure of a life form like Lott would be more joyous news were we not talking about one of the “reddest” of the red states, whose residents no doubt will, for the most part, wake up next year, crawl out of bed, scratch themselves and go to the bathroom, and then travel to the polls where they will simply vote for another Republican to represent them in the U.S. Senate.