Trent Lott
Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott, Sr.is an American politician. A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 October 1941
CityGrenada, MS
CountryUnited States of America
I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.
I understand what's going on in people's minds, and I think the political leaders better be asking themselves 'why is it, that Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and maybe even others are having the impact that they are having?'
I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.
It is America, I don't want the government trying to control more of my life. I want less government control, and I think there are too many government regulations, laws and taxes on the books.
What is the rush? What's the difference between this Thursday and next Thursday?
I think I'd have to think about that,
While Americans let something as minor as rain impede us from voting, Iraqis snubbed the possibility of death or injury, bravely voting, and sending America a big 'thank you' by their actions.
We've got to pay attention to the fact that morale is down, we are losing ground in readiness and on pay and pensions we are shortchanging them and they are getting out.
From what I've seen, I don't think you can trust the Chinese on any deal,
I don't know that this is going to happen, but I expect that something specific would be asked of Congress before an overt action would occur, barring an emergency.
Look, the administration said months ago that we were caught napping in this area, that OPEC has run up the price, it's created problems,
I want nothing to do with her. Keep her away from me.
The platform we had in Dallas, the 1984 Republican platform, all the ideas we supported there - from tax policy, to foreign policy; from individual rights, to neighborhood security - are things that Jefferson Davis and his people believed in.
We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.