Lott Compares Illegal Immigrants To Goats

[Hissyspit]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/06/21/trent-lott-compares-illeg_n_53186.html

Trent Lott Compares Illegal Immigrants To Goats: "One Of The Ways I Keep (My) Goats In The Fence Is I Electrified Them"
Political Wire | June 21, 2007 12:50 PM

From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:

"If the answer is 'build a fence' I've got two goats on my place in Mississippi. There ain't no fence big enough, high enough, strong enough, that you can keep those goats in that fence.

"Now people are at least as smart as goats. Maybe not as agile. Build a fence. We should have a virtual fence. Now one of the ways I keep those goats in the fence is I electrified them. Once they got popped a couple times they quit trying to jump it."

Read more here.

http://www.sunherald.com/278/story/81785.html

Lott: 'I've already offended everybody'
Fence? Goats? What is Lott talking about?
By MARIA RECIO
SUN HERALD WASHINGTON BUREAU

"I'm not proposing an electrified goat fence," Lott added quickly, "I'm just trying, there's an analogy there."

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[11 Bravo]

1. I imagine Trent has a long and storied history with goats.

Sounds like a sweaty fantasy to me.

[Maestro]

11. Man, that is funny!

But seriously, undocumented or not, those people are people; not goats, but coming from Trent, I can understand. What a jerk!

[durrrty libby]

2. Does he keep 2 goats in order to get a discount on his

property tax?

I think there is some big loop-hole if you can turn your yard into "agricultural"

[quinnox]

3. I gotta say that is funny

LOL, Lott is nuts, but funny.

[BOSSHOG]

4. My sincerest apologies for my Senator

[TwilightGardener]

5. LOL! I honestly don't think he's stupid enough to seriously compare them,

even given that I think he's a doofus. He is talking about types of fences, more than anything else--there, I stuck up for Lott--good deed for the week.

[BlooInBloo]

7. Defending an evil bigot = good deed. Holy up-is-down-ism.

[TwilightGardener]

18. Yeah, he's a bigot, but I just didn't get that from this particular goofy analogy.

I just think he chose an unfortunate way of 'splaining his views, this one time. I will faithfully hate on him the rest of the time, promise. This, I just laughed at.

[BlooInBloo]

19. Ah - the "benefit of the doubt" method.

[bunkerbuster1]

10. Lott sticker-upper! Evil DUer!

Why, I bet you're not calling the President naughty names this week, either!

[TwilightGardener]

16. Hey! I've been sticking to my pledge--it is NOT easy.

So no crap from YOU, of all people! :spank:

[bunkerbuster1]

24. ow! ow! ow!

that cricket bat make brain hurty...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. He's stupid enough to say Thurmond should have been president.

He's stupid enough to compare minorities with animals.

[TwilightGardener]

20. It is a pretty gosh-darn stupid thing to say. But I didn't see any real malice in it, frankly.

Just a run-of-the-mill poor choice of words, THIS time. There, I'm done with him. Ick.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. Suuure.

Slip of the tongue. Just a joke. Meant no harm.

[bunkerbuster1]

25. Really dumb, but I agree, I don't think Trent was thinking

"...now how can I race-bait, how can I connect with bigots ever-so-slyly?"

Put it this way; on a scale of one to ten where 10 is Imus' "they're some nappy headed ho's" and one is me noticing an interracial couple entering a restaurant and being slightly ashamed that I even took mental note of the couple's differences, I'd give it about a five. Dumb but not real malicious.

[TwilightGardener]

26. Yep--"I don't think Trent was thinking" says it all.

It's a trait common to male cheerleaders.

[LeftishBrit]

30. Is he even capable of thinking?

That would require the existence of a brain.

[BlooInBloo]

6. He should be a cop.

[Nikki Stone1]

8. Is he suggesting "electrifying" undocumented workers?

It seems like that.

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

28. "Sen. Lott in no way suggested that undocumented workers should be electrified, Sen. Lott's comments

regarding goats, an electric fence and undocumented workers has been taken out of context. The Senator deeply regrets that his statement was misinterpreted. We have no further comments at this time." -Lott Spokesperson

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Seriously, we are going to get a statement from his office along these lines.

[Nikki Stone1]

29. Oh, please post it when you see it!

:evilgrin:

[TransitJohn]

9. Has Bush*

...spent time with Sen. Lott on his porch yet? Fuckers.

[entanglement]

12. Trent Lott is a stupid dumb f*** and so are the people who find his bigotry funny

n/t

[Xipe Totec]

14. What a feaking goat roper nt

[shain from kane]

15. Dos cabras.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

17. The Grand Old Opry style of political discourse. Yup, that's a real kneeslapper!

[EFerrari]

21. Trent Lott is comparing ANYONE ELSE to a GOAT?

:rofl:

[MagickMuffin]

23. I have 2 goats also, however there is NO need to electrify my fence

[ProgressiveAmPatriot]

27. Can we get him thrown out of the Rep. leadership again for this?

:shrug: The sad thing is I can believe he said it.