Not So Hot on Lott

As Kevin Drum points out, Trent Lott may not be Majority Leader any more, but he is still one miserable representative for the Republican party.

His thoughts on Abu Ghraib:

"Frankly, to save some American troops' lives or a unit that could be in danger, I think you should get really rough with them," Lott said. "Some of those people should probably not be in prisons in the first place."

When asked about the photo showing a prisoner being threatened with a dog, Lott was unmoved. "Nothing wrong with holding a dog up there unless it ate him," Lott said. "(They just) scared him with the dog."

Lott was reminded that at least one prisoner had died at the hands of his captors after a beating. "This is not Sunday school," he said. "This is interrogation. This is rough stuff."

Love it when people refer to religion in one breath, then tell you to ignore it in the next. Wonder exactly what they taught lil' Trent in Sunday school. He's certainly fond of referring to the Bible when it suits his arguments: e.g. gay bashing.