{"id":4533,"date":"2010-01-11T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T17:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=4533"},"modified":"2017-10-04T15:13:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-04T19:13:05","slug":"blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Out of Two Majority Leaders Agree: The Public Can Shove Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

While taking a look, for remembrance sake, at some of the calls this organization made for then-Majority Leader Trent Lott to resign during the Strom Thurmond controversy, I ran into an old blog post that highlights<\/a> another way (besides putting his foot in his mouth) that Lott, in his day, was like Majority Leader Harry Reid today.<\/p>\n

Referring to people outside the Senate who had opinions on a then-pending Supreme Court confirmation, the Washington Post reported the following in 2005:<\/p>\n

Lott cautioned that outside groups have a limited ability to influence senators of either party. ‘I’ll call them when I need to hear from them,’ he said. ‘As far as I’m concerned, they can all shove off, left and right.’<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Doesn’t that sound like something Senator Reid could say on health care legislation? And, most likely, is what he really thinks?<\/p>\n

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Labels: Congress<\/a>, Conservatives<\/a>, Health Care<\/a>, Liberals<\/a>, Retirement<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While taking a look, for remembrance sake, at some of the calls this organization made for then-Majority Leader Trent Lott to resign during the Strom Thurmond controversy, I ran into an old blog post that highlights another way (besides putting his foot in his mouth)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,74],"tags":[77],"yoast_head":"\nTwo Out of Two Majority Leaders Agree: The Public Can Shove Off - The National Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Ridenour\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Ridenour\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/c350a1a4a34cfa2a3432c342e9611a47\"},\"headline\":\"Two Out of Two Majority Leaders Agree: The Public Can Shove Off\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-01-11T17:57:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-04T19:13:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"ConservativeBlog.org\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\",\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/01\/11\/blog-two-out-of-two-majority-leaders-agree-the-public-can-shove-off\/\",\"name\":\"Two Out of Two Majority Leaders Agree: The Public Can Shove Off - 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