Trent Lott may be bailing out of politics, but it looks like his successor may be Chip Pickering, Pentecostal kook who had a brief appearance on Borat. Is it an improvement to replace a mean stupid thug with a religious airhead with a nice haircut?
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Losing a Lott to gain a Chip?
Category: Politics
Posted on: November 28, 2007 10:59 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: les | November 28, 2007 11:06 AM
A good trade--'cause the airhead won't have, and is unlikely to obtain, the influence and power the thug has.
Posted by: Tom | November 28, 2007 11:16 AM
So are you saying that Trent's tight helmet of hair isn't "nice"? If anyone wants a visual teaching aid of the strong nuclear force, a photo of Trent Lott's hair welded to his blocklike skull should do nicely. No known force in the universe could prise it apart.
Posted by: Kristine | November 28, 2007 11:17 AM
"I didn't evolve...!"
Well, that's the truest thing I've heard yet. ;-)
I think it's a very good thing that these weirdos get national exposure - the seedy underbelly of Cornball America needs to be aired, to counteract all this "Dawkins and Hitchens caricature believers" yak. Elitists don't want to look at America as it really is. Now it's beginning to have a place in the national discussion.
Posted by: Rob the Lurker FCD BMWCCA | November 28, 2007 11:17 AM
"a religious airhead with a nice haircut?"
There's such a thing?
Posted by: Trent1492 | November 28, 2007 11:32 AM
I like nice haircuts.
Posted by: Steve in MI | November 28, 2007 11:37 AM
I'm sorry, I don't understand the question... which is which? (Or perhaps a more relevant question... which isn't?)Posted by: Shawn Wilkinson | November 28, 2007 11:56 AM
Why do the most annoying of fundamentalists/apologists have nice haircuts? Seriously. I went to a recent "Fate of Atheism" type deal at a Baptist seminary, and all the apologists had nice hair, fake tans, and white teeth.
/tangential rant
Posted by: Guy | November 28, 2007 12:07 PM
That video is good for a laugh.
Posted by: Jake Boyman | November 28, 2007 1:42 PM
Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country...
Posted by: Deepsix | November 28, 2007 2:20 PM
"Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country..."
If it's true, is it still a stereotype?
Posted by: 7zcata | November 28, 2007 2:29 PM
I live in Mississippi - and its not easy, let me tell you. I'm ashamed of Lott and glad to see him go.
Religion is very commonplace. The roots of healthy skepticism lie everywhere you look, but the first or second question people ask you when you meet them is "where do you go to church." The skeptics here are hidden. There are quite a few avowed atheists sitting in the church pews on Sunday morning.
Posted by: Jake Boyman | November 28, 2007 4:46 PM
"Well, I see that Mississippi is still working hard to maintain the stereotyped reputation it has in the rest of the country..."
If it's true, is it still a stereotype?
Opinions vary, but my answer would be 'yes'.
Posted by: dogmeatib | November 28, 2007 6:56 PM
I'm impressed.
One has to be an exceptional barber to be able to style hair like that without popping the balloon.
Posted by: j.t.delaney | November 29, 2007 2:37 AM
OMFSM, that was good.