Washington's GOP Power Brokers To Give Miss. First Dibs On Relief Money

[gatorboy]

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WASHINGTON (AP) - A triumvirate of Republican power brokers may give Mississippi first dibs in the post-Hurricane Katrina grab for federal disaster funds even though the federal government focused its initial response to the storm on New Orleans.

The state's senior senator, Thad Cochran, is the new chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the panel charged with determining how much and where the recovery money will be spent.

Its junior senator's home - a place where GOP leaders from across the county once bantered about politics from rocking chairs on a porch overlooking the Gulf of Mexico - was flattened by Katrina.

"There's nothing there now," Sen. Trent Lott said of his historic Pascagoula house, which had been 12 feet above sea level. "I found my refrigerator, from my kitchen. It went down the street two blocks, turned left and went into a neighbor's yard."

[Lindsay]

1. Well, that explains why Cochran was smiling

when I saw him on the teevee the other day.

Fucker.

[Turbineguy]

2. Never mind your refrigerator,

what about your hair dryer, Senator?

[underpants]

3. Okay I hate to say this but

Isn't Haley Barbour right out of "Bloated redneck" central casting?

[global1]

4. Why Of Course - ( We Don't Want To Play Politics).......

could it be because we have a Repug Governor that couldn't say enough about how great a job the Feds did or is it bacause 'dimson' wants to have a drink (non-alcoholic of course) on the porch of Trent's new house?

[liberal N proud]

5. We must make sure that Trent Lott's house is rebuilt

so bu$h can sit on the front porch ha, ha, ha