"Lott's Line" Inside Politics - The Washington Times July 30, 2004

Source: The Washington Times - Inside Politics by Greg Pierce July 30, 2004

Lott's line
"U.S. Sen. Trent Lott fired up Neshoba County fair-goers Wednesday when he branded Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry 'a French-speaking socialist from Boston, Massachusetts, who's more liberal than Ted Kennedy,' " the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., reports."

It was a line the Mississippi Republican said he'd worked on for a while, and it ignited loud applause from hundreds of Mississippians gathered at Founders' Square [in Philadelphia, Miss.], hub of the 115th annual fair," reporter Andy Kanengiser writes.

"Near cabins with signs like 'Trapp Troop' and 'King's Kastle,' and with Bush-Cheney stickers popping up everywhere, Lott ripped Kerry and his running mate, Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. "

As some in the crowd at 'Mississippi's Giant House Party' snacked on ice cream sandwiches, Lott said America is waging a war on terrorism and 'you don't want to change horses in the middle of the stream.' "

Lott referred to the Kerry-Edwards ticket as 'waffle and grits.' He called it history's 'most liberal ticket for president of the United States.' "