# Trent Lott is an idiot **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 7, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trent-lott-is-an-idiot/141083 "2002-12-07T04:00:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trent-lott-is-an-idiot/141083/181 "2002-12-23T06:15:34Z")
Lemur, you might want to go lie down. You seem a little fevered and hullucinatory. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trent-lott-is-an-idiot/141083/182 "2002-12-24T00:51:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimboguy \* > \*\*More confirmation Lott is a BIG TIME moron: > > [“I fell into their trap.”](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=514&e=4&cid=514&u=/ap/20021222/ap_on_go_co/lott_interview) Yes, his enemies set a trap into which he stumbled. > > What a maroon. \*\* Someone wrote a short bit about this interview that I thought was very interesting. This author asked the question: why did Lott hint that he was persecuted for being **Christian**? After all, 90% of his most obvious political enemies, the Democrats, _are_ Christian. The author wonders out loud if it’s because many of the most persuasive arguments in the media came from conservative pundits who were Jewish. Now, I don’t believe this is what he meant. I think that he was actually associating widespread atheism with whatever vast left-wing conspiracy he was seeing. But it’s still interesting to note that he apparently still doesn’t realize just what it is that’s coming out of his mouth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trent-lott-is-an-idiot/141083.md?page=9)