More rats abandoning a sinking ship

Trent Lott became the latest Republican to stick a shiv in Donald Rumsfeld

BILOXI - U.S. Sen. Trent Lott doesn't believe Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign immediately, but he does think Rumsfeld should be replaced sometime in the next year.

"I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld," Lott, R-Mississippi, told the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday morning. "I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers."

Unfortunately, it's more of a case of Lott being an opportunistic whore than feeling empathy for the troops. If you read through the entire article, his real motives become clear - PORK. In this case, he's saving a Naval Station in his home town.

On another military issue, Lott said he hopes the Base Realignment and Closure Commission will consider closing bases overseas rather than in the United States.

"I think we're looking at closures at home before looking at other parts of the world," he said.

Keesler Air Force Base and the Seabee Base in Gulfport most likely will be spared, Lott said, but Naval Station Pascagoula could be affected.