Trent Lott Pleased with Government Response - Blames Media
In an interview moments ago with CNN reporter Anderson Cooper, US Senator Trent Lott, the former Republican Majority Leader, made terse statements that he was pleased with the federal government’s response to Katrina.
Cooper told Sen. Lott that people in Waverling, Mississippi and elsewhere wanted to know "What was taking so long for the government to respond?" Cooper added, "They want to know why no one is here."
Lott responded, "That’s just not true. They are not asking that. It’s the media. [The government] is there." Reporter Cooper responded to the Senator, "I have [people] standing right here that have asked me to ask you that question Senator."
Lott reponded, "This is a disasterous situation. People just have to understand. I have to deal with my own personal situations here."
Anderson Cooper (good for him!) is not going to be granted any interviews again with senator Mary Landrieu any time soon, either, after confronting her: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0509/01/acd.01.html