In honor of his announced retirement, here are some of my favorite quotes from Senator Trent Lott.

- "I'll just say this about the so-called porkbusters. I'm getting damn tired of hearing from them. They have been nothing but trouble ever since Katrina.", this comment became the rallying point for the Porkbusters movement.

- "I want the President to look across the country and find the best man woman or minority that he can find."

- "You know, if we had elected this man 30 years ago, we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.", comments about Strom Thurmond made in 1980.

- "I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over the years, either." Washington Post 12/7/2002

- "I've already seen enough. Why would I want to go see a bunch of perverted pictures?", on Abu Ghraib photos.

Lott's exit is an early birthday present for me. I wonder if Santa will be kind this year and convince Robert Byrd, a former member of the KKK, and the crusty senior Senator from Alaska to retire as well.