Trent Lott's appearance of a dapper floorwalker diverts people from what is essentially a silly putty mentality. Trent Lott has a crepe paper rear aperture, and when he cuts himself shaving he bleeds something that is unpleasantly remindful of tapioca pudding. Trent Lott's last will and testament requires him to be buried face down in case Bill Clinton decides he's not quite through with him after all. Indeed, there is nothing wrong with the Republican leadership in the Senate that a brisk mutiny couldn't cure. Trent Lott's deficiency of character places him out of reach of scorn.
All affronts fall short of the mark.
To insult this momma's boy properly requires an artist. No, Hillary will get no kicks out of intimidating Trent Lott. Trent Lott is conditioned to soak up abuse. He is from Mississippi, and when you've been around cotton as long as Trent Lott, you can absorb anything. The gesture may not have been as generous as it appears inasmuch as Trent Lott's hand has never really handled the tiller of the Senate.