Lott is as much a statesman as Pauly Shore is another Charlie Chaplin. Even after Custer's notable debacle at the Little Big Horn, Daschle is still trying to unionize the Sioux. Daschle's controp of the Senate came as a result of Lott's virtual abdication after a testicle implant operation. Apparently, he was the donor. Debating him in the Senate is like trying to play handball against a blanket.
Nothing comes back.
Even the enterprising Melissa computer virus can't find his file. The Mainframe Manufacturers of America have named him the 2000 Poster Child for Insufficient Data. He could give Monica Lewinnky tips on how to be submissive. His speeches in the Senate are oratorical ellipses. He has nothing to say, and hopes, should he think of something, it would occur after it's too late to say it.