Trent Lott Learns How to Buy Lunch

The revolving door revolved and out popped a pampered ex GOP Senate Majority Leader who didn't know how to perform the basic necessities of life:

Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is struggling a bit to adjust to life as a lobbyist.

"I took the Metro for the first time..."

Life in the private sector isn't as cushy as Lott thought it would be. No more free lunches, no more taxpayer-funded car and driver, no more overprotective press secretary guarding him from the pesky media.

Lott says he doesn't drive. He doesn't own a car. Usually, he walks.

Lott took his first Metro ride ever last weekend....

Taking the Metro dumbfounded him:

Lott really had no idea how to even go about taking public transportation. He didn't know how to use the Metro fare card machines, or how much money to put on his trip ticket, or how to add money to one of the fare cards his wife gave him.

"I'm a man of the people now," said Lott, who retired in December of last year, less than a year into serving a new six-year term.

Nice of him to admit that he wasn't a man of the people before.

Being a man of the people has taught this former high-priced public welfare junkie that in the real world most Americans have to pay for things themselves:

Besides taking public transportation, the one-time Senate majority leader is learning how to pull out his wallet


"I haven't paid for lunch in 30 years," he joked.

Another spoiled conservative who has spent his life letting others pull him up by his bootstraps.
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