Making Trent Lott look adept and competent.....

.......That's Bill Frist's claim to fame according to The Carpetbagger Report.

By agreeing to participate in an event that exploited faith for partisan ends and condemned his rivals as anti-religion bigots, Frist was roundly criticized by Dems, Republicans, newspaper editorial boards, and the religious community.

So Frist thought he’d be clever and strike a reasonable, moderate tone at the event, preemptively dealing with the criticism that came with the appearance. The right would be receptive to his showing face and committing himself to the nuclear option, while everyone else would be impressed by his rhetoric about an "independent" judiciary and his opposition to "retaliation" against judges.

Except it really hasn’t worked out that way for him. The left is still outraged by First’s role in the extremists’ event and now the right is livid that Frist was distancing himself from Tom DeLay’s hatred for the federal judiciary.

This follows Frist's involvement in the Terri Schiavo debacle which 80 percent of the American people opposed and he was unable to deliver the goods to the radical lunatics. Perhaps it's time for Mr. Frist to consider a return to the medical profession.