Some e-mails from people who know where Gulfport is:

Due to Katrina, I evacuated from Long Beach, MS and have a pretty good idea where Gulfport is (hint to Sen Lott it’s adjacent). I have called his office, sent a fax and signed a petition asking him not to support this bill. Enforce existing laws first and when and only when the borders are secure and businesses are not employing illegal immigrants with impunity move forward in addressing guest worker programs etc.

and:

Born and raised in Mississippi; lived in Gulfport for awhile; even went to Ole Miss a few years after Senator Lott.
Called the good Senator’s office to express my overwhelming opposition to this travesty and got a polite “Thank you, goodbye.”

and:

Kathryn,
This is a copy of an email that I sent to Senator Lott last night. I also sent it it to Senator Cochran with a note that while it was directed at Trent Lott, most of the sentiments applied equally to him.
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Senator Lott,
I can not only spell Gulfport, Ms., I live there. Does that justify me emailing you? I am a legitimate constituent, although I must confess that I feel the American people have the right, on an important piece of legislation, which will affect the whole country, to contact and express their views to any Senator they wish. Since this is the second email I have sent you, and you did not even send a form reply to the first, I have little faith that you want to hear from your constituents, or anyone else’s constituents on the subject of immigration reform.
And BTW, I very rarely listen to talk radio, but do stay informed by reading and am a regular reader of conservative blogs, which have been dissecting this bill from the get go.
I cannot claim to have read the whole bill, but then I rather doubt you have either. I have read some excellent pieces on exactly how awful this piece of legislation is, and if you are interested in some perspective, I suggest you ask your colleague Jeff Sessions for a copy of his “loopholes”, maybe it will enlighten you.
I have lost all respect for the Republican party and its leadership over this issue. You do not care to represent the American people. Your attitude smacks of the worst kind of condescension. You seemingly have forgotten in your desire to be a good little party leader, that you were sent to Washington to listen to the people, not to, in effect, tell them to sit down and shut up that you know more than we do.
President Bush wants a legacy and, as wrong as I feel he is, sees amnesty as the right moral thing to do.
The Republican party wants to keep businesses happy and continue the supply of cheap labor.
The Democratic party wants 12 to 20 million new Democratic voters.
So special interest gets what it wants, and as usual the political machine and people in power get what they want and the American people are told to shut up and like it.
What do the American people want? They want a secure border. This bill will accomplish that, I can hear you say.
No. It won’t. Because Washington has had all the money and laws and time it needed to secure the border. What it lacked was the want to. To put it plainly, we don’t trust Congress or the President on this issue, because you have proven to be extremely untrustworthy.
As long as business wants cheap labor, the Republican party is going to keep those borders open.
Never mind that it is a security issue. Never mind that we are one smuggler with a suitcase nuke away from another 9/11 type disaster.
The Republicans are showing real zeal that “we have a crisis that must be solved.”
Well, here’s a news flash…..the borders have been broken for a long time and no one in Washington seemed to be the least concerned or moved to question why the current laws weren’t being enforced.
Again, no one is fooled by the hysterical posturing that doing something is better than doing nothing. You’ve been doing nothing for too long for that reasoning to work.
Secure the border. And re-earn the trust and respect of the American people. That will take time, years probably. Because just throwing a bunch of money at it doesn’t fool us. As I said, you’ve had the money, you’ve had the laws, and you’ve had the time to secure the borders.
What you need to prove is that you actually give a damn about enforcing the border, enforcing the laws and securing the safety of the American population.
And by the way, I don’t believe that there are jobs American’s won’t do. I believe that there are wages Americans won’t work for.
I don’t believe that illegal immigrants are “in the shadows.” They can, in fact, be found just about any given Sunday, in Biloxi, playing in an organized soccer league, complete with paid referees and lots of, similarly illegal, fans. They don’t live in fear because basically no one is looking for them and no one cares.
And even if they did in fact “live in the shadows”, why in the world would they want to come out? Their children receive a tax paid education; they can go to the county hospital for health care, they can drive, (illegally) register to vote, qualify for “instate” college tuition, get a job and don’t have pesky problems like taxes. And if they live in a “sanctuary city” they can be assured that, even should they commit a felony, they will be protected from anyone having the audacity to want to enforce the immigration laws.
Most Americans think that sounds like a pretty good deal.
You can delude yourself, but the people are not fooled. You are serving everyone’s interests but ours.
I already included in my previous email that I would never vote Republican again if my representative’s voted for this bill.
I still feel that way. And a vote for cloture is a vote to pass this bill. No one will be fooled by voting yes for cloture and no on the bill vote. The voters have gotten a little too sophisticated for that sleight of hand.
But I, somewhat cynically, have come to believe that you don’t care if the Republican party loses voters. I really don’t feel that you care what any of us feels or thinks or wants.
You have set your course and have your own interests to serve.
It’s a pity that your interests are not the American people’s interests.
And before I end, let me say that while it is not unusual, in fact it is par for the course, for the loony left wing liberals to impugn the morals, character and motivation of Republicans, it has been quite enlightening to see the same slurs being thrown by the Republican leadership.
I think you all, and many of us, forgot that most of the Republican base was not conservative because we were Republicans, but were Republicans because we are conservative.
The base didn’t leave you, you left the base.

If you know where Gulfport is, please do continue to e-mail.