Trent Lott Resigns

[Nbadan]

Lott made it official today (http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN2643313120071126)


NBC News has learned that Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the minority whip is in the midst of informing close allies that he plans to resign his senate seat before the end of the year. It's possible a formal announcement of his plans could take place as early as today.

Lott's office initially denied that he he would step down, but subsequent requests for information about his plans went unanswered.

While the exactly reason Lott is stepping down before he finishes his term is unknown, the general speculation is that a quick departure immunizes Lott against tougher restrictions in a new lobbying law that takes effect at the end of the year. That law would require Senators to wait two-years before entering the lucrative world of lobbying Congress.

So, he’s cashing in before the new lobbying restrictions go into effect — hello oil, gas, and gambling interests that he was already serving while in the Senate anyway — and he wants to torture everyone by putting fellow Neo-con, Jon Kyl in a position to be on television regularly as the #2 Republican in the Senate.

In case you missed it, Yesterday Salon with John Anderson wrote about, in part, the GOP connections to the K Street revolving door, now would be a good time to read through the thread. Best of luck, Trent…clearly Trent's already got a platinum parachute lined up, or he wouldn’t be jumping ship. Cozy."

[Nbadan]

OK, Lott's surprising resignation to 'fall-upward' is getting juicy....

TRENT LOTT RESIGNS
November 26, 2007


Rent Boy on Sex With Outgoing Republican Senator Trent Lott: No Comment
by PageOneQ

"Once upon a time," writes Big Head DC, "there was a twenty-something boy-next-door type with reddish blond hair and a brilliantly white smile."

This boy-next-door is male escort Benjamin Nicholas, whose blog 15 Minutes helped him make some connections in business and politics.

One of these connections is rumored to be Senator Trent Lott, Republican Minority Whip and former Senate Majority Leader, rumored to have planned a resignation by the end of this year to avoid being scandalized by Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. Flynt had, back in June, offered cash rewards for substantiated accounts of sexual liaisons with elected officials.

Source: PageOneQ

HUSTLER RESPONDS:


HUSTLER Magazine has received numerous inquiries regarding the involvement of Larry Flynt and HUSTLER in the resignation of Trent Lott. Senator Lott has been the target of an ongoing HUSTLER investigation for some time now, due to confidential information that we have received.


Hmmmm......I need a stiff drink.........

:hat

[Nbadan]

Here is another source...


Republican Senator Trent Lott caused a sensation today when he announced his early retirement. Insisting that he’s in good health, but neglecting to elaborate on why he’s quitting five years early, Lott’s revelation led some to speculate he’s accepted a more lucrative private sector gig. Big Head DC, however, wonders whether Lott’s telling the whole truth.

The way BHDC tells it, Lott may have been involved with an escort named Benjamin Nichols:Nicholas told Big Head DC today via e-mail that he didn’t want to go on the record to talk about his dealings with Lott, because, said Nicholas, “Trent is going through his fair share of scrutiny right now and I don’t want to add to it.” However, e-mail and other records confirm that the two have met on at least two occasions.

“All I can say at this point is no comment,” Nicholas told us. “It’s the professional thing for me to do.” In a subsequent e-mail message, Nicholas confirmed that another publication is working on a story about a “possible relationship” between Lott and himself, but Nicholas also “politely declined” an interview for that story.

Link (http://www.queerty.com/news/did-trent-lott-keep-gay-rent-boy-20071126)

[Nbadan]

http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2007/11/benjamin_nicholas_trent-lott-1.JPG
“All I can say at this point is no comment,”
Nicholas told us. “It’s the professional thing for me to do.”

[Nbadan]

Plausible deniability?..... and this dude is based in SA...


A San Antonio-based gay male escort categorically denied Monday that outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott had ever procured his services, putting to bed one of the more stunning rumors to emerge following Lott's announcement earlier in the day that he was leaving Congress.

The charge was first published by the Washington DC blog Big Head DC, which claimed to have emails where the escort, Benjamin Nicholas, allegedly playing coy, declined to go on the record because "Trent is going through his fair share of scrutiny right now and I don't want to add to it."

But in an email message, Nicholas himself said the item was false.

"There's nothing to be said, as Lott and I have no connection whatsoever," Nicholas wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. "How these 'quotes' have been fabricated are beyond me. The Senator is someone I have had no personal dealings with, ever."

In a subsequent posting on his own Web site, Nicholas wrote, "I have not, nor have I ever seen or had contact with Senator Trent Lott. It's as simple as that. It never happened."

Big Head DC's founder, Rob Capriccioso, is no stranger to allegations of sloppy sleuthing.

Earlier this month, Radar Magazine dropped Capriccioso as a freelancer after he reported that veteran newsman Sam Donaldson's phone number was in the records of infamous DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey.

What Capriccioso failed to note, Radar wrote in an online post, was that Palfrey insisted that the single telephone call to Donaldson had nothing to do with prostitution, and was simply a wrong number.

Capriccioso defended the Lott piece, telling The Huffington Post "Big Head DC stands by our quotes and item 100 per cent," but he declined to share any of the emails Nicholas allegedly sent to the blog.

The item, peppered with links to YouTube videos of Nicholas flexing for the camera, quickly made the rounds of email inboxes inside the Beltway and beyond. It was even picked up by the wildly popular celebrity gossip site PerezHilton.com.

"The boy happens to be real, and his "stage name" is Benjamin Nicholas. One of the politicos Big Head DC has learned he's alleged to have been involved with is the married Sen. Trent Lott," read the original post on Big Head DC.

Nicholas later said the quotes attributed to him in the Big Head DC item were "falsely pieced-together" to "sensationalize a completely fabricated scoop."

Huffington (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/26/escort-throws-cold-water-_n_74227.html)

[johnsmith]

Dude, did you just start a thread and reply to yourself 4 times?



Yes, yes you did.

[Nbadan]

This story is juicy...and it gets even better....here are the e-mails Nicholas says he didn't send to Big Head DC

The E-mails Benjamin Nicholas Says He Didn’t Send (http://bigheaddc.com/2007/11/27/the-e-mails-benjamin-nicholas-says-he-didnt-send)

[Nbadan]

Trent Lott resignation speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRLqT_ZoJPQ)

[Wild Cobra]

Well, I didn't read everything posted here yet, and the subject matter isn’t that important to me. My understanding is that a new law goes into effect soon, and he cannot become a lobbyist if he waits.

This is what I heard on conservative talk radio. Anyone know for sure?

[boutons_]

The 2-year no-lobbying law starts at the end of 2007.

[xrayzebra]

http://www.queerty.com/wp/docs/2007/11/benjamin_nicholas_trent-lott-1.JPG
“All I can say at this point is no comment,”
Nicholas told us. “It’s the professional thing for me to do.”

Hmmmm, but my post on Hillary was only rumored. Thanks
dan.

[clambake]

democrats get blowjobs. republicans suck cock.

[George Gervin's Afro]

democrats get blowjobs. republicans suck cock.


Thank God I'm more of a democrat than a republican...

[DarkReign]

democrats get blowjobs. republicans suck cock.

POTY

As far as sex scandals go, its shaping up to be completely true.

[xrayzebra]

Poty? = ?

[DarkReign]

post of the year

[boutons_]

great pic of the JFK-coiffed gool ol' southern boy:

http://coedmagazine.com/news/3880

Trent's abs are fantastic! :lol

[Walter Craparita]

Reps just trying to break the stereotype that they are homophobic. That's all.

[exstatic]

This wouldn't be a total surprise. His original chief of staff was caught smoking pole in a Capitol restroom. Or, maybe Trent caught the gay after using the same commode as Barney Frank.

[DarkReign]

This wouldn't be a total surprise. His original chief of staff was caught smoking pole in a Capitol restroom. Or, maybe Trent caught the gay after using the same commode as Barney Frank.

:lmao