Wasn't Flynt working with Deborah Jeanne Palfrey (DC Madam) ??

Dan, I have thought that Trent was a closet case since I saw pics of him in his Ole' Miss cheerleader outfit. I have a greater tendency to believe a blog than someone whose living relies on his discretion on sexual matters. Heck the kid might be afraid of being the next Chandra Levy (I don't necessarily believe that Condit had anything to do with her disappearance; but the kid might). Who knows what goes through the mind of a hustler when a major lobbing firm and the Senator they just secretly hired start exerting pressure.

Jay, what you think and what you can prove are two different things.

As much as I would like to hear that Lott has been orally servicing Teamsters for pocket change, I think there are several reasons for Flynt to remain coy.

First of all, he doesn't want to libel someone if his source does not pan out. Second of all, I would think such ominous but vague pronouncements might increase his aura of menace in the minds of the Republicans he targets. That itself could prove useful in the future if someone merely suspects the noose is tightening, they might bolt, even if in reality Flynt has nothing solid.

The person that needs to be explaining is Trent Lott. He was reelected by his district who expected him to carry out his term. Yet he is walking off the job and cutting and running less than a year after his constituents put him there. He needs to tell them why he is choosing to fail on the job.

Hi Dan,
Even if the (scum bag) Lott turns out to be a Republican-hypocrite-closet-pole-smoker, it is great you haven't jumped on the band-wagon w/o more info/proof.
If this guy is indeed homo, it is the most positive thing I could tell about him...

All I can say is that if this is true, then Lott gets my respect for having damn fine taste in escorts.

Dan:
First, I agree that the BigHeadDC story is not credible. (Yet?)

Now, what statements has the escort made that says “he’s never met Lott.”
I have only read the BigHeadDC story so there may be other quotes out there, but the quotes from the escort at BigHeadDC were amusingly vague to me. I would NOT categorize any of those quotes as denials!

The escorts quotes that I have seen:

“Here’s my public comment, on-the-record: Sen. Lott and I have no current affiliation with one another. I’m sure he would appreciate no further scrutiny,”
(The word “CURRENT” sure seems odd to me in this quote!)
“All I can say at this point is no comment.” “It’s the professional thing for me to do.”
“As I said before, Lott has quite a bit on his plate right now and I don’t really want to add fuel to the embers,”

Never Mind, SORRY!

I just came across the Huffington Post story on this with outright undisputable denials from the escort.

I like how the Hustler press release is phrased like an FBI release: "numerous inquiries", "a HUSTLER investigation". That's hilarious.

@8 - I agree that the escort's comments were odd. All of the words seemed too carefully chosen for someone who had never met the Senator.

I can also see why Larry Flynt is being discrete. If Flynt indeed has lots of dirt on other people, the last thing he should do is damage his credibility by running with a speculative story. One false story, and anything else he says will be hand-waved away as a lie.

Let's assume for the sake of argument that sex and sexuality have nothing to do with Sen. Lott's decision to resign his post. What other reason(s) might drive him to make this move?

Perhaps the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, signed into law by Bush and enacted on 9/14/2007? New provisions in this law greatly affect the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Now the LDA has some teeth: civil penalties to the tune of $200,000, along with criminal penalties. Now there will be filings under the LDA every three months. Currently lobbyists listed by their employers as holding legislative positions were only required to file for the last two years. It will now be the past 20 years. Perhaps most damning for the revolving door employment track of senior position legislators/high-level executive jobbers to lobbyist is the new two-year waiting period.

If Sen. Lott becomes Citizen Lott before the New Year, he will escape all of this and more. There may be many more skeletons in the Lott closet far more damning than a tryst or two with a hunky escort.

For the sake of argument, mind you...

RE: "If you don’t have anything, don’t tease us. And stop overselling this..."

Perhaps you should speak to Mr. Feit about the post on the Showbox right below this one, Mr. Savage.

"If this guy is indeed homo, it is the most positive thing I could tell about him..."

and why would that be a positive? neutral yes but positive?

"the escort named by BigHeadDC is adamant that he’s never met Lott."

Has he?

According to the Cleveland Leader, he's said: “Here’s my public comment, on-the-record: Sen. Lott and I have no CURRENT affiliation with one another. I’m sure he would appreciate no further scrutiny.” (emphasis mine)

No "CURRENT?" What could that POSSIBLY mean?

DITTO, SORRY.

should've read your post first, markpat.

STILL...

this is the same escort that spoke out against Ted Haggard's boy toy, Mike Jones, for breaking the Escort Code OF Silence.

and, as the CL says, "consider this: who, after spending millions of dollars seeking re-election, leaves in the middle of their term for any reason other than a scandal, health condition, or personal situation?"

and he's so far mentioned NO medical or family situation.

Probably just another GOP Autogynophile, so its not that newsworthy. Lott's not really gay.

Tommy, please consult a US civics book. Lott is a US SENATOR, so he isn't elected by a "district," but by the entire state. It's a statewide position. So he's bagging on the entire population of Mississippi, not just a "district." I do hope the rumors are true, because he's been a particularly nasty, homophobic, racist scumbag during his years in office. Next up, Mitch McConnell and Lindsay Graham?

No one has ever been hounded out of government on the basis of mere rumors and innuendo.

Damn hippie Communists.

I've been the subject of bigheaddc's attentions, and I can assure you that their method seems to be "state first, clarify with truth only when challenged." I wouldn't take anything they say seriously.

@13 is right.

But doesn't this apply to this whole Lott thing, too?

"someone involved in pushing this...needs to put up or shut up."

Et tu, Slog!

Now might be a good time to come clean about the relationship I have been having with Lou Dobbs. He calls me his little Chimichanga. I call him my big beef burrito.
Watch him tonight on CNN, he will be wearing the special Made In China buttplug I got him for our aniverseria.

Jack Jett

There's something behind this resignation. What it is we may never know. My guess is that money changed hands.

I think he's leaving because of the new law about lobbying, not a sex scandal. He wants to make more money sooner than he would if he waited until the end of his term. Not a choice a man with integrity would make. Politics and integrity rarely mix, so I'm not too surprised.

Someone somewhere else posited that there may be VECO-related indictments coming soon.

?

Have you read the latest denial released by the hooker, "There (sic) are falsely pieced-together quotes that serve no purpose other than to sensationalize a completely fabricated scoop"?

There's no way he wrote that. That's inside-the-beltway-ese. Someone wrote that for him, probably Lott's communication director.

Sadly, Belevue Ave, as the "swiftboat vets" demonstrated, there is no need for proof in today's political discourse. Much less in the comments on a blog.

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