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“It is [a sin]….You should try to show them a way to deal with that problem, just like alcohol…or sex addiction…or kleptomaniacs.” - Senate Republican Leader Trent Lott, Associated Press, June 15, 1998.
Matthew Shepard Online Resources - Hate Speech - Claremont Institute, Trent Lott, Reggie White
For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind.
Lott talked about the problem of homosexuality in 1998 - when Republicans had 33% of the gay vote. Back in 1998…
The national gay and lesbian Log Cabin Republicans executive director Rich Tafel said, “Senator Lott has insulted every gay person in the Republican Party. It was an insult to [openly gay] Congressman Jim Kolbe of Arizona, an Appropriations subcommittee chairman in the House, and to the dedicated and loyal gay and lesbian Republican activists across the country that helped the GOP win its majority.” Log Cabin cited a “New York Times” report that the Republicans won control of Congress in 1994 with 33% of the national gay and lesbian vote, the highest percentage of any minority group.
Now in 2007 -the whirlwind is being sown. Mississippi Republican Trent Lott is suddenly resigning and the rumors and carefully worded statements are interesting. A blogger - Big Head DC - broke the story.
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, 66, who unexpectedly announced his retirement on Monday. Lott is well-known to have been against a plethora of gay rights issues throughout his terms in Congress. He was also good friends with Sen. Larry Craig throughout his time in Congress.
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.
Big Head DC » Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much
But is it true? Counterpoint from Joe.My.God.
UPDATE III: JMG commenter McMorris directs us to a damning and well-researched accusation that Benjamin Nicolas has been plagiarizing the works of well known writers and posting them verbatim on his blog as his own. And the likelihood of this Trent Lott business being true becomes a lot dimmer.
UPDATE IV: Rob Capriccioso, the author of Big Head DC, has had some credibility issues in the past.
Joe. My. God.: Trent Lott In Gay Escort Scandal???
If you read the story, the credibility issue that Big Head DC had was about the Deborah Palfrey D.C. Madam case, but what is interesting is that the error made was ‘waved off’ by Larry Flynt, who said that Big Head DC was barking up the wrong tree about some information. So - interesting that that is not what happening about this story. Here’s what First Amendment Hero Larry Flynt has to say…
HUSTLER Magazine has received numerous inquiries regarding the involvement of Larry Flyntand 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.
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And J.M.G. says
Hmm, that’s not quite a confirmation, the way I read it. But it certainly pushes the story back into the possibly-believable column.
Plus - Lott mysteriously and suddenly resigned. Here’s what Greg Sargent from Talking Points Memo said about Lott’s statement.
Doesn’t this seem kind of no-frills and abrupt for such an announcement? No family there, no supporters, etc.
Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Trent Lott’s Odd No-Frills Retirement Press Conference
Watch it yourself.
But then on his own blog, Benjamin Nicholas says…
It looks like a Washington DC-based blog called BigHeadDC is making claim that there was (or, is) a working relationship between myself and Senator Trent Lott. There are falsely pieced-together quotes that serve no purpose other than to sensationalize a completely fabricated scoop.
I will continue to offer a great sense of confidentiality to the people I see. I have not, nor have I ever seen or had contact with Senator Trent Lott. It’s as simple as that. It never happened.
So - either something is going on or nothing is.
If dirty poltics interest you, you might want to want the reviews we posted of the D.C. Madam’s girls… or just search this blog for the words Palfrey or Vitter for a lot more…
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