Then Again...

by emptywheel

Perhaps it was just a confluence of events that convinced Trent now was the time to quit.

After Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott (R-MS) announced his resignation this week, it was widely speculated that Lott was quitting in order to dodge Senate ethics standards that take effect next year. The new rules require senators to wait two years before entering “the lucrative world” of lobbying Congress. Lott denied the rumor at a press conference, saying the new law “didn’t have a big role” in his decision.

At the same press conference, Lott was also asked about Senate ethics rules regarding “negotiating with a future employer,” to which he replied that he’s “not really involved in negotiation,” but that “there are some opportunities out there” that he wants “to be able to consider”:

QUESTION: Senator, I understand there’s a rule in the Senate that if you’re negotiating with a future employer, that you must register with the Ethics Committee. Have you been down to that committee yet?

LOTT: Well, I have not yet, but I’m not really involved in negotiation. I’ve tried to stay away from that. There are some opportunities out there that I want to be able to consider, but I have nothing that we’ve agreed to or lined up.

One of the “opportunities” that Lott is considering, according to his son, Chester Lott — who is also a lobbyist — is “a partnership” with former Sen. John Breaux (D-LA), who until today, was the senior counsel at a powerhouse lobbying firm. But just this afternoon, Breaux announced that he was leaving Patton Boggs in order “to form his own firm with his son, John Jr.”

I can imagine the conversation now (note, this is purely a fictional creation):

Lott: Breauzie, it looks like we're going to have to accelerate our little plan to get rich.

Breaux: Whaysthat, Trent? I thought we were good to do it in December.

Lott: Dickie's in trouble again, and with all the ruckus about the US Attorney firings, I can't afford to help him out this time.

Breaux: Ah, I see. What's the time frame?

Lott: Well, Karl's on this kick to make sure everyone resigns before scandal hits. So I'm thinking maybe in about 20 minutes.

There's a longer version of this, where I add in Trent's concerns about Larry Flynt's pictures of him with a boy for hire. But so far, that's not materializing. Yet.

Comments

[orionATL]

oh my gosh

you don't mean -

nah couldn't be -

one of u. miss's most famous cheerleaders has a thing for

dongs?

ding, dong, dell,

pussy's in ....

oh, forget it.

[Canuck Stuck in Muck]

Hi, EW.
Either these people (Lott and the rest of the rodents he's leaving with) know something we don't (likely), or they sense the final demise of the Republican Party (as if, but a boy's gotta have hope).

[tekel]

Sources say that Trent Lott resigned because his brother-in-law has been buying teenage hookers from TIME magazine and loaning them to the former Majority Leader. Other Republican congressmen did not immediately deny this. I haven't asked any Democrats, because I have neither the time nor the legal training to determine what is correct.

[Frank Probst]

I'm still not seeing it. Yes, it looks like his brother-in-law (soon to be "my wife's Democrat brother") and nephew (soon to be "my wife's Democrat brother's son") are on the hook. Is Lott involved? Probably. Will anyone really be able to tie him to the whole thing? Probably not. I'd really like to see this wrapped around his neck, because the irony of Lott losing his job over Hurricane Katrina is just so rich, and you've even got someone named "Dickie" in the mix. I still think it's boy-for-hire.

[Jodi]

All of you should think of a new career in comedy writing.

[katie jensen]

Who needs comedy writers when all we have to do is watch the hypopublicans (used to be known at the hypo-crats!) run their soap opera of pedaphilia, and bathroom sex. No, the hypopublicans don't have simple affairs with "the other women"...it's children and boys only...and lots of praying publically so as to keep others from suspecting their deep dark secrets. What's not to love!!

Well shared denial is a sign of shared symptoms...it really makes you wonder about anyone who continues to defend these people.

[J. Thomason]

That's cash on the barrel head there Katie Jenson.

[Jodi]

Katie ,

I believe you are confusing the Republicans with Politicians in general, and Politicians in Power in particular.

Wait until we have a new Democrat regime for 2 terms. Same old, same old.

[radiofreewill]

PIN was/is Bush's 'fixer' for Political Racial Hate.

Anything could be done by a Bush Loyalist - including Federal Election Crime that falsely puts a former Governor behind bars, or stealing Katrina Relief Fund money. And, if Bush and Rove determined that the 'accused' Loyalist was 'worthy' - a Boss like Lott or Canary - then 'the right' judges and prosecutors showed up to make 'the right' charges and rulings.

Hillman is looking like the enabling Himmler of BushCo.

Was PIN involved in the Guam/N. Marianas prosecutor/judge fiasco that effectively buried the Sex Slave Island story, too?

[Shit Stain Remover]

look at me

Same old look at me Shit Stain Jodi !?!

look at me......look at me......look at me

......look at me.......look at me.....look at me

Same old Shit Stain Jodi...... look at me

[mo2]

Who is PIN?

CSX railroad was bought by Carlysle Group. The CSX chairman was made a Bush appointee to Treasury Department.

PNAC signers and US Treasury Department go hand in hand in the Bush Administration.

I started looking at CSX about a year ago when I realized that Cheney is going to dirty bomb a railroad in the US. (my own tin foil, share it or not) Today CSX shows up again. I know Rense is not reputable, but take the time to look at the dots, google "Carlysle Group CSX railroad." Look at Board of Directors, compare to PNAC signers (i.e. Bush/Cheney enablers for profit), look at Treasury Department.

Recall that Sec of Treasury was replaced when he failed to get the Dubai Ports deal accomplished.

Recall that Carlysle Group bought the Watergate Hotel where Foggo was doing prostitute parties, and that security cameras were not turned over to the FBI. We should have seen pictures of prostitutes going into or out of that damned hotel by now. What's up with that?

Anyway, here's Rense:
http://www.rense.com/general58/fearthecomingtrain2.htm

Tidbit from that article: "The Carlyle Group, still a Bush Sr. investment, then doubled their money by selling Horizon Lines to another Bush connection, Castle Harlan, Inc. Castle Harlan, Inc. now has a large chunk of the Alaskan/Pacific shipping lines."

Hmm, Alaska, you say? Was Sen. Ted Stevens involved?

[mo2]

The reason I mentioned CSX Railroad is
Lott’s son railroaded by ‘railroad to nowhere’?
http://www.examiner.com/a-457729%7EYeas_and_Nays__Friday__Dec__15.html