Lefty blogs are all over the story involving a gay escort who it was reported had a sexual relationship with Trent Lott and that this was the real reason he was resigning.
The only problem is, the story is categorically false. This from the escort in question:
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.
Not surprisingly, wherever there is even a hint of a “sex in Congress” story, out from under the nearest rock crawls Larry Flynt to put his two cents in:
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.
Please note that Flynt does not say he has one scintilla of evidence against Lott – only that he the “target” of an ongoing “investigation.” He confirms nothing of this idiot’s story, despite the blogger’s claims to the contrary.
For Flynt, this is beautiful. He gets to comment on a completely spurious story appearing in some no-name blog and in the process, smear a political enemy without offering one iota of evidence that what appeared on the blog was true.
My liberal friends: This is your First Amendment Champion. Proud of him?
A couple of lefty blogs went with the story – then had to go through a retraction. No problem there since we’ve all had to do that. Of course, the caveats and snide asides probably weren’t necessary:
With the past credibility problem of the Trent Lott blogger today, and now the outright blanket denial from the sole source, the same logic applies. I’m just not convinced. I’d love to be convinced, believe me. And trust me, there have been rumors for years about Trent Lott. But until I hear more, you’re not going to read about those rumors here.
Except, we just did read about those scurrilous rumors at your site, John – not that this is anything new. Getting in the gutter to slime people and out them against their will is your M.O. Why should we be surprised?
Wide stance? Apparently there’s a good reason why he and Larry Craig are looking so longingly at those microphones. (Keep trying; site’s having trouble handling all the traffic.) The male escort named in the post is denying the whole thing here and here – just keep in mind he’s gone on the record saying he would never out a client, so who knows?
Just keep in mind that the male escort has “gone on record” saying no such thing. He referred vaguely to “confidentiality” for clients. And If Larry Flynt’s million dollar offer can’t entice the escort to make an exception to that rule, it is difficult to imagine the gossip is anything more than a clumsy attempt to smear Lott.
What We Know…There is no proof Larry Flint has photos of Trent Lott blowing goats behind a Klan rally as a young man.
That is wild speculation.
I also have absolutely no evidence they were black goats.
They don’t even bother with a retraction.
Some enterprising blogger may want to look into how all this started. Did a little birdie whisper in this blogger’s ear? And was that little birdie’s name Larry?
Big Head DC has also received word that Hustler will soon provide more details on why Lott resigned — much more to come. It’s unknown at this point when Flynt will write the $1 million check to Big Head DC.
Funny that Big Head DC has “received word” about Hustler planning to augment this story. Could it be that the blogger is a cats paw for Larry Flynt?
Flynt is no dummy – especially when it comes to libel laws. It is possible that since there is little or no real evidence connecting the gay escort to Lott – perhaps some cloakroom scuttlebutt picked up by a staffer – that Flynt saw a perfect opportunity to get the smear out in the open by leaking it to some eager beaver blogger whose journalistic standards make Weekly World News look like a paragon of reporting virtue.
And now that the smear is out in the open and has received widespread play on blogs, Flynt can write about anything he has on Lott. As long as it’s related to the escort story, he can simply claim he’s commenting on a story already in the public domain.
Any way this came about, it is despicable. Lott’s no paragon of virtue himself but if you’re going to smear someone’s personal life, at least have the common decency to get your facts right.
8:55 am
Oh. You mean we should have met the high standard recently set by the rightwing blogosphere regarding the ‘Hillary is having a gay affair with a campaign staffer’ rumors?
Or should we list the many, many false allegations made against her in the past, including the alleged affair with (and murder of) Vince Foster? Boy, that Hillary really gets around. I mean, it would be irresponsible not to speculate, right?
11:53 am
Ah, the classic “you guys do it to” defense. A virtual paragon of moral virtue you are Susie.
11:57 am
Wait, I don’t get it. You can falsely call me a gay pedophile and think that’s acceptable, but you’re now in a major snit because someone said (maybe falsely or not) that Lott was schtupping a gay escort. The only explanation for this is that you’re huffing the contents of your computer duster can and truly can’t remember what you’ve said from one day to the next.
12:03 pm
Jesus Cliff. I make an offhand, deragotory comment about you taking up space on your hardrive with pictures of “naked little boys” and all of a sudden I’m seriously accusing you of being a gay pedophile?
Get a grip. And stop bitching and take your medicine like a man instead of a whiney, spoiled mama’s boy brat.
12:04 pm
Um…unless you are, in fact, a gay pedophile in which case I can certainly understand you obsessing about this.
2:45 pm
“a whiney, spoiled mama’s boy brat.”
could you be stupider?
3:03 pm
What a surprise, Rick getting all apoplectic about others doing exactly as he does.
3:06 pm
Except, we just did read about those scurrilous rumors at your site, John
Well, I just read about them here, so I guess that means you’re trafficking in those rumors as well, to use your own logic. You should really stay out of the gutter, Rick.
3:44 pm
“I will continue to offer a great sense of confidentiality to the people I see.” To me this raises the possibility that his denial is a lie to protect a client, particularly since Big Head DC has now posted the earlier non-denial emails that the gay rent boy denied sending. And let us not forget Buell’s Law:
“If a prominent male political figure is accused of some sort of sexual misconduct or indiscretion—HE DID IT.”
3:49 pm
Just checking to make sure I have this down, Rick. The rule now is that you can write absolutely any piece of lying filth about someone, and, if that person doesn’t like it, then he’s being whiny and insufficiently manly? He’s not “taking his medicine?”
3:52 pm
The left’s obsession with ‘outing’ gay Republicans continues …...
… even after they find out from the alleged “other half” of the “relationship” that the rumors aren’t true. Rick Moran provides the details.
Surprised? No. Disgusted all over again? Hell yeah.
......
4:18 pm
Sadly no is so sad and negative that their only readership comes from haters like them
4:25 pm
You’ve got to love the intoxicating scent of hypocrisy in the air today. Smells like Republican dead-enders.
5:01 pm
Get a brain, Moran.
5:38 pm
You’ve got commenters calling each other gay pedophiles and my comment gets deleted??
Anyway, as a general rule-of-thumb you will rarely go wrong with Buell’s Law.
“If a prominent male political figure is accused of some sort of sexual misconduct or indiscretion—HE DID IT.”
The applicability of Buell’s Law to female politicians has not been tested as yet.
5:44 pm
Flynt heaves his blubbery, slimy body out of the swamps long enough to let the sycophantic maggots escape and go to work. Big Head DC is just another Leftist maggot. Smear without shame.
What a bunch of poor excuses for human beings.
7:52 pm
Damn straight benning
Liberals are MAGGOTS
WE NEED TO EXTERMINATE THEM
WE NEED A FINAL SOLUTION TO THOSE VERMIN
9:51 pm
[...] … even after they find out from the alleged “other half†of the “relationship†that the rumors aren’t true. Rick Moran provides the details. [...]
9:55 pm
Wasn’t Trent Lott a cheerleader in college?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
10:39 pm
Flynt is slimy, but if there weren’t so many verified Repub gay and straight sex stories that were verified this would have less legs. Also, why did he resign mid-term?
10:47 pm
“My liberal friends: This is your First Amendment Champion. Proud of him?”
Heck yeah. He drove Rep. Livingstone right out of Congress, right after failed Speaker Gingrich had chosen Livingstone as his successor. (Flynt obtained evidence of Livingstone’s kinky sex with a lobbyist.) Who replaced Livingstone in Congress? Why, none other than Mr. Vitter! Playing whack-a-perv with your heroes is a tiring job, but we liberals do want to clean up our country, so we’ll take all the help we can get.
We even approve of your use of the First Amendment. You’re funnier than Flynt.
12:12 am
“I will continue to offer a great sense of confidentiality to the people I see.”
A Senator can feel safe with this guy. His business operation should be undamaged by the gossip.
2:44 am
A pedophile is “an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.” Someone having “taking up space on your hardrive with pictures of naked little boys†is committing a crime called child pornography. Jesus, Rick, you called him a criminal pedophile and now you’ve just done it again (this repeat is actually kind of funny though). The words are there for anyone to see. Quit being a a “whiney, spoiled mama’s boy brat” and take responsibility for the words you used. Just trying to weasel out of it like this is so embarrassing. Of course what would I expect from a guy who probably wastes space on his computer with pictures of women pissing on dogs… not at all illegal mind you.
8:30 am
[...] Rick Moran is hollerin’ like a stuck pig over suggestions that Trent Lott might have known, in the Levitical sense, a male escort. According to Rick, this story is “categorically false,” apparently because the hooker himself has denied it. Leaving aside the inherent humor in Rick accepting at face value the word of a gay male hooker, Rick is apparently unaware that the hooker in question has also said that no one could even waterboard the name of a client out of him: Whether I’m seeing celebrities, politicians, athletes, or anyone else, it’s my job to make sure that each person is treated with the same respect and confidentiality. … I don’t pass judgment on them, and I sure as hell wouldn’t “out” any of them. [...]
9:51 am
Heh! Rick, you’ve touched a raw nerve with the LLL crowd—boy, they really hate being caught in their lies, obfuscations and deceit. Their projection is classic, Psyche 101 textbook.
Pathetic.
10:33 am
“....in the case of the author of this piece, pictures of naked little boys.”
I’m sorry, but waaaay over the line, Rick. If you have some evidence that “Clif” has engaged in pedophilia, by all means, pass it to the police immediately. Otherwise, it’s as out of bounds as Godwinning (more so, in fact)
11:45 am
Poor Rick Moran. Even his own commenters think he’s a slimeball.
2:19 pm
Just keep in mind that the male escort has “gone on record†saying no such thing. He referred vaguely to “confidentiality†for clients.
Actually, what this “going on record” refers to is the article in the Stranger that this escort wrote last year chastising a different escort for exposing Ted Haggard. In this article, he said that he would “sure as hell never out [a client]”. That’s on the record, I think.
The article is here:
http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=100741
6:52 pm
Who’s Rick Moran??
7:41 pm
[...] Once again portions of the right blogosphere have activated their manufactured outrage circuits over the “lefty blogs” running with the Trent Lott – gay escort stories. They consider such rumor mongering juvenile and inappropriate, and accuse The Left of an unhealthy obsession with outing Republicans. A few points: [...]
8:18 pm
“No gay airport bathroom propositions, no asking underaged congressional pages to email you their penis size, no secret visits to prostitutes in multiple states? No divorcing your cancer-stricken, hospitalized wife in order to better carry on an affair with someone else? No weird sex trysts overlooking the smoldering ruins of New York’s ground zero, or billing your secret mayoral booty calls to the budgets of city agencies tasked with helping poor people? No meth-addicted gay sex while preaching about the horrors of gay sex? No calling your coworkers at night while masturbating, telling them how much you’d like to falafel them up in the shower? No shoving pictures of fetuses in people’s faces, or taking their own daughters into “chastity vows”, or pontificating about the dangers of man-on-dog relationships?
Seriously, is this why Republicans are always so obsessed with governing everybody else’s sex life—because it’s simply inconceivable to them that any two people would have a healthy, non-messed-up relationship?”
8:50 pm
It’s not sex, its his criminal family that led him to leave:
“Prominent Mississippi trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, the brother-in-law of outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges that he and four other men tried to bribe a Mississippi state court judge.
According to the 13-page indictment, Scruggs and three other attorneys—including Lott’s nephew Zach—attempted to bribe Mississippi Third Circuit Court Judge Henry L. Lackey with at least $40,000 in cash.
Lackey was assigned to hear a lawsuit in which Scruggs’ firm was named as a defendant in a dispute involving $26.5 million in attorneys’ fees stemming from a court settlement with State Farm Insurance over Hurricane Katrina claims. ”
3:41 am
Big Head DC has posted all of the e-mails exchanged with Trent’s alleged rent boy. The hooker said he and Sen. Lott had no “current affiliation with one another”....
No CURRENT affiliation?
9:01 pm
[...] They told me if George W. Bush were reelected that operatives would propagate unsubstantiated rumors about people’s sexuality for political purposes – and they were right
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