lott is obviously being forced out.

it is either a brothel scandal, abramoff redux, the gonzo firings, aipac spying, or saudi corruption. could be a lotta things.

but he isnt leaving because he did a heckuva job. boy got booted.

Cheney is next.

larry flynt vs trent lott

I wish Cheney were next. But that would go against the administration's master plan just before leaving office: Bush pardons Cheney, then resigns. Cheney takes the oath of office, then pardons Bush.

As for ol' Trent, this is a surprise to me.

The resignation comes now because there is a Republican Governor who can appoint another Republican to fill his seat and who can then run as an incumbant....

nice huh?

sky

Lobbying reason is a canard.

He can advise/consult/liaison and still receive the big lobbying bucks. No loss in status and big payday.

It's standard practice for the one year, it'll be standard for the two year.

Maybe it's that he can't use the Congressional gym? Or that he's embarrassed by the Barbershop Quartet he was in with Larry Craig? These are as valid as the lobbying.

As Dylan says
"You just wanna be on the side that's winnin'"

I will reiterate my paranoid stance from an earlier 'repubs retiring' thread....

I have been BAFFLED by their departures. These guys NEVER give up power and rapine abilities. They are all about grasping and grinding and squeezing every last drop.
I believe this may be a reason:
They know something pretty horrible is coming down the pike and they do not want to be associated with it. False Flag crap, huge voting rights bamboozlement, martial law, suspensions of rights....who knows.

NONE of the reasons they have individually given makes sense. As a whole, there seems no rhyme or reason to this either- that I have been able to grasp. What are the reasons, en masse, that have been floated? That they are facing minority status for longer than a 2 year period and don't have the stomach? Tougher lobbying or accountability standards coming down the pike? Personal scandal or accountability issues in their closet? Want to spend time with family?

I cannot debunk these, and for a rare one or two congresscritters there may be some actual truth. (a scandal or distaste for the gameplaying)
But the timing and sheer numbers (more sure to follow) is making my gizzard queasy.

per dave's comment,

over at Fox Business news central Larry Flynt has just told host Neil Cavuto that he'll be dropping a sex scandal bombshell in a matter of days (link through Atrios - I don't watch Fox otherwise).

I'm sure it's the lobbying thing....but the Flynt thing sounds so juicy....

one word... VECO

Never posted before, but can't help wondering with all these resignations......cut and run????

Before Trent Lott leaves, would someone please remind him to follow up with the investigation Benton K. Partin, Brigadier Gen. USAF (Ret.) requested back on July 31, 1995 after he reported "conclusive proof that the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was not caused solely by the truck bomb. Evidence shows that the massive destruction was primarily the result of four demolition charges placed at critical structural points at the third floor level."

General Partin had requested "that [Trent Lott}, as a Member of Congress, you will support a Congressional investigation to determine the true initiators of this bombing, which could not have occurred the way in which it has been portrayed as having happened. Further, it is requested that you defer action and reserve judgment on so called antiterrorism legislation that has serious civil liberties implications, and which would not be passed except for the Oklahoma City bombing until the causes of the Oklahoma City disaster are determined by independent investigators."

Go to http://physics911.net/ generalpar...ralpartinreport

Now, if Trent Lott had followed General Partin's lead, "we wouldn't have had all these problems over
all these years either."