The Truffle

Okay, this news, if true, is way funny. But still, if I were a gay male escort (which I'm not, being neither gay, nor male, nor an escort), I'd have my standards. And they wouldn't include this guy: Okay, I am really hoping this is not true. Because I hate the thought of anyone being desperate enough to accept him as a client. No. It can't be true. The Trentster is leaving to make money as a lobbyist. Or go on Faux News. Or spend more time with his family. Something innocuous like that. You can't convince me otherwise. Lalalalalalala I can't hear you.

What's up with all these recently re-elected Republicans suddenly up and resigning without bothering to finish their terms? Denny Hastert wouldn't deign to simply retire in 2008. That was silly enough. But now Trent Lott, who just won another term last year, is resigning at the end of 2007. There were rumors circa 2005 that he would retire, but he chose to run again. Not that I'm sorry to see yet another GOP slimebag leave Capitol Hill, but it sounds like a huge waste of time and money. Actually, it reminds me of professional loser Tom DeLay, who stayed on the GOP ballot until they couldn't get rid of him. Word has it that Lott wants to make money in the private sector. Could a Singing Senators reunion be in the works? Larry Craig is probably going to have a lot of time on his hands after 2008. In other news, is it just me? Or is Bush holding Middle East peace talks kind of like Nicole Ritchie hosting a cooking show?