[Torie]

Are you suggesting that Lott wasn't in the conference call at all? If so, we are in a Sink of a Spur, which is much ado about nothing. Not Sink's fault of course. He was a mere conduit, which is what most of us do as we report who is saying what about whom.

[crasher]

Yes. More from the Post:

"Yet, in a sign of the Lott camp's concerns, some allies are quietly suggesting to GOP senators that Lott might resign from the Senate if he is forced out as leader, a move that could jeopardize the party's one-seat majority. Mississippi

Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) presumably would appoint a Democrat to replace Lott, they note. That would leave the Senate evenly split, enabling Democrats to regain the majority if they could persuade a moderate Republican to switch parties.

A source close to Lott dismissed the scenario, saying, "it would be a cold day before Trent Lott gives his seat to a Democrat governor."

[Miss Marple]

I once again am trying to remind people that NOT EVERYTHING THEY READ AND HEAR IN THE MEDIA IS TRUE! REPORTERS MAKE THINGS UP! REPORTERS MISUNDERSTAND! REPORTERS ARE LIED TO BY SOURCES, PARTICULARLY UNNAMED SOURCES!!!

Sorry. I just had to get that creaming out of my system, and thought maybe caps would make someone actually read it. LOL!

I think I could call Aaron Brown tomorrow and plant a bogus story about Tom Delay. I bet I could get it on the air without anyone even verifying it.