LOTT STANDS IN FRONT OF CAPITOL WITH KICK ME SIGN
Last-Ditch Attempt to Save Leadership Job
Embattled Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) stood in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. today with a KICK ME sign attached to his trousers and invited passers-by to take their turns kicking him in the ***.
Senator Lotts wearing of the KICK ME sign represents a significant upping of the ante in his ongoing campaign to show contrition for the unfortunate remarks he made at Senator Strom Thurmonds recent one hundredth birthday party.
By inviting members of the public to kick his ***, Senator Lott may be setting an historic precedent in American political life, says historian David McAllister of the University of Minnesota.
When Richard Nixon lost the California gubernatorial race in 1962, he told the press that they wouldnt have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore, Mr. McAllister says. But thats a far cry from standing in front of the Capitol and asking people to kick your *** just the opposite, in fact.
After several passers-by took Senator Lott up on his offer and did, in fact, kick his ***, he drove to the studios of the Food Network, the only cable television outlet where he had yet to make a humiliating apology.
Senator Lott appeared on the popular program Follow That Food and apologized profusely for his remarks throughout the broadcast.
At the conclusion of the program, Senator Lott finished preparing a garlic-staked leg of lamb with a salad of mixed greens, after which he asked host and celebrity chef Gordon Elliot to kick his ***.
****Borowitz Reports*****
Last-Ditch Attempt to Save Leadership Job
Embattled Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) stood in front of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. today with a KICK ME sign attached to his trousers and invited passers-by to take their turns kicking him in the ***.
Senator Lotts wearing of the KICK ME sign represents a significant upping of the ante in his ongoing campaign to show contrition for the unfortunate remarks he made at Senator Strom Thurmonds recent one hundredth birthday party.
By inviting members of the public to kick his ***, Senator Lott may be setting an historic precedent in American political life, says historian David McAllister of the University of Minnesota.
When Richard Nixon lost the California gubernatorial race in 1962, he told the press that they wouldnt have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore, Mr. McAllister says. But thats a far cry from standing in front of the Capitol and asking people to kick your *** just the opposite, in fact.
After several passers-by took Senator Lott up on his offer and did, in fact, kick his ***, he drove to the studios of the Food Network, the only cable television outlet where he had yet to make a humiliating apology.
Senator Lott appeared on the popular program Follow That Food and apologized profusely for his remarks throughout the broadcast.
At the conclusion of the program, Senator Lott finished preparing a garlic-staked leg of lamb with a salad of mixed greens, after which he asked host and celebrity chef Gordon Elliot to kick his ***.
****Borowitz Reports*****
