The Dallas Voice’s David Webb has published an interesting article involving our Trent Lott / Benjamin Nicholas story. Pay attention, folks:

Finally, in my feverish pursuit of the story, I called Bruce David, the editorial director of Hustler, to see if [Larry] Flynt had the goods on Lott, and whether we could expect an expose on Lott any time soon.

David confirmed that Hustler had received information about Lott from sources other than Nicholas, but he declined to reveal any of it.

“If I tell you anything about it, I run the risk I’m going to have to pay one of our sources for information we might not even publish,” David said.

David said there might not be any point in publishing a story about Lott because he has resigned.

“Our whole reason for doing this is to get them out of power,” David said. “Here, Trent Lott has essentially removed himself from the equation. We’re going to have to decide … do we want to spend more money on the investigation for something that is, from our point of view, a dead issue. He’s leaving office.”

David said that Hustler has “lots of information on lots of different people,” but it only publishes that material when a person is a hypocrite — a person who says one thing in public and does another in private.

Under that rule, I would say our anti-gay foe Lott certainly fits the criteria for outing if Hustler has the type of information I think it does.

So if you’re reading, Larry, I say go ahead and write that check. If you’ve got the scoop, Benjamin [Nicholas], give Larry a call. You’re not getting any younger, and the last time I checked, there weren’t any pension plans available for party boys.

Earlier: Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much

And: The E-mails Benjamin Nicholas Says He Didn’t Send