Wilkie – Dickie Scruggs wanted to be ambassador to Ecuador
Richard F. “Dickie” Scruggs was convinced he could be the next U.S. ambassador to Ecuador after George W. Bush’s presidential win in 2000.
He’d played his cards right politically, made substantial donations to Republican candidates and supported Bush’s campaign.
After all, his brother-in-law, Sen. Trent Lott, was the powerful majority leader and called a lot of shots in Washington.
Scruggs considered it such a done deal that he began to take Spanish lessons and bought a jet with capacity to fly from the Gulf Coast to Ecuador’s capital, Quito, without refueling.
But during the 2002 Christmas season, Lott made some politically intemperate remarks at a 100th birthday party for segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina.
Read more: NEMS360.com – Book: Scruggs planned for ambassadorship
10/1/10
Magnolia Tribune
