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Flynt says he has dirt on Congress under covers
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 6/7/7 | Carla Marinucci

Posted on 06/07/2007 7:50:55 AM PDT by SmithL

"Hustler" publisher Larry Flynt -- just days after posting a $1 million bounty for verifiable information on the sexual exploits of U.S. Congress members and political leaders -- says he's already been deluged by more than 200 leads pouring in from around the country, "80 percent of them on Republicans."

"I'm not interested in exposing anyone's sex life," Flynt said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's the hypocrisy I'm after."

The California-based porn king, who heads up a profitable empire that includes the infamous skin mag Hustler and edgier publications such as Barely Legal -- as well as a thriving Hustler Club and casinos chain -- started a stir this week in political circles.

He posted a full-page ad in the Washington Post on Sunday that offered a cool $1 million for any "documented evidence of intimate relations with a Congressperson, Senator or other prominent officeholder," information that must be verified and published in Hustler.

In the run-up to the 2008 elections, Flynt's campaign to urge Americans to drop a dime on dallying politicians could get interesting because he's got a track record.

In 1998, he made a similar offer when former President Bill Clinton faced impeachment by outraged Republicans after the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

The result: GOP House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston resigned after Flynt prepared to go public with an informant's details of his illicit affair. Flynt also released an affidavit by the wife of then-GOP Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia -- an anti-abortion conservative -- in which she said her husband paid for her abortion and then took on a mistress.

"Everybody -- because I'm a civil libertarian -- thinks I'm going after Republicans.

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To: Pete
The fallacy is that he presents hypocrisy as discrediting the message rather than the messenger.

EXACTLY!
21 posted on 06/07/2007 8:11:09 AM PDT by Thrusher ("Only the dead have seen the end of war.")
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To: SmithL

This week we celebrate a special birthday. Monica Lewinsky turns 31.

Can you believe it? It seems like only yesterday she was crawling around

the White House on her hands and knees, and putting everything in her mouth.

They grow up so fast, don’t they?


22 posted on 06/07/2007 8:15:01 AM PDT by IrishMike ( What happens when aliens breed with sheep ? - Democrats)
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To: Pete

Like I sometimes say “Hey, at least a hypocrite is half right.”


23 posted on 06/07/2007 8:16:12 AM PDT by Paradox (In the final analysis, its mostly a team sport, Principles cast off like yesterdays free agents.)
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To: SmithL
80 percent of them on Republicans

What did he expect. Only sick liberals and the far left are participating in this thing. Wouldn't be surprised that this goes up to 99 percent. Darn, these people are sick and no decent Republican would accommodate this lying trash junk that this dirt bag liberal would try.

24 posted on 06/07/2007 8:33:37 AM PDT by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: ghost of nixon
So what is Flynt’s point here?

"I'm not interested in exposing anyone's sex life," Flynt said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's the hypocrisy I'm after."

25 posted on 06/07/2007 8:37:16 AM PDT by WhiteGuy (GOP Congress - 16,000 earmarks costing US $50 billion in 2006 - PAUL2008)
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To: SmithL

The result: GOP House Speaker-elect Bob Livingston resigned after Flynt prepared to go public with an informant’s details of his illicit affair. Flynt also released an affidavit by the wife of then-GOP Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia — an anti-abortion conservative — in which she said her husband paid for her abortion and then took on a mistress.

Quite frankly if these guys are doing this type of stuff, I am glad that they are gone from Congress. What pieces of Sh!t!!!! If anyone is doing this now...get rid of them too. We need a Conservative Party period who keeps their principles. That is why we are having trouble now. How can you say you are pro-life if you paid to have some one have one????


26 posted on 06/07/2007 8:39:45 AM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: IrishMike

ROTFLMAO!!! You need to buy me a new computer from the soda that just sprayed everywhere.


27 posted on 06/07/2007 8:42:32 AM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: AngieGOP

Wouldn’t that be the other 20%?


28 posted on 06/07/2007 8:43:01 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: SmithL
"I'm not interested in exposing anyone's sex life," Flynt said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's the hypocrisy I'm after."

Of course most hypocrites would be Republicans. Democrats don't even try to hide their moralistic shortcomings, they wear them as a badge of honor.

29 posted on 06/07/2007 8:47:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (The University of Florida - Still Championship U)
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To: stuartcr
“Wouldn’t that be the other 20%?”

Not necessisarily. The other 20% could be Independent's and/or Civil Libertarians.

30 posted on 06/07/2007 8:47:34 AM PDT by AngieGOP (I never met a woman who became a stripper because she played with Barbie dolls as a kid.)
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To: SmithL
"Flynt"

One of my favorite people!!

31 posted on 06/07/2007 8:47:58 AM PDT by davisfh
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To: AngieGOP

I guess we’ll have to wait for the official list to come out.


32 posted on 06/07/2007 8:48:47 AM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: SmithL

What again? He did this same thing leading up to the last Presidential Election, hoping to dig up something on Republicans. The guy is truly disgusting and I am thankful he is not on our side.


33 posted on 06/07/2007 8:50:27 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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To: SmithL
he's already been deluged by more than 200 leads pouring in from around the country, "80 percent of them on Republicans."

More like 80% of the callers have been Democrats and liberals.

34 posted on 06/07/2007 8:51:28 AM PDT by avacado
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To: IrishMike

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


35 posted on 06/07/2007 8:52:30 AM PDT by avacado
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To: IrishMike

LOFL


36 posted on 06/07/2007 8:52:38 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: SmithL
"I'm not interested in exposing anyone's sex life," Flynt said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "It's the hypocrisy I'm after."

Then why not go after Hillary? She has no sex life, and is a hypocrite extraordinaire!

37 posted on 06/07/2007 9:06:31 AM PDT by wai-ming
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To: Grunthor

The Nutroots seriously think 99% of Republicans are gay meth head Bible Thumpers. I say expose your list Larry. Put up or shut up.


38 posted on 06/07/2007 9:12:05 AM PDT by Democratshavenobrains
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To: napscoordinator
Quite frankly if these guys are doing this type of stuff, I am glad that they are gone from Congress. What pieces of Sh!t!!!!

Congratulations, that is exactly the reaction Larry Flint wants. No one on the Left cares about whatever stink their heroes get into, so they skate. So only one party loses votes by these revelations. Figure out which one that is.

Larry's agenda is the permanent empowerment of the Demonrat/Leftist/Marxist/Socialist state.

The Demonrats will win in 2008, and by 2010 they will have everything rigged so they will never loses the Presidency and Congress again.

Welcome to your future.

39 posted on 06/07/2007 9:17:37 AM PDT by Cheburashka (DUmmieland = Opus Dopium. In all senses of the word dope.)
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To: Cheburashka

Funny how WE complain about this but don’t have anybody with any money who would do the same thing. We definitely have millionaires in our ranks too, but guess what we are too lazy!!!


40 posted on 06/07/2007 9:26:07 AM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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