{"id":159,"date":"2007-06-05T08:11:43","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T12:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/05\/huslter-million-dollar-offer\/"},"modified":"2007-06-05T08:11:43","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T12:11:43","slug":"huslter-million-dollar-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/05\/huslter-million-dollar-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Flynt is a &#8220;Reel&#8221; American?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a truth:<\/p>\n<pull>Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy secrets. <\/pull>Curruption, Scandal and Sex. The All-American political pastime is once again being challenged.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/19017805\/\" title=\"Larry Flynt offer\" target=\"_blank\">As reported <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/media.collegepublisher.com\/media\/paper410\/stills\/3gm3wfo1.jpg\" title=\"3gm3wfo1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.collegepublisher.com\/media\/paper410\/stills\/3gm3wfo1.jpg\" title=\"3gm3wfo1.jpg\" alt=\"3gm3wfo1.jpg\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"173\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" width=\"159\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/19017805\/\" title=\"Larry Flynt offer\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday<\/a>, Larry Flynt, Creator and Owner of Hustler magazine offered $1 million for political sex scandals. Flynt seeks evidence of illicit encounter with high-ranking official.  Hustler magazine is looking for, as he says: &#8220;scandalous sex in Washington&#8221; again &#8212; and as usually, he is putting money up as bait.<br \/>\nTalk about nerve! He took out a FULL page ad in the Washington Post that asked: &#8220;Have you had a sexual encounter with a current member of the United States Congress or a high-ranking government official?&#8221; The ad is explaining that anyone will receive $1,000,000 in return for  documented evidence of illicit intimate relations with a congressman, senator or other prominent officeholder. A toll-free number and e-mail address were provided. The timing is interesting as it coincides with the opening of the 2008 presidentail election race.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time he has done this type of thing either. Flynt offered <!--more-->money back in October 1998 during the drive to impeach President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, Flynt, know as, <em>THE original pornographic publishing mogul,<\/em> looked to expose one or two members of the Republican Congress and had threatened to pushfor the impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>In one particular article, many things were revealed, but nothing that was groundbreaking. The was a good review and commentary in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/1004133\/\" title=\"Slate Article\" target=\"_blank\">1999 Slate.com article. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has been noted that Flynt&#8217;s efforts were &#8220;helpful&#8221; to the resignation of  Bob Livingston of Louisiana. Who is in his crosshairs this time? Every Politician, that&#8217;s who!<\/p>\n<pull><\/pull>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a truth: Money may not buy happiness, but it can buy secrets. Curruption, Scandal and Sex. The All-American political pastime is once again being challenged. As reported yesterday, Larry Flynt, Creator and Owner of Hustler magazine offered $1 million for political sex scandals. Flynt seeks evidence of illicit encounter with high-ranking official. 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