Citizen Flynt: American Hero

[CatWoman]

http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/07/08/flynt/index.html




You ran against Reagan in 1983. How do you feel now that he's dead?

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Did you feel like a patriot when Bob Livingston threw in the towel before Congress? Did you yell, "I'm responsible for that!"

Livingston did an interview with the New York Times the following day and referred to me as a "bottom feeder." The Times called me for a comment. I said, "Yeah, that's right. I'm a bottom feeder. But look what I found when I got down there."


Both you and John Kerry were in the armed forces. Bush and Cheney got rich-kid deferments from active duty. How on earth did John Kerry allow himself to be put on the defensive as if he was the one who was a slacker?

Well, you know, I think Bush spent about $100 million on that attack, and caught Kerry off guard. But it didn't seem to hurt Kerry that much. Kerry seemed to come back. Hey, I'm for anybody but Bush. Kerry wasn't my choice, but you know we got a candidate we gotta get behind, and do what we can for him.

They stole the first election and got away with it. Think how powerful they are now.

My big worry this coming election is there are a lot of states with new voting machines. They're the touch-type rather than the punch cards, and there could be some real screw-ups this time around. But if it doesn't happen, I think Kerry is destined to win.

Saved the best for last :D

The first thing in your book that everyone is going to jump on is your claim that young George W. Bush paid for his girlfriend's illegal abortion.

You can't stay with a story this long and not believe in it. In 2000, I got a call from a lawyer in Houston. He told me that his client, "Susan," could prove that George W. Bush arranged for his girlfriend to have an abortion back in the early 1970s. Her boyfriend at the time, "Clyde," was pals with Bush and set up the procedure. We checked up and found that indeed "Clyde" was responsible for keeping Bush out of trouble. Bush had knocked up a girl named "Rayette." We talked to the doctor that performed the abortion. We felt we really had a blockbuster story, but about two months before we were going to break the story, "Susan" disappeared.

We finally found her. She was living in a half-million-dollar home in Corpus Christi, Texas. Before that she was living in a small apartment working for $13,000 a year as a cocktail waitress. I'm not saying Bush bought her off, but I'm confident that one or more of his cronies did. The only thing that interested me in this story is -- I'm pro-choice, but to have a guy who is running on a pro-life platform ... and this procedure was committed in 1971, two years before Roe vs. Wade, which would have made it a crime.

[mzmolly]

1. I hope the story of *Susan* gets some major media attention.

Just before the election would be nice. ;)

[indigobusiness]

2. First Jagger is Knighted

...now Larry Flynt is the new Patrick Henry...

we HAVE reached the promised land.

[CatWoman]

5. I'll take it anywhere I can get it

(support for the cause, that is).

I wouldn't give a flying fuck if it were The Queen of Hearts.

[indigobusiness]

7. I meant no dis

None at all... heros are putting the status quo in its place.

Love it. Larry and Mick have always been among my heros.

Just amazing how the times are a changin'.

[CatWoman]

9. coolness!!!

:D

[Fenris]

3. Oh, Midori, you made my day!

You ran against Reagan in 1983. How do you feel now that he's dead?

It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

:D:D:D:D

:loveya::hi:CatWoman!!!:hi::loveya:

[CatWoman]

6. Fenris!!!

:hi:

you must read the entire article.

Larry is a very funny guy :D

[Fenris]

11. He'd have to be funny to run that Falwell liquor ad

Anyone who could mock a hypocrite by talking about how they lost their virginity to their mother in an outhouse is tops in my book!

*I may be young, but I know enough about the 80s*;)

[rumguy]

4. I've always liked him

When it comes to the 1st Amendment he puts his money where his mouth is...

[Yupster]

8. The Pornographer Who Cares

I thought he had a great slogan for Governor.

Aside from a laugh, I think he's done much harm to our culture and country in general. I guess to his family too if you believe their allegations.

Anyway, I put him and Senator Byrd in the same category of embarrassments to the party.

[CatWoman]

10. yeah, too bad they don't mirror REAL men

like George "Honor and Dignity" Bush, and Dick "Fuck off" Cheney :eyes:

[amazona]

12. livingston a bigger embarrassment to humanity in my view

If you'd had the dubious misfortune of living in Bob Livingston's district and having to get his mailers and listen to his cr*p over the years and know that people were thinking all people from Louisiana think that way...now that's embarrassing.

If he did nothing else with his life, getting rid of Livingston makes Flynt a hero to me.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

13. Larry Flynt: Patriotic American!!!

[olddem43]

14. Flint has served America well -

I used to love his anti tobacco company ads, featuring celebs who had died of lung cancer. There was a great one called "Marlboro Country" that showed a picture of a cancer ward full of emaciated, dying smokers. The only thing that was obscene about his mags were the prices. I always wanted to support his free speech issues but couldn't afford to at those prices. I guess that it was understandable in that he has to keep a ton of lawyers on hand to defend against the right.

[judge_smales]

15. I don't know about hero

but the man has something to say. There is a place for him in this discussion.