Larry Flynt: Democratic Moralist

by Mike Bates: Viewing Larry Flynt merely as a pornographer who’s made a lot of money exploiting people’s vices doesn’t do him justice. He’s also the conscience of the Democratic Party. Flynt pays money to procure salacious information about members of Congress and high-ranking government officials. . . . Flynt’s zeal for revealing Republican transgressions started when Bill Clinton was impeached. Larry liked Bill and his pals. Clinton consultant James Carville had even appeared in a movie lionizing the pornographer. Hiring investigators who also worked for Clinton, Flynt started digging for dirt. His alleged reason for doing this was because he hates hypocrisy. According to him, Clinton was impeached for engaging in nothing worse than what many conservative Republicans were doing.

Not exactly. Clinton didn’t hire a prostitute; he took advantage of an immature White House intern. He lied under oath and obstructed justice and was fined $90,000 for doing so. He paid $850,000 in the Paula Jones suit, despite repeatedly denying that as governor he’d sexually harassed the low level state employee. Clinton was disbarred in Arkansas. He was prohibited from practicing law before the U.S. Supreme Court. No, Clinton’s sins weren’t the same. And if Larry Flynt’s scorn for hypocrisy were so strong, he’d have hated the shots of Clinton leaving church, clutching a Bible the size of an aircraft carrier in one hand and the woman he’d done wrong in the other. . . .

I do have a suggestion for any Republican who is accused. Kill the scandal immediately. Just issue a statement saying: “The facts of this incident are now fully public and eventual judgment and understanding rests where it belongs. For myself, I plan no further statements on this tragic matter.”

Teddy Kennedy used that on the day the inquest results of a young woman who died in his car were made public. It worked for him. He’s become a liberal icon and is now widely seen as a stanch advocate for women. And no doubt Larry Flynt, conscience of the Democratic Party, admires him for his moral values. [Full Story]

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