Larry Flynt says sex and lies in politics 'a bit much' in 2004; now offers $1 million for more
On the eve of the U.S.A.'s 231st birthday, free speech advocate and Hustler porn magazine publisher Larry Flynt has offered a $1 million reward in a Washington Post advertisement for proof of sexual misconduct by U.S. Congressmen. The author of Sex, Lies, and Politics (Kensington; July, 2004), Flynt was last seen promoting his book at BookExpo America in 2004, where he told us with a wry touch of irony that sex and lies in Washington, D.C., had always been part of the political reality, but that in recent years, it had become 'a bit much.' Evidently, he hopes to get quite a bit more with his hefty bounty. Perhaps he's writing another book...
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Larry Flynt says sex and lies in politics 'a bit much' in 2004; now offers $1 million for more
