WJLA-TV Script
TV Channel 7, Washington, D.C.
Anchor: NEWS 7'S I-TEAM HAS LEARNED THATLIKE HIM OR NOTPORNOGRAPHIC PUBLISHER LARRY FLYNT IS PREPARING TO ONCE AGAIN ENTER WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL FRAY.
YOU MAY RECALL TWO YEARS AGO FLYNT PLACED AN AD IN THE WASINGTON POST PROMISING TO PAY ONE MILLION DOLLARS FOR DIRT ON MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
AS THE I-TEAM'S DEL WALTERS SHOWS US, THIS TIME FLYNT SAYS HE'S SET HIS SIGHTS ON THE TWO MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Story:
[VIDEO OF PRESIDENT CLINTON HUGGING MONICA LEWINSKY]
IT REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST SORDID CHAPTERS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
President Clinton: I did not have sexual relations with that woman Miss Lewinsky.
[VIDEO OF THE HOUSE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT]
THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Sen. Joe Lieberman: Such behavior is not just inappropriate, it is immoral. THRUST INTO THE CENTER OF IT ALL: A PORNOGRAPHIC PUBLISHER WHO TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO PUBLISH THIS FULL PAGE AD IN THE WASHINGTON POST.
A MILLION DOLLAR BOUNTY, PAID OUT TO WHOMEVER COULD EXPOSE THE SEXUAL SECRETS OF CONGRESS. DOLLARS FOR DIRT.
Del Walters: Do you believe that, in essence, that you took a bountya full page bountyin the Washington Post with members of Congress as the targets?
Larry Flynt, Hustler publisher: Well the word bounty seems a little harsh. What I was really asking for was information and letting people know that we were willing to pay for it. Well, it (the ad) didnt say dead or alive. [laughs]
AND ONE BY ONE, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS EITHER FELL, CONFESSED OR WERE DISGRACED.
BOB LIVINGSTON AND NEWT GINGRICHTWO SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSEONE RESIGNING BEFORE HE EVER TOOK OVER.
AND CONGRESSMAN BOB BARR, TAINTED BY ALLEGATIONS HE HAD AN EXTRA MARRITAL AFFAIR, AND GAVE HIS CONSENT TO AN ABORTIONEVEN THOUGH, POLITICALLY, HE WAS STRICTLY PRO-LIFE AND VOCALLY ANTI-CLINTON.
Flynt: It was like bash Clinton night every night.
IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE I-TEAM, LARRY FLYNT SAYS THIS FULL PAGE AD PLACING A BOUNTY ON THE HEADS OF CONGRESS WAS ALL ABOUT GETTING EVEN. AND HE TELLS THE I-TEAM HE'S NOT DONE AND HAS SET HIS SIGHTS ON THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONSPECIFICALLY, GEORGE W. BUSH.
Walters: Are you currently seeking information or do you have information on him (G.W. Bush)?
Flynt: Yes we do. It depresses me to see this nation get so excited about somebody like him. We know a lot about Bush, some may be coming out before the election, but I dont know.
Walters: But people are gong to say, How do we really know you have the goods on George W. Bush and how do we know youre not just posturing for publicity.
Flynt: Okay, first of all, when we nailed Livingston, he did an interview in the New York Times the next day and referred to me as a bottom feeder and they called me for a comment and I said, Thats right, but look what I found when I got down there.
AS FOR VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE, FLYNT SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW.
Flynt: I dont think anyone would question Al Gore. I think hes a pretty straight-laced guy.
Walters: A lot of people are going to ask, Should sex have anything to do with the presidential election?
Flynt: Absolutely, because cause theres nothing more political than sex. Sex is the most political thing in the world.
FLYNT SAYS HIS EXPEDITION INTO PECADILLIOS OF CONGRESS COST HIM FOUR MILLION DOLLARS.
THE END RESULT: TWO YEARS AFTER HIS INFAMOUS AD, THE TRAIL OF BODIES READS LIKE A WHO'S WHO OF CONGRESS. AND HE'S NOT DONE. FOR THE I-TEAM IN LOS ANGELES, I'M DEL WALTERS, NEWS SEVEN.
Anchor: IN RESPONSE TO LARRY FLYNT'S ALLEGATIONS OF INFORMATION ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH, THE BUSH CAMPAIGN TOLD THE I-TEAM, MR. FLYNT IS NOT A CREDIBLE SOURCE ON ANY ISSUE AND WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THESE ALLEGATIONS.