Publisher Larry Flynt is offering Ashley Alexander Dupre, the 22-year-old former hooker for Gov. Eliot Spitzer, $1 million to pose nude for Hustler magazine.

“We think this is an item that is going to stay in the news for some time,” Flynt said. “We think it’s not bad for a 22-year-old to make $1 million for a few hours work. It beats what she was making at the escort service.”

An escort who had an affair with Sen. David Vitter recently appeared nude in the pages of Hustler. Whether Dupre, who is said to be interested in having a singing career, will go all the way with Flynt is yet to be seen.

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Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, the legendary journalist who in 2007 helped expose Sen. David Vitter’s rendezvous with multiple escorts, has some harsh words for Gov. Eliot Spitzer.

“It is matters like these that brings hypocrisy to the forefront of American politics,” Flynt said in a statement issued on Monday afternoon. ”Although I didn’t have anything to do with his outing, I wish him well.”

It is notable that Spitzer is a Democrat, since some critics of Flynt’s focus on Vitter’s misdeeds had said Flynt had pursued a Republican sex witch hunt. Flynt has always maintained that he wishes to expose political hypocrisy in all forms.

It was revealed earlier on Monday that Spitzer last month participated in a prostitution ring called the Emperors Club, but had cracked down on prostitution rings when he was attorney general of New York.

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The New York Post reports:

Larry Flynt won’t be sleeping in the Lincoln Bedroom if Rudy Giuliani is elected president. In a Web exclusive on VanityFair.com, the Hustler publisher slams Giuliani for moving in with a gay couple after he split from Donna Hanover: “I don’t hate gays. But I don’t want to live in an apartment full of them. They’ll bitch and cry and all. That doesn’t bother Giuliani. It doesn’t bother Giuliani to put a dress on to do ‘Saturday Night Live.’ I don’t trust him.” Flynt - who’s offering $1 million for evidence of illicit sexual encounters with lawmakers and Cabinet members - told the Web site, “Why do you break up with your wife and move in with gay guys?”

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No snickers, please. A must-read article appears in Hustler magazine’s February 2008 issue, which has just hit new stands. Called “Bush’s Secret Plans,” the piece explores whether the president could “suspend the Constitution and cancel the 2008 election.” The editors say the unthinkable is a very real possibility. And after all the political secrets Larry Flynt has helped uncover this year alone, who can argue with them? In the spirit of muckraking, check out this special year-end tribute to Flynt.

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The Dallas Voice’s David Webb has published an interesting article involving our Trent Lott / Benjamin Nicholas story. Pay attention, folks:

Finally, in my feverish pursuit of the story, I called Bruce David, the editorial director of Hustler, to see if [Larry] Flynt had the goods on Lott, and whether we could expect an expose on Lott any time soon.

David confirmed that Hustler had received information about Lott from sources other than Nicholas, but he declined to reveal any of it.

“If I tell you anything about it, I run the risk I’m going to have to pay one of our sources for information we might not even publish,” David said.

David said there might not be any point in publishing a story about Lott because he has resigned.

“Our whole reason for doing this is to get them out of power,” David said. “Here, Trent Lott has essentially removed himself from the equation. We’re going to have to decide … do we want to spend more money on the investigation for something that is, from our point of view, a dead issue. He’s leaving office.”

David said that Hustler has “lots of information on lots of different people,” but it only publishes that material when a person is a hypocrite — a person who says one thing in public and does another in private.

Under that rule, I would say our anti-gay foe Lott certainly fits the criteria for outing if Hustler has the type of information I think it does.

So if you’re reading, Larry, I say go ahead and write that check. If you’ve got the scoop, Benjamin [Nicholas], give Larry a call. You’re not getting any younger, and the last time I checked, there weren’t any pension plans available for party boys.

Earlier: Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much

And: The E-mails Benjamin Nicholas Says He Didn’t Send

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