nutter from the gutter

Ah yes, friends and neighbors, it would appear that America’s great satirist is at it again.  Who’s the irrepressible wit to whom I’m referring, you ask?  Has Mark Twain arisen from the grave to give comment on the ’08 elections?  Has Thomas Paine reached back across the veil of shadows?  No, the cultural firebrand who’s about to leave his mark on this historic race is none other than Larry Flynt.

Yup.  That Larry Flynt, he of Hustler Publications.

According to our sharp-eyed compatriots over at TMZ, Flynt’s Hustler Video label is prepping a Sarah Palin-inspired porn, titled – you probably guessed it by now – “Nailin’ Paylin.”  Zing!

Here we go again, proving once more that every firestorm starts with a Flynt and a spark.

And yes, that’s the correct spelling of the film’s title.  No doubt they’re changing the exact spelling of Palin’s name to avoid legal entanglements.  Good luck with that one, guys.

The film, starring porn star Lisa Ann as the GOP’s ever-chipper, buttoned-down veep candidate, will send up Palin’s (near) historic role as the (almost) first woman on a major party’s ticket.  Except in pornographic form.  A few leaked script pages feature a Russian gent visiting Palin’s home, knocking at the door before getting invited in for a… ah… brief press conference.  Another scene allegedly features Hillary Clinton and Condi Rice look-alikes.  The ladies, as you might suspect, proceed to… ahem… caucus together.

A spirited political roast, right?  Or at least a fleshy one.

And just when it seemed like we were ready to deal with women in public life on the basis of their intellectual merits…

But who knows?  Maybe we’ll see a similar mock-up featuring a Joe Biden look-alike.  They could call it something like “Ridin’ Biden.” 

Or not.  Or we could call the whole thing off.

Poor Sarah.  For some reason, this news doesn’t have the potential to be flattering the way that super-popular Tina Fey impression was, huh?