美国色情业大佬给“勃起门”议员的聘书（汉译）

美国民主党议员安东尼·伟纳尔因“勃起门”被迫辞职是媒体和共和党所造成的一个政治丑闻。之前，有共和党议员因嫖娼和公开违法的猥亵丑闻被曝光，但是他们并未辞职。

伟纳尔的辞职在各界引起了很大的反响。美国“色情”杂志大亨、捍卫言论出版自由的大佬莱瑞·C·福林特公开对伟纳尔下聘书，以此表明自己对此事的态度和观点。

伟纳尔先生：

得知你突然从国会被迫辞职后，我想向你提供一个在福林特管理集团有限责任公司提供的互联网集团工作的职位。作为国会议员，你工作的力度和毅力众所周知。我相信，这样的态度与您在众议院“能源和商务委员会内部服务”经验相结合，你将对我们的公司是一个有价值的人力资源。

这个聘用是经严肃考虑后决定的。为表示我们的诚意，福林特管理集团有限责任公司愿意付出比你以前在国会高出百分之二十的薪酬，并确保您的医疗福利待遇与以前无异。但你不得不搬到比佛利山庄，我们在加州的公司办公室，所有搬迁费用将由公司支付。

我无法再强调这个聘用的真实性。我们是一个严肃的法团，如你所知，已经在这个国家的政治环境中参与大量事务长达三十五年之久。我们的任务主要是一贯地在与联邦和州政府内的伪善斗争。 福林特管理集团有限责任公司和Hustler杂志数十年致力于严肃的政治评论。正如我们不做虚伪的“政治十字军东征”，我们也不会发出没有诚意的聘书。

虽然这个聘书在很大程度上是出自对你的资历和你对美国社会的改变所显示的激情，但我觉得你的辞职是一个不幸的、毫无根据的政治压力和被虚伪腐蚀的华盛顿民主的最好例子。我希望你会真诚地考虑这个职位，并期待着你的回复。

此致

莱瑞·C·福林特

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莱瑞·C·福林特

[原文]


Mr. Weiner:

After having learned of your sudden and compelled resignation from your Congressional post, I would like to make you an offer of employment at Flynt Management Group, LLC in our Internet group. As a Congressman, you are known for your intensity and perseverance. I believe that this attitude, combined with your service in the House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce, will make you a valuable asset to this corporation.

This offer is not made in jest. To show our sincerity, Flynt Management Group, LLC is willing to pay twenty percent more than your former Congressional salary, ensuring that your medical benefits would be equal to what you were previously receiving. While you will have to relocate to our corporate offices in Beverly Hills, California, we would pay for all relocation costs.

Again, I cannot emphasize enough the genuineness of this offer. We are a serious corporation which, as you know, has been heavily involved in the political environment of this country for over thirty-five years. Our key missions have consistently included the crucial fight of battling hypocrisy within the federal and state governments. Flynt Management Group, LLC and Hustler Magazine have been dedicated to decades of serious political commentary. Just as we do not undertake insincere political crusades, we do not make insincere job offers.

While this employment opportunity is being offered in large part due to your qualifications and clear passion for making a change, I feel that your unfortunate resignation is a prime example of unfounded political pressure and the hypocrisy that has invaded democracy in Washington D.C. I hope you will sincerely consider this offer, and I look forward to your response.

Sincerely,

Larry C. Flynt