I really would be surprised if the porn industry has to worry too much about its bottom line . . . but guess who’s lining up at Hank Paulson’s bailout feeding trough:

Is the porn industry up next for a bailout?  If porn titans Joe Francis and Larry Flynt have anything to do with it, it will.

Yes, ladies and gentleman, the titans of pornography are begging for a bailout.

Joe Francis, creator of the “Girl’s Gone Wild” video series, and Larry Flynt, founder of Hustler, will ask Congress for a $5 billion bailout, according to TMZ.

Why does the porn industry need a bailout?  Because apparently even porn is getting smacked by the recession.

XXX DVD sales have taken a hit – about a 22% hit, according the TMZ.

Talk about a stimulus package!  And could anyone really deny that Johnny Pornstar is simply too big to fail?

Michelle jokes that this isn’t necessarily an unsuitable request to make of Hank Paulson, whom she has, after all, dubbed “The Naked Emperor.”  Ace thinks the request is a goof, and so does Michelle . . . initially, anyway:

Looks like it’s just a cheeky dig at bailout-mania. But who knows? Far-fetched attempts at grabbing TARP money have succeeded before…

I think this might be real.  The porn industry has every reason to believe it could ask for this, in light of how mainstream it seems to have become.  With the increasing pornification of the United States, why should the industry think its request would be denied automatically?

But I think Ace and Michelle are probably right.  This is a goof.  Man, I hope so.

H/T: HotAir Headlines.

See ScoopThis, American Pundit.

UPDATE: #dontgo is asking for your puns.