Brothel owner endorses Ron Paul
Posted on November 26th, 2007 at 10:51 pm by Jason Wright, EditorIt would appear I’m the first PD contributor to take off my stretchy pants and get back to work after last Thursday. (Heretofore called “The Day Jason Ate 9 Pumpkin Pies and cussed in Portuguese”.)
This news item didn’t make Drudge, and therefore likely got missed by PD faithful, but it begs to be read. It also begs the question, “Where the heck was Mr. Hof when Bill was looking for endorsements?!?!”
Brothel owner endorses pres. candidate
LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) – It isn’t everyday that that a presidential candidate gets an endorsement from a professed pimp, but that’s exactly what has happened to Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas.
Dennis Hof, owner of Nevada’s (in)famous Bunny Ranch brothels and star of the HBO show ‘Cathouse’, has publicly endorsed Paul after hearing him champion states’ rights at a campaign stop. Hof told CNN, “Who knows our state better than us? Who knows anything better than the constituents that live in that state? Nobody. We know. We don’t need big brother, the federal government, telling us what to do.”
Paul, a Libertarian and devout Baptist who does not condone prostitution, is uncomfortable with the unconventional support, according to his campaign. They counter that it is “the price of freedom.” “If you’re going to have a constitutional government, you’re going to work out these kinds of issues at the local level, as the constitution intends. Then sometimes you’re going to have to put up with things that make you uncomfortable.” The campaign added that if Paul were a local Nevada lawmaker that he would vote against legalized prostitution.
Paul has found the spotlight recently after putting up some big fundraising numbers, including a $4.2 million haul in a single day in early November. Hof says he plans to add to that, “The girls are good at shaking down the customers for $1s, $5s, $10s, $50s, $100s, whatever they got.” He is waiting for instructions from the campaign on how to raise and donate the money legally.
Prostitution is legal everywhere in Nevada except for the three counties that are home to Carson City, Reno and Las Vegas.
– CNN Nevada Producer Alexander Marquardt
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This is a prime example of Paul not sharing libertarian views. At the federal level it’s not much difference, but at the local level he would not get the same supporters. This endorsement will be used against him at some point.
The worst part about politics in America has been the desire of both parties trying to consolidate power. People in California want to make laws telling people in Texas how to live. People in Texas want to make laws telling people in Massachusetts how to live, etc. This desire for power continues to ensure that everyone has to live under laws they don’t agree with. It’s exactly opposite the design of a republic.
Why not? Who have the Clinton’s taken money from? The campaign response is appropriate; this is a local issue within the Constitution. Its doubtful that anyone will really notice other than CNN’s footnote.
Discredited and about time!
The Media Arranged for Brothel Owner to “Endorse” Ron Paul
http://www.jbs.org/node/6438
Read the entire article *then* form an opinion instead of forwarding empty platitudes.
Welcome back! Yet another example of trying to paint Ron’s followers as kooks. And Barbara Johnson once said in her debate against Romney for Governor “There are kooks everwhere.”
I’m sure there are all sorts of interesting donors in every campaign but the press isn’t reporting that
On a different note, Guess the story about all the undecided voters who asked questions at the last Dem Debate who were all somehow associated with the democrats had no legs or was disproved. I put the link under the last debate story on this page.
The fact that you refer to Ron Paul supporters as “followers” is all the evidence anyone needs for “kooks” to fit
KIDDING!
I just heard that Ron Paul is also surging in the midwest states Walmart Greeters Straw Poll. Boy, if that doesn’t get the coffers ringing, nothing will. You can read all about it at http://www.slownewsdayatCNN.com…
Even if it’s true there is nothing wrong with a businessman endorsing a candidate.
Prostitution is legal in this state and I don’t see an issue with it being legal everywhere as long as it is done like Nevada.
The mainstream press knows that the Ron Paul campaign is different but they don’t know why. So they compare it to Dean and Perot and use terminology like fringe candidate. (Interesting both Gravel and Paul have called him John Dean at one point ..)
What is going on was talked about in Toffler’s last book — prosuming (A lot of good people volunteering their free time) at the grassroots level using guerilla/viral marketing and Web 2.0 technologies.
Even though it is largely a bottoms-up campaign, there is still a national campaign staff.
So the campaign builds on the strengths of
both centralization AND decentralization. The
brothel owner is just a small example of that.
This will become the standard of all future campaigns.
P.S. Thanks Jason, you had me going until the
end of your note
Jim Koontz, thanks for posting that link, it brings out very good points, some of which I tried to bring out in my post under the previous topic.
sounds about exactly like a Ron Paul America… business gets paid while people get screwed…
Holy Crap, I can’t believe nobody mentioned - and this should be a general forum posting - that TUCKER CARLSON set the whole thing up.
The guy had never heard of Paul, and TUCKER sold Hoff on Paul, and BROUGHT him and his girls to see Paul.
It’s really not hard to see why Hoff or anyone else would support Paul, but this is being reported because TUCKER is nailing Paul with some bad press.
Now, let me elaborate, from my own imagination, on where this might have come from.
Carlson, always dying for ratings, was one of the first people to give Paul some mainstream press. He said a few good things about him, and it may have opened the door more than his producers and news directors wanted it to.
So perhaps, under pressure from his superiors, he came up with a plan to really smudge Paul and set him back - by bringing hookers to “support” him. Bravo Tucker!
I’ll always like Tucker though, he starred in one of the best 14 minutes of television ever broadcast. Right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE