2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHookers for Hillary: meet the sex workers caucusing for Clinton in Nevada
Hookers for Hillary was the brainchild of brothel owner Dennis Hof and the working girls at the Moonlite Bunny Ranch, and it marked a hard left turn after Pimpin for Paul, the groups 2008 and 2012 efforts to propel libertarian Ron Paul into the White House.
It is hard to argue with the attention-getting power of sex workers in stilettos, plunging red-white-and-blue necklines, noms damour such as Entice Love, Air Force Amy and Caressa Kisses. But behind Hofs publicity stunt turned political action is a sobering reality.
The women who ply their trade in Hofs legal brothels know first hand the deep scars that crisscross the American landscape. Until recently, many were uninsured. Others say prostitution allowed them to escape the paycheck-to-paycheck life of the working poor. Some are survivors of violence, incest, addiction.
Im for Hillary because shes cracking down on domestic violence, said Entice Love, a 26-year-old mother of two from Sacramento. Ive been in a relationship for a long time where Id been thrown down stairs, black eyes, fractured ribs When Im looking at who I want to pick for the presidency, I look at what are they doing that I can relate to that will be of benefit for me. Thats why I was for Obama, now Im for Hillary.
More at http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/15/hookers-for-hillary-clinton-nevada-caucuses-bernie-sanders-moonlite-bunny-ranch
Lazy Daisy
(928 posts)"Feelin' the Bern" wouldn't be a good slogan to use in a brothel
EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)TYY
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)ebayfool
(3,411 posts)I'm dying to hear it. Just let go!
You know you're just hurting yourself.
CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)It hurts to not say them. It really does.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)No, really, say no more.
ProudToBeLiberal
(3,964 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Personally, I think it's good that sex workers are organizing and leveraging whatever political power they can. Even if they may be supporting a different primary candidate than me.
The rest of it... Well, i will let the zen poet basho have the last word.
CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)Are they dry humorless automatons? In my world, when a line is setup sooooo fuckinnggg gloriously, it is hard to resist.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts).... I noticed it, too.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)I couldn't remember his name!!
Thanx.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)nothing strange here?
dsc
(52,166 posts)they can't have brains, or thoughts, or any useful traits. No they are simply holes for the men of this world. Such a progressive viewpoint of women you have.
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)women I've known have been strippers and escorts. It's sad that you would lash out with such a vile attack on me?
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)Is that for all females or just the ones who work in brothels?
shawn703
(2,702 posts)Misogyny much?
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)mak3cats
(1,573 posts)She is? How?
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)I don't know where the hell that came from.
6chars
(3,967 posts)Google is your friend - I entered Hillary and "domestic violence" and lo and behold
U-S first lady, Hillary Clinton, said on Monday that violence against women is a major problem in the U-S and is slowing progress in the developing nations of Latin America.
Let us say as loudly and clearly as we possibly can, so that every abuser can hear us, we do not believe that violence against women is simply cultural. We believe it is simply criminal."
And the first lady says domestic violence must be judged in a larger context, beyond national borders, on how it affects regional economic growth and stability.
"Now we are acknowledging that domestic violence is not just an assault against a citizen, but that it does undermine democracy itself, and that it hurts economic development in too many countries and in too many regions of even developed countries. For so long as women are held back from full participation in the lives of their countries by any means, including by the kind of violence that women disproportionately suffer, democracy and economic prosperity will remain incomplete".
[link:http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/USA-HILLARY-CLINTON-URGES-CAMPAIGN-AGAINST-DOMESTIC-VIOLENCE/521df028dafd57c58a991f6a131239e5?query=%22hillary+clinton%22¤t=1&orderBy=Relevance&hits=2&referrer=search&search=%2fsearch%3fquery%3d%2522hillary%2520clinton%2522%26allFilters%3dElections%3aSubject%2cHillary%2520Clinton%3aPeople%2cAPTV%3aSource%2cEconomy%3aSubject%2cCampaigns%3aSubject&allFilters=Elections%3aSubject%2cHillary+Clinton%3aPeople%2cAPTV%3aSource%2cEconomy%3aSubject%2cCampaigns%3aSubject&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=1239e5|
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Last edited Tue Feb 16, 2016, 01:16 AM - Edit history (2)
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)robpopulace
(98 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)PonyUp
(1,680 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)But some are still in west texas
Beacool
(30,251 posts)Thank you, ladies.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)I know when Sanders gets the votes of former Paul supporters he gets grilled for it.
Beacool
(30,251 posts)Some did support her (I don't recall from which ranch).
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)I mean, in a thread about the Moonlight Bunny Ranch you did say "They supported Hillary in 2008" but you meant another "They" got it.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)I'm serious. This is the most respectable and upstanding of all her endorsements. Not. a. joke.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)she needs way more of these folks and less very-important-people speaking out
Beacool
(30,251 posts)I so want this t-shirt.
ProudToBeLiberal
(3,964 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)ProudToBeLiberal
(3,964 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)ProudToBeLiberal
(3,964 posts)Live and Learn
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Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)JonLeibowitz
(6,282 posts)Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Honestly!
Hookers for Hillary.
Really?
Don't know whether to laugh or to cry.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)JI7
(89,264 posts)prostitution .
even if one disagrees with what they do and whether that should be legal i think everyone would agree nobody deserves to be abused .