Hookers for Hillary: meet the sex workers caucusing for Clinton in Nevada

[ProudToBeLiberal]

Just days after Hillary Clinton launched her 2016 presidential campaign via online video – Everyday Americans want a champion, and I want to be that champion – some not-so-everyday Americans kicked off their own campaign in similar style.

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 group’s 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 d’amour such as Entice Love, Air Force Amy and Caressa Kisses. But behind Hof’s publicity stunt turned political action is a sobering reality.

The women who ply their trade in Hof’s 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.

“I’m for Hillary because she’s cracking down on domestic violence,” said Entice Love, a 26-year-old mother of two from Sacramento. “I’ve been in a relationship for a long time where I’d been thrown down stairs, black eyes, fractured ribs … When I’m 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. That’s why I was for Obama, now I’m 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]

1. They had to support Hillary

"Feelin' the Bern" wouldn't be a good slogan to use in a brothel

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

7. .

[PonyUp]

15. Game Over!!! nt

[TeeYiYi]

21. !...

roflmfao

TYY

[joshcryer]

25. You win.

[Live and Learn]

40. ROFL

[840high]

59. lol

[Fumesucker]

2. Backs slowly away from the keyboard

[CBGLuthier]

3. My tongue is bleeding.

[ebayfool]

4. Awww - come on!

I'm dying to hear it. Just let go!

You know you're just hurting yourself.

[CoffeeCat]

54. Seriously...I've got a few too

It hurts to not say them. It really does.

[Warren DeMontague]

5. say no more

No, really, say no more.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

6. Can we at least try to act like adults? nt

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Who's "we"?

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. How do adults act in your world?

Are they dry humorless automatons? In my world, when a line is setup sooooo fuckinnggg gloriously, it is hard to resist.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. What's known in the parlance as a "target-rich environment"

.... I noticed it, too.

[beam me up scottie]

37. Admiral Ackbar says IT'S A TRAP!!!

[Major Hogwash]

38. That's the guy!

I couldn't remember his name!!
Thanx.

[juxtaposed]

8. So the champion of feminism gets the backing of pimps and brothel workers

nothing strange here?

[dsc]

14. yes sex workers surely can't have any decent political opinion

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]

20. You said it, I wasn't even thinking along those lines, Some of the strongest and smartest

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]

17. Brothel workers are too stupid to have political opinions?

Is that for all females or just the ones who work in brothels?

[shawn703]

26. Wow, it's amazing that's the first thought that popped into your mind

Misogyny much?

[PonyUp]

30. Maybe it will be better after Bernie wins the primary. n/t

[juxtaposed]

33. I do not feel the way that you posted your feelings

[geek tragedy]

10. It's the scumbag pimps behind this, nt

[mak3cats]

11. "I'm for Hillary because she's cracking down on domestic violence..."

She is? How?

[Motown_Johnny]

16. That was my reaction too.

I don't know where the hell that came from.

[6chars]

29. Hillary Clinton urges campaign against domestic violence

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]

13. Good for Clinton! Nice to see she reaching out to people she understands.

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[mhatrw]

18. Nice to see its not just the corporate media. nt

[Myrina]

19. I bet Bill is thrilled about this one!

[juxtaposed]

22. I wonder if they vetted all the candidates?

[PonyUp]

31. Bill is vetting. n/t

[robpopulace]

58. They said he came to caucus. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

61. ...

[PonyUp]

32. I have written and erased several responses to your post, so I think I'll leave this one alone.n/t

[jillan]

47. "Hillary - I'll be right back. I need to go pick up some cigars".

[juxtaposed]

23. I guess,Hookers feeling the Bern, Doesn't sound as good as, Hookers for Hillary

[SoLeftIAmRight]

24. There would be more...

But some are still in west texas

[Beacool]

27. They supported her in 2008 too.

Thank you, ladies.

[Lordquinton]

55. Did they?

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 group’s 2008 and 2012 efforts to propel libertarian Ron Paul into the White House.

I know when Sanders gets the votes of former Paul supporters he gets grilled for it.

[Beacool]

56. I wasn't saying these specific women.

Some did support her (I don't recall from which ranch).

[Lordquinton]

57. Of course

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]

28. Is here a reason for self-employed professionals not to support Clinton?

[JackRiddler]

34. This is the best endorsement for Clinton ever.

I'm serious. This is the most respectable and upstanding of all her endorsements. Not. a. joke.

[Arazi]

35. I actually agree. These are real people instead of establishment big wigs

she needs way more of these folks and less very-important-people speaking out

[Beacool]

39. Here are some pics.

I so want this t-shirt.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

44. Glad to see they were out and campaigning for Hillary. Visibility is important. Nt

[JRLeft]

41. Damn I cannot post what I really want to say.

[ProudToBeLiberal]

43. Go ahead. I promise I won't alert. Nt

[JRLeft]

45. No but someone will lol

[ProudToBeLiberal]

46. DU mail me it. Nt

[Live and Learn]

42. Oh crap, now Bernie doesn't understand hookers either.

[Live and Learn]

49. ROFL So true. But I bet you get an alert.

[JonLeibowitz]

50. I'll self-delete. But we'll know what was said ;-)

[Live and Learn]

52. Yep. nt

[7wo7rees]

51. Really? So now I am moved. Just shoot me. Damned it all

Honestly!

Hookers for Hillary.

Really?

Don't know whether to laugh or to cry.

[Thinkingabout]

53. All votes are welcome, I don't think they need to be thrown under the bus.

[JI7]

60. they are supporting her because of her going after Domestic Violence, not because of support for

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 .