Carson City Prostitutes Stand Up for Paul Donating Their Tips
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- A poker player helped rent a billboard, a Mormon spreads the word at root beer socials and prostitutes at a famous brothel turn tricks and donate their customers' tips -- all for Ron Paul.
The 76-year-old, 12-term Texas Republican congressman is banking on a big showing at the Feb. 4 Nevada caucuses to boost his third presidential primary bid. His message of personal liberty, states' rights and low taxes resonates with voters in the state, where prostitution is legal, gambling is widespread and the foreclosure rate has been the highest in the nation for five years, according to RealtyTrac.
"Go to the Romney campaign and ask 'How many of your lives have been changed by the philosophy of Mitt Romney?'" Julie Benincasa, 52, of Las Vegas said in an interview as she volunteered in Paul's Henderson, Nevada, campaign office this week. "People will go, 'what?'"
"My entire life -- just about every spare moment, in one way or another -- is promoting Ron Paul's message of liberty, limited government and sound money," she said, adding that she sold $1,600 worth of jewelry to donate to the campaign.
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