The politician and the porn star
No, it’s not what you think.
On Sunday at a backyard event for our new state Assembly Speaker, Karen Bass, I learned from my assemblyman, Paul Krekorian, that he’s about to face two opponents in his re-election bid. In addition to his Republican challenger, he’ll also be facing off against porn star Mary Carey. Here’s her announcement for office for, yep, California Assembly District 43.
Of course I — and no doubt many others — had many one-liners about this situation. (For starters, I told Paul that while of course I support him, I might be interested in working on the Carey campaign, depending upon the volunteer freebies.) But on further reflection, it might not be a laughing matter. Krekorian is a hard-working, common-sense public servant doing his best on behalf of his constituents. I hope that’s enough to offset the “why not vote for a famous whore just for the fun of it?” angle. Name recognition counts. Remember: Hulk Hogan won. Arnold Schwarzenegger won. Ronald Reagan won.
For 20 years, Paul has dedicated himself to community improvement, as a volunteer, as a school-board member, and as assemblyman. To lose him to a porn star?
That would suck.
June 28th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
It’s fascinating, and often frightening, how a ‘third party’ candidate can cost someone enough votes to throw an election one way or the other. It can be Ralph Nader or someone from the Religious Right and, though they don’t get elected, they might determine who does.