{"id":881,"date":"2005-06-25T16:22:59","date_gmt":"2005-06-25T16:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=881"},"modified":"2005-06-25T16:22:59","modified_gmt":"2005-06-25T16:22:59","slug":"thems_fightin_w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=881","title":{"rendered":"Them’s Fightin’ Words"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw one of the most bizarre Daily Show segments ever last night. Stephen Colbert was interviewing a porn starlet named Mary Carey and her producer\/director\/pimp\/whatever. They had recently attended a GOP fundraiser and wrote a $5,000 check to the Republicans. When Colbert asked Carey why she wanted to be a Republican, this was her reply (I’m paraphrasing here):
\nI think Republicans are wealthy and powerful people. If I want to be wealthy and powerful, I should hang around these people. If you play with cripples, you start limping. I don’t want to be a cripple.
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\nI guess she was equating Democrats with people with disabilities. Here’s my question for Republicans. Do you really want this vacant-eyed, deeply troubled woman affiliated with your party? I know you’re trying to create a big tent and everything, but do you really need the porn vote?
\nPart of me wants to formulate a response to Carey’s remark, but I’m not sure it would be terribly effective. It’s not like I’m going to organize a boycott of her films or anything. I’m trying to picture myself sending e-mails to porn distributors saying “Please stop carrying Busty Dildo Lovers #4<\/em> and Hot Showers #6<\/em>.” Nope, I don’t think that’s going to inspire a letter-writing campaign.
\nBut I’m sure there are many porn stars who have more enlightened views on disability. Maybe we can recruit some of them to organize a porn-and-disability themed Democratic fundraiser.
\nOkay, so maybe that’s not a good idea either. I got nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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