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March 14, 2006

When It's Okay for a Politician to Fraternize with a Smut Peddler

Remember the outrage (and knowing laughter) from the Right that one of Bill Clinton's defenders was Larry Flynt?

Well, our fine Christian, family-values president is attending yet another dinner at which porn star Mary Carey will be a guest, invited by the National Republican Congressional Committee. Naturally, after this was reported at WorldNetDaily, readers were outraged . . . at WND for reporting it in the fashion that they did, not at the president for making fools of his supporters.

Wrote Ken Ryland:

I really resent the way you have headlined this article ["Porn starlet Mary Carey to dine with Bush again"]. You make it appear that President Bush issued a formal invitation to this porn star to dine with him. This is the kind of journalism that has caused me to detest the mainstream media. Don't do the same thing!

It is only by reading the article that one realizes that President Bush has nothing to do with the list of invitees. He is coming as an invited guest, as is this porn star. Blame the Republican organization that invited her. Don't blame the president.

Apparently Mr. Ryland thinks the nominal head of the GOP couldn't have told the NRCC to politely disinvite Miss Carey. Of course, that could mean a loss of major bucks to the GOP (Carey and her business partner gave $5,000 to the NRCC last year), so it's clear why Mr. Bush did not do so.

On the other hand, Alan Edwards, another reader, obviously not outraged, had the best quip:

I would ask what a nice girl like that is doing with all those traitors, liars and war-mongering mass murders?

Posted by Mike Tennant at March 14, 2006 09:31 AM

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