Strip club owners mobilize for Kerry

WorldNetDaily ^ | May 21, 2004

[TERMINATTOR]

Registering voters to get rid of 'ultra-conservative' Bush

Fearing conservatives could shut down their businesses, strip club owners are asking patrons to take a moment to fill out a voter registration and then cast their presidential ballot for Sen. John Kerry.

''It's not to say our industry loves John Kerry or anything like that,'' trade publisher Dave Manack told the Associated Press. ''But George Bush, if he's re-elected, it could be very damaging to our industry.''

Manack, associate publisher of E.D. Publications, which publishes Exotic Dancer magazine, says adult night clubs take in an estimated $15 billion annually and employ 500,000 to 750,000 people.

A trade organization for adult nightclubs, the Association of Club Executives, is leading the charge.

''We must do everything within our power to help ensure that Bush and his ultra-conservative administration are removed from the White House,'' wrote the group's president, Michael Ocello, in a letter to nearly 4,000 club owners. ''If we are to survive, we must act now.''

Heather Layman, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, told the AP she is unsure why the president would be perceived as unfriendly to the industry, but acknowledged "the strip club owners are not a group we targeted."

The news wire said more than 200 people have registered in two night spots in southern Wisconsin, the first of 80 in the state to provide voter registration services.

In Ohio, the AP reported, members of Ocello's group have registered about 2,000 people in just a few weeks, according to chapter president Luke Liakos, who calls Attorney General John Ashcroft "the American Taliban."

[anncoulteriscool]

I find this whole thing to be very silly....Bush was governor in Texas for 6 years anf I dont think Bush did anything to shut down the strip clubs in Texas which I understand are very numerous especially in Houston and Dalas. I think it probably has more to do with the fact that alot of these owners give alot of $$$$ to the ACLU. Also, didn't the 9/11 terrorist go to strip clubs in america and maybe the strip club owners miss their business!

[TrueBeliever9]

I think the strip club owners got the idea from Alexandra - her appearance at Cannes was quite a boost for the business! Alexandra Kerry for Strip Club spokeswoman!

[TERMINATTOR]

You never know when a terrorist might show up. Keep looking!

[JamesA]

Like birds of a feather, immoral stay together.

[quietolong]

Posted on the WI board

http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-vote21.html

My reply

>> Christopher Ness, a 35-year-old patron, filled out a registration form. But he said if he goes to the polls in November, he'll probably vote Republican. <<<

This guy who who's worried about Bush better look at who his clients are. I think most are like this guy above. (vets/bikers/contractors/businessman......)
He needs to worry about the "It's for the children" crowd. There the ones who vote Rat.

[3catsanadog]

Good Lord, so from now on candidates in an election will have to declare their opinions on abortion, war on terrorism, taxes, health care, education and strip clubs.

[SecretAgent007]

Here is another "liberal notion" of the world, where the perception is a complete opposite of reality. In general throughout the US strip clubs prosper best in typically conservative areas. Additionally it is the local governments that those owners ought to worry about. Feds to not deal with those issues very often.

One can not help however to sense some irony in a headline that reads: "Strippers against Bush"