Tennessee Democratic Party Begrudges A Man For Making A Living
Posted on May 20, 2008 at 10:27 amIt would seem that Tennessee progressive political party has gotten a bit excited in the rush to castigate the tactics of the Tennessee Republican Party:
The Tennessee Republican Party should be ashamed of the way they have run amok in recent months, drawing unwanted attention to the state of Tennessee.
Going so far as to use a former strip club owner to make their point, the TNGOP betrays their voter’s confidence and further increases the likelihood that their deplorable attack against Sen. Barack Obama’s wife will be one more national news item mischaracterizing the vast majority of Tennesseans.
It appears that the Tennessee Republican Party would rather use a pornographer as their spokesperson than their top elected officials Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Bob Corker.
Is there something wrong with owning a strip club in the Democratic Party’s estimation? Since when did the party of modern liberalism begrudge a man from making a living this way?
Democrats can point out the hypocrisies here, of course, but do they really want to be using the same “holier than thou” moralizing tactics that the party they so love to hate has made its bread and butter?
UPDATE: Clint Brewer reports that Bob Pope denies being a “pornographer”:
Pope, however, when reached by The City Paper, denied every being involved in pornography.
“I’ve never dealt in any kind of pornography,” Pope said. “I owned that club for four years in the early 1990s. That is over and finished.”
Munday said the Democratic Party was not aware Pope had any interest in producing pornography, adding, “That may not have been the best choice of words.”
“Not that I know of,” Munday said when asked if Pope was involved in pornography. “It’s just that the industries (pornography, strip clubs) seem to be linked.”
An interesting debate, I think. Are strip clubs a form of pornography or are they something else?
NashvillePost.com’s graphic artist Wild Billy Givens offers this on the subject, “Naked chicks dancing on a pole seems like pornography to me.”
Agree or disagree?
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5 Responses to “Tennessee Democratic Party Begrudges A Man For Making A Living”
Who owns a strip club? Context, please!
Are we talking about the two senators who do not have a plan for gasoline only bandaides that have apparently become democrats. I reall think we need more cheese for all of the whine.
Really, ACK, since your reincarnation, it appears you have been freed to voice more of your own opinion, and it has been demonstrated is some pretty eager defenses of Hobbs’ nonsense. Is Hobbs really the vessel by which you want to make your right of center bent known? Aren’t there about a thousand more reasonable ways to accomplish this?
ScottJ, I think you’re misinterpreting Kleinheider’s motivations. Yes, Kleinheider leans right and yes, there’s been a refreshing return to his voice. But he likes to stir the pot and the pot worth stirring right now is Hobbs. But, after some of the crap he’s pulled, I don’t think anyone is putting Hobbs in Kleinheider’s corner or visa versa. There’s no love lost there, I don’t think.
I suspect that somewhere there is a legal definition of pornography. And, I also suspect that owning a strip club isn’t included.