Getting More Out Than the Vote?

This campaign season (or year, or two years) has really seen it all. Talking snowmen at YouTube debates, scandal about $400 haircuts, McCain supporters calling Hillary a b*tch, and Rudy supporting the Red Sox, just to name a few. Here's yet another bizarre story to add to the mix.

Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts in yesterday's "The Reliable Source" in the Washington Post profiles Dennis Hof, the owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Nevada. Yes, that bunny ranch. It turns out Hof is a huge (literally and figuratively) fan of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. According to Hof:

"He's a live-and-let-live guy, 'you don't bother me, I don't bother you.' That's our state. He's not pro-prostitutes. He just doesn't want the federal government meddling in states' business."

Well said, Dennis. But it gets better. He's trying to raise money and awareness for Paul at the Bunny Ranch. According to Argetsinger and Roberts, Hof claimed, "If you come in the Bunny Ranch and say, 'I'm pimping for Paul,' you get two bunnies for the price of one."

Not only does he run the world's most famous brothel, he's also great with alliteration! I'm sure Ron Paul is thrilled at this special, being the conservative Christian that he is. Still, this nation suffers greatly from public apathy to politics and the political system. Maybe Dennis Hof is on to something? Still, I'll stick to voter registration drives and fundraising rallies this time around...