"Brothel discounts sex for politicans" joke
CARSON CITY, Nev., Dec. 23 (UPI) - A legal brothel outside Carson City, Nev. is offering first-time elected officials a 99 percent discount to help them avoid the kind of scandal that could cost Bill Clinton the presidency.
Dennis Hof, owner of the Moonlite Bunnyranch, says his longtime clientele includes a number of prominent U.S. senators and congressmen "who don't want to risk their political careers by having extra-marital sex with women who blab." The brothel promises strict confidentiality.
Hof said today he persuaded his employees, who are independent contractors, to go along with the offer, which expires when Clinton's Senate impeachment trial ends.
He got the idea while attending a Christmas party thrown by publisher Larry Flynt.
The "Hustler" publisher announced last week that he had uncovered evidence of extramarital affairs by several GOP congressmen, and planned to publish it.
Hof said, "What's this world come to when Larry Flynt is now the congressional morality policeman? I mean, I love Larry, but come on."
Hof, a self-described staunch Republican, said, "I didn't vote for Bill Clinton, but the right-wing Republicans are going to such extremes, it's making me crazy. Larry did the right thing."
Since the discount offer was made public last week, Hof said he had fielded "seven or eight" calls a day from reporters and has received a few calls from people claiming to represent unnamed elected officials.
"But they have been very cautious not to identify themselves, so we don't know whether they are playing around or are people from the state Legislature."
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