February 17, 2006

I think this is what they call a lateral promotion.

Texas candidate acknowledges prostitution

DALLAS (AP) — A man running for state representative acknowledged that he once worked as a prostitute but said he's turned his life around and doesn't regret his past.

Tom Malin, who has also sold Mary Kay cosmetics and now markets electricity, conceded that his illicit past could cost him the nomination in the March 7 Democratic primary.

"I've made mistakes in my life, and I've stood before my creator and I've accepted responsibility for my behavior," Malin said in Friday's Dallas Morning News. [...]

Well, he won't go anywhere in politics with an attitude like that.

UPDATE: Steevil sends along an article that sorta goes along with the above. It also rather neatly fits the punchline, "We've already established what you are, madame; now we're only negotiating the price."

Posted by Terry Oglesby at February 17, 2006 09:45 AM
Comments

Wellll, 5 deferments obviously didn't teach him about gun safety.

Posted by: vachon at February 17, 2006 10:38 AM

I realize this is probably not where Vachon intended to post the above comment, but I gotta say I think it's funnier here, so I'm gonna leave it.

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at February 17, 2006 11:01 AM

Way to defer to that comment!

ELECT FRED GARVIN!!

Posted by: MarcV at February 17, 2006 11:05 AM

Dan Aykroyd, genius!

Posted by: Terry Oglesby at February 17, 2006 11:10 AM