I love this story so much.
Scott Wooledge sent it our way:
It seems that the GOP's present white savior, Rick Perry, has a BIG porno problem. Back in 1995, when his bouffant hairdo was barely all the rage, Rick Perry invested thousands of dollars into Movie Gallery, Inc, a porn distributor company. It was the largest distributor of porn movies, and was even opposed by the conservative American Family Association, the same organization that now claims to support Rick Perry after he showed up to host their prayer rally, The Response, in early August.AFA even had an anti-Movie Gallery Facebook page, which included this quote:
And did you know that Rick Perry later passed laws to help porn companies like Movie Gallery, Inc., avoid 'tort suits' for illegally distributing porn across state lines?
"As long as thereis a market for them (hard-core porn videos), we will continue to rent."More from PoliticsUSA:
Movie Gallery Spokesperson, 4/2000
Rick Perry, God’s Chosen to pray Texas into prosperity, invested as a private citizen in Movie Gallery corporation to the tune of between 5-10k according to his 1995 personal financial reports. Movie Gallery was, at that time, the largest distributor of porn in America, and able to sell and rent regular videos for much cheaper than the competition due to their heady porn profit.The big question most of us have is whether this was just straight porn -- or was there some gay porn, too? Well, one of the titles , “Bisexual Barebacking Vol. 1”
Now, imagine if a Democratic candidate for President invested in a porn business. We'd never hear the end of it -- and the painful DC pundits would ruminate over the news endlessly. Will Perry's hypocrisy even get a mention?
