I really wanted to avoid another discussion about skanks and hos, but dammit, Joseph Farah just won’t let it drop:

The pimp and the president

In the 2004 presidential election, exit polls showed 22 percent of voters cited “moral values” as the one issue that mattered most when considering how to vote.

More voters cited moral values than the economy (20 percent), terrorism (19 percent), or Iraq (17 percent). Across the nation, and particularly in key battleground states, the perception that George W. Bush stood for traditional, Judeo-Christian moral values helped him overcome staggering losses among voters who cared primarily about Iraq and the economy.

“These brave voters were willing to forsake their economic well-being to stop gays from getting married.”

Among those who cited moral values as their top priority, Bush defeated Kerry 79-18. The numbers were dramatic in Ohio, the state that ensured Bush’s victory. Self-described white evangelical, born-again voters represented 25 percent of the Ohio electorate and supported Bush by a 76-24 margin.

“But don’t let Howard Dean tell you that the Republicans are a white Christian party!”

Jobs were the key concern for Ohio voters (24 percent), but the moral issues contingent was right behind (23 percent). Much like the rest of the country, these morally minded voters supported Bush 85-14.

So only Bush’s voters can be “morally minded.” Of course, I did support Kerry because he wanted to mandate sodomy class for first-graders, so I guess Joe’s got a point.

But Bush doesn’t have to face re-election any more.

Thank God.

So, apparently, he is no longer concerned about perceptions.

Yes, ever since Bush got been re-elected, he became drunk with power, donned a long black robe, and changed his name to Darth Pornius.

Next week he will thank those voters who returned him to office by breaking bread and rubbing shoulders with a hard-core pornographer and a porn star who forked over $5,000 to the National Republican Congressional Committee for a two-day fete in Washington.

The pornographer, Mark Kulkis, president of Kick-A– Pictures…

“…and co-founder of L-ck My N-tz Productions…”

…is boasting that he was personally invited to the 2005 President’s Dinner and is boasting that his presence there will “make pop culture history.”

He and his escort, Mary Carey, who hopes to parlay her career in the oldest profession into a one in the second oldest, politics, are using the appearance with Bush, congressional leaders, Karl Rove and other Republican heavyweights to hype their “industry.”

Yes, Joe, I know, this is the same damn column you wrote a couple of days ago. And I’m gonna give you the same response:

1.) I don’t care
2.) Pornographers still contribute more to society than Karl Rove

And until the porn industry attacks Hillary Clinton through a shady 527 called “Lesbian Porn Stars for the Truth (and Vaginas),” I’ll continue to proudly not give a shit.

Kulkis, by the way, also serves as honorary chairman on the NRCC’s Business Advisory Council, a group which describes itself as a “small, prestigious group of conservative businessmen and women.”

Indeed it does. It also “advocate(s) a progressive, conservative, pro-business agenda.”

With these research skills, I’ll have a job at WorldNetDaily in no time…

“We will try to use your name whenever possible in both our national and local advertising,” the NRCC explains to those interested in membership.

Kulkis says porn is going mainstream in America and he apparently finds the association with the governing party in America to be advantageous to his own business pursuits.

As does just about every other business in America. I take it Joe’s never heard of the K Street Project?

Once again, this symbolic and gratuitous gesture by the Republicans ? flipping off those who brought them to power ? illustrates why Americans really have no political choices between the two major parties.

Yes, Joe! Please, please, encourage your readers not to vote! You’d be my fricking hero!

What’s the alternative to the party of Howard Dean, who contends the GOP is exclusively for “white Christians”? What’s the alternative to the party of Barney Frank, who ran a male prostitution ring out of his congressional office, and the lying, duplicitous and arrogant Hillary Rodham Clinton? What’s the alternative to the treasonous antics of John Kerry’s party?

If Joe has his way, it’ll be a party centered around making up nasty shit about your opponents.

It’s a party that prostitutes itself by taking money from an industry that demeans men and women as sex objects and poisons the minds and souls of Americans for profit.

More disturbing still, perhaps, is the way so many die-hard Republicans and so-called “conservatives” have responded to this ugly crass money grab by the GOP. Silence. Or worse yet, defense!

“Or worse still, laughter!”

The spokesman for the NRCC, Carl Forti, told WND: “They’ve paid their money. No matter what they do, the money is going to go to help elect Republicans to the House.”

Would the Republicans take money from anyone? Would they take money from neo-Nazi skinheads who coughed up $5,000? Would they take money from environmental polluters or just polluters of our moral eco-system?

“The environmental polluters are OK- they just put mercury in our drinking water. And remember what Jesus said: ‘Blessed are the brain-damaged, for lo, they don’t look at dirty pictures.'”

Would they take money from mobsters? Maybe so, since the mob is known to be a major backer of pornography.

Millions of Americans may realize that morality is essential to good governance.

I dunno about that. Clinton wasn’t a very moral dude, but I was much happier with him in charge than George W. Bush.

But they have nowhere to turn to express themselves politically ? at least not within either of the two major parties.

And therefore they shouldn’t vote, right, Joe? They should just forsake the whole political process and leave us alone, right? Joe? You there?

Aw crap, that’s the end of the column.

Well, I’m outta here ’til Monday. Have a good weekend. (And incidentally, if we keep talking about skanks, I’m gonna have Seb (who’s now a daddy, FYI… make sure to send him some congratulations!) change our name to “Sadly, Ho!”)