Senate leader: Outlaw Prostitution

[Lucky]

A crazed Democratic Majority Leader of the United States Senate, Harry Reid of Nevada, says the time has cum to outlaw prostitution. Now that he is too old for sex, he wants the rest of us saving our money to pay the higher taxes he plans to enact. Well, maybe.

Here's the report from Politico via gawker:

Harry Reid Hates Hookers, ApparentlySenator Harry Reid shocked some people yesterday during his speech to the Nevada legislature when he told the audience, "The time has come for us to outlaw prostitution." Brothel owners, prostitutes and fans of prostitution were very upset.

After Reid's speech, most of which was about things that actually matter, the owner of Moonlite Bunny Ranch, Dennis Hof, staked out his position to reporters in true cowboy pimp fashion: "Harry Reid will have to pry the cathouse keys from my cold, dead hands." The state has 28 legal brothels, and rural counties can vote on whether or not to allow them, so people are scratching their heads as to why Reid would even bring this up now.

We've got Harry Reid's undoubtedly exciting memoir The Good Fight sitting atop the "to read" list, but did you know that in it he says he learned to swim as a kid at a whorehouse in Searchlight, Nevada? Doesn't take much to figure that one out, Harry.

[OneFinger]

I suspect he's probably being pressured by the Mormon Church to take that stand. The Mormon's aren't real fond of their members being Democrats. I think this is his attempt to remain in their good graces and keep his membership.

[TampaYankee]

Apparently that part of his speech went over like a lead balloon as it was met with stone silence. It seems there is little support for that in the hinterlands of NV, which is pretty much all of the state save LV and Reno, which already demur from the State Passion.