As the Daily Beast has it, Stormy's gaze was turned towards political pursuits when she discovered "Draft Stormy," a web-based campaign to convince Stormy to attempt to unseat Vitter in the Republican primary. Now, we're all for seeing hypocritical politicians ousted out of office—particularly ones who trump their conservative, anti-sex credentials while secretly visiting prostitutes in their spare time—but there's just something a little off-putting about the whole "Draft Stormy" campaign.

We'll cut to the chase: we're bothered by the fact Stormy Daniels isn't being "drafted" because she's Stormy Daniels, the awesome and amazing individual—she's being drafted, first and foremost, because she's a pornstar from Louisiana. Long before "Draft Stormy" ever existed, an ad appeared on Craigslist seeking "a female in some aspect of the adult-entertainment industry" to run against Vitter. Stormy only became the chief candidate that she was a Louisiana-based pornstar who just might work as a candidate.

And why a female from the adult industry? Because the people behind the campaign want to make the point that:

...an honest, intelligent adult film actress has more integrity than a married Republican politician who dallied with prostitutes on the down-low.

Which, frankly, we think sounds a bit condescending to the adult industry—and, for that matter, to Stormy. (We're also curious to know why the campaign specifically wanted an adult film actress—does "Draft Evan Stone" just not have the same ring?)

But hey, maybe we're just being negative nellies here: after all, if Stormy does run, there's a huge opportunity for progress right there. Italy elected its first pornstar politician in 1987—maybe 2009 will be the year America follows in its footsteps?

We'll be keeping our fingers crossed for that one.

· Draft Stormy (draftstormy.com)
· Porn Star for Senate (thedailybeast.com)
· Stormy Daniels: Politics, P. Diddy, and the Porn Retirement Plan (avn.com)

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From "XOXO Joanna Angel"

· Image of Stoya courtesy of Digital Playground (digitalplayground.com)

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