In preparation for this summer's Republican National Convention, the working girls of the Big Apple are girding their loins for action (so to speak). Courtesy of Metafilter:
With thousands of Republicans set to invade the city this summer, high-priced escorts and strippers are preparing for one grand old party.
Agencies are flying in extra call girls from around the globe to meet the expected demand during the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 gathering at Madison Square Garden.
"We have girls from London, Seattle, California, all coming in for that week," said a madam at a Manhattan escort service. "It's the week everyone wants to work."
If the strip club windfalls of the national Promise Keepers convention in DC a few years ago taught us anything, it's that mothing prepares a city for the family values crowd like bringing in out-of-town talent.
Charging from $300 to upwards of $1,000 for an hour of companionship and a whole lot more, escorts said they can always count on conventioneers for big business.
"It doesn't matter what party you come from," said Robyn Few, a $500-an-hour California call girl who now runs Sex Workers Outreach Project, an advocacy group. "When you want to buy sex, you will."
It is indeed true that any convention fills the coffers of the adult services industry. But it's so much more amusing to think about some guy who - after a long day applauding speeches about indecency on our airwaves and the moral decline of our once great nation - pays $1000 to a hooker for the privilege of tossing her salad while she's dressed like Hillary Clinton.
Oh shut up, you know it happens. And you know you've thought of it.
Clubs have started booking private parties for delegates anxious to ogle topless beauties after a day of watching fully clothed politicians boast about family values.
"We have our show down to a science," said Lonnie Hanover, a spokesman for Scores, the upscale topless club. "We'll be full every night with what we think are the best-looking girls in the industry."
Maybe it's me, but if your immediate reaction to listening to speeches about family values is an overwhelming need to go stick a few bills in "Serenity's" t-back, you might be in the wrong party.
Although I don't know a lot of Greens who can afford the $1000 an hour.
My god. This means that Jack Ryan is going to be left home alone in Illinois with the dregs of whoredom. My how the mighty have fallen. Now where's that napkin with Jeri's phone number...