Heidi Fleiss:'big fan of Hillary'
-Clinton camp has no response
By MOLLY BALL
Las Vegas REVIEW-JOURNAL, Aug 20 2007
Former Hollywood madam and current rural Nevada small businesswoman Heidi Fleiss was turned away from Hillary Clinton's appearance in Pahrump last week, but she doesn't hold a grudge.
Fleiss, who is running a laundromat while she continues to dream of opening a brothel for women, is backing Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y., for president with all her might, she said.
Fleiss is a registered Democrat who says she voted in every election from when she turned 18 to when she was convicted of felony charges and had her voting privileges revoked. They have been reinstated, she said.
"I'm a big fan of Hillary's. Any woman who's smart, how can you not be?" said Fleiss, 41.
Fleiss described herself as a "tree-hugger" who is generally liberal but favors the death penalty. She said her business, "Dirty Laundry," is thriving -- "I just had to buy another super-size washing machine" -- and she also wants to develop wind turbines on some land she owns. The day after the Clinton visit, she attended a forum on energy in Pahrump hosted by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Fleiss is not the first sex-industry veteran to endorse Clinton. The campaign has the official backing of porn star Jenna Jameson.
The Clinton campaign, which opened a Pahrump office over the weekend, didn't have a response to Fleiss' endorsement.
"We weren't aware she was a supporter," campaign spokeswoman Hilarie Grey said. < |
