Candidate gives up race to be with sick mom

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Porn star gives up candidacy to be with sick mom

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Porn star Mary Carey said Monday she was dropping out of the California governor's race to be with her ailing mother, who has been hospitalized in Florida since jumping off a four-story building last month.

Carey, who shot to worldwide fame with her quixotic gubernatorial campaign against Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2003, said her mother was in critical condition at a Ft. Lauderdale hospital and facing surgery.

"As much as I want to help the state of California be a better place, I think it is more important to be with my mom and help her," Carey said in a written statement. Carey said her mentally handicapped mother jumped off the building in September.

"I am only 26 and have many more years to be involved in politics, but right now I must be in Florida with my mom," Carey said. "For now I would just like to ask everyone to pray for a healthy recovery."

The star of such adult film les as "Boobsville Sorority Girls" is running as a write-in candidate in 2006 because she failed to gather enough signatures to be on the November ballot.

Last week Carey followed the lead of Schwarzenegger's Democratic challenger, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, in demanding that NBC television host Jay Leno give her equal time on "The Tonight Show" following the governor's recent guest appearance on the program.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/...eut/index.html

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I, for one, am saddened to see this campaign end.

[Bob Lanier]

I am outraged. She didn't quit politics to be with her sick daddy - she never even answered my calls!

The people of California would be ill-served by such a sexist governator anyway, so it's probably for the best.

[1Parker1]

Damn, only in California can you find a former porn star running against a former action star in a race for Governor...

[Marklar MM]

Personally, they need a hotter porn star running. She would definitely get the male vote.

[dirk4mvp]

since jumping off a four-story building last month..

WTF?

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

I remember that part of her platform when she ran in '03 was that she wanted to make lap dances tax deductable.
I'm serious.

[Good 'N Plenty]

She's used to givin' it up.

[Slomo]

Damn, only in California can you find a former porn star running against a former action star in a race for Governor...

And the Porn stars turns out to have better family values...

[1Parker1]

And the Porn stars turns out to have better family values...

We need a [/rimshot] emoicon.

[Trainwreck2100]

I remember that part of her platform when she ran in '03 was that she wanted to make lap dances tax deductable.
I'm serious.

Don't forget "porn for guns"

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

There's probably a lot of porn surfers who are upset that this came up when the searched for the words "pornstar" and "pull out".

[Taco]

[Marklar MM]

You would vote for that...yes?