He's wearing Antlers and a red dildo is his nose. She has on a Santa hat and is, well, sucking is Rudolph's silicone snout. The photo is Just One of Several That shows a couple of 20somethings posing flirtatiously in ridiculous costumes for the camera. All in all, it looks like customary drunken revelry among people in Their early twenties. But, Six Years After Those photos were Taken, the young woman fellating the reindeer just so Happens To Be A Democratic Candidate for Congress in Virginia.
Whoops. Party foul.
Her name is - no joke - Krystal Ball and she is now a 28-year-old mother and wife. Despite her name, she apparently That Did not Predict These snapshots Might Damage Political her future career. The photos were Leaked this week and showed up on a couple Conservative websites along with "some cutting commentary. (This led a coworker Thurs write in an email: "Why is the GOP Waging War on Christmas Sexy?") On Saturday, Ball's campaign released a press release decrying the "smear campaign" against her. That was the very first I had heard of this local scandal, Which raised my Skepticism. Was it just a craven Attempt name-Thurs Increase exposure and get National Attention at Any cost?
Of course it's impossible to say for Sure, But there's no question Ball is Taking the Issue Seriously. In a phone interview with Salon, Ball said she is speaking out as a Means of fighting the "politics of personal destruction." She added she's That Concerned About the Lack of young women's voices in politics and said, "I Do not Want Other young women WHO Might have an Embarrassing photo out there Thurs Feel Like They Can not Run for Office Because Of That." She Pointed Thurs Christine O'Donnell and Sarah Palin - WHO she disagrees with politically, she was Thurs Careful note - as examples of women WHO Similar attacks have encountered. "I do think That this line of attack is very sexist," she Told Salon by phone. "I do think That women are Held to a double standard in this regard '." (She Gives It. Scott Brown, a former nude centerfold, as an example.)
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