Too
bad
for
lesbian
politico
that
the
apple
didn’t
fall
far
from
the
tree,
at
least
in
terms
of
her
political
aspirations.
Like
her
dear
old
dad,
U.S.
Rep.
(D-Mo.),
Chrissy
lost
her
bid
to
become
president
on
“American
Candidate,”
a
new
political
reality
series
on
Showtime,
hosted
by
Montel
Williams.
On
the
premiere
show
Sunday,
Aug.
1,
Gephardt
earned
the
dubious
distinction
of
being
the
first
contestant
voted
off
the
program,
which
airs
Sundays
at
10
p.m.
“American
Candidate”
has
10
“regular”
citizens
competing
in
a
number
of
political
contests.
The
last
one
standing
will
be
crowned
the
“President
of
All
Reality
Television
Universe”
or
some
malarkey
like
that.
Just
like
“Big
Brother,”
the
candidates
voted
for
which
of
the
two
with
the
lowest
number
of
people
at
their
gathering
should
be
eliminated
—
and
it
was
a
tie.
The
candidate
who
got
to
cast
the
tie-breaking
vote
was
the
person
with
the
most
people
at
his
rally.
Unfortunately
for
Gephardt,
it
turned
out
to
be
Park
Gillespie,
a
conservative
candidate
who
posed
a
question
to
her
and
Strock
about
abortion.
Not
surprisingly,
Gillespie
voted
to
boot
Gephardt
off
the
show.
But
all
is
not
lost.
The
show’s
other
gay
candidate,
political
activist
and
author
,
is
still
in
the
race.
Poor
.
The
wife
of
Vice
President
and
mother
of
lesbian
writes
one
little
gay
romance
novel
23
years
ago,
and
it
haunts
her
for
the
rest
of
her
life.
Internet
sex
and
erotica
Web
site
Nerve.com
recently
announced
plans
to
display
photos
inspired
by
Cheney’s
out-of-print
novel
“Sisters,”
a
lesbian
romance
and
a
Western
set
during
the
turn-of-the-century.
Photographer
Glenn
Glasser
was
scheduled
Aug.
7
to
complete
a
photo
shoot
inspired
by
the
same-sex
scenes
in
the
novel.
Of
particular
interest,
Nerve.com
officials
said
in
a
written
statement,
was
a
passage
in
the
book
that
reads:
“The
women
who
embraced
in
the
wagon
were
Adam
and
Eve
crossing
a
dark
cathedral
stage
—
no,
Eve
and
Eve,
loving
one
another
as
they
would
not
be
able
to
once
they
ate
of
the
fruit
and
knew
themselves
as
they
truly
were.”
Stick
to
your
day
job,
sister.
The
photos
will
be
part
of
Nerve.com’s
annual
“Pulp
Issue,”
and
can
be
viewed
on
the
Internet
starting
Friday,
Aug.
13.
In
April,
New
American
Library,
the
original
publisher
of
the
book
and
an
affiliate
of
the
Penguin
Group,
scrapped
plans
to
reissue
the
out-of-print
edition
after
Cheney’s
lawyer
told
NAL
that
she
didn’t
think
it
represented
her
best
work.
Screen
legend
did
many
racy
things
and,
apparently,
one
of
them
was
having
an
affair
with
Hollywood
legend
,
according
to
Sky
News,
which
is
part
of
media
mogul
Rupert
Murdoch’s
News
Corp.
Sky
News
says
tapes
made
while
Monroe
was
in
therapy
with
a
psychiatrist
reveal
that
she
had
a
lesbian
fling
with
the
star
who
inspired
the
movie
“Mommie
Dearest.”
“She
described
an
intimate
moment
in
some
detail
and
told
how
she
and
Joan
had
sex,”
says
Matthew
Smith,
who
is
writing
a
book
about
Monroe
and
claims
to
have
the
tapes.
Monroe,
apparently,
did
not
like
her
Sapphic
fling
very
much.
Smith
alleges
that
on
the
tape
Monroe
says,
“I
told
her
straight
out
I
didn’t
much
enjoy
doing
it
with
a
woman.”
