Last week, I asked some of the gay porn industry’s most influential stars and producers a simple question: Who are you voting for in the presidential election on November 6th?
While the overwhelmingly pro-Obama responses weren’t surprising, some of the reasons why they’re voting for him were.
Over the next few days I’ll be sharing all the responses. The below batch of respondents were hornier than the last one, as many admitted to choosing their candidate based on how big (and how black) they think his dick is.
Today, let’s check in with a ton of gay porn stars, a legendary director, a talent agent, a nun, and Chris Crocker.
Performer Cavin Knight
Obama all the way! Because he’s moving equality further than any POTUS in history, because he’s turning our messy economy around from the horrible Bush days, and because we CANNOT afford to have an out-of-touch, self-entitled bigot in the White House!
Performer Race Cooper
No one. I’m Canadian. And America’s two party system is ridiculously outdated for a true democratic nation.
Chris Crocker
I’m voting for Obama because in 2012, if you’re not for everyone’s equality you shouldn’t be running for president of the United States. Obama is the only option for people with brains, to simplify.
Performer Brandon Wilde
I’m voting for Obama for many reasons, but to sum it up:
1. He rules
2. He’s black
3. He’s probably hung like a horse.
4. He keeps his wife dickmatized.
5. Romney is too Republican for my gay ass.
Sister Roma
The Sisters are not allowed to endorse political candidates. But I will say that once you go black you never go back. Oops, I mean once you vote black you never go back.
Performer Andrew Stark
In the words of the great comedian Louis Black, “Democrats sucks, Republicans blow.” It’s like voting between two bowls of shit. Only difference is the smell. It’s all corrupt anyways.
Talent manager Fabscout Howard
Obama. Why? Well, let’s see. I am gay. I am American. I am gay. Umm…yeah, Obama.
Performer Brayden Forrester
I voted early for President Obama. While I do not think he has been the best President, I just could not vote for Romney, especially since he went to Liberty University (after the President came out in support of marriage equality) and spoke in favor of a constitutional amendment.
Chi Chi LaRue
I will be voting for Obama. I think he needs 4 more years to clean up all the shit that Bush left! We can’t go back there.
Performer Christopher Daniels
Romney says he will reverse gay rights. I prefer to see us go forward as a community–not back. Also, lately I’ve really been into mixed race men. #Obama2012
Performer Adam Rexx
I refuse to vote for someone who denies me and my community a chance for equality. Sad to see how only half of America is on my side.
Performer Trenton Ducati
I am Obama all the way. I am mortified at the Romney campaign’s stance on abortion, and I do not like being lied to, which Romney has done repeatedly. Romney has blocked same sex parents in his state from getting rights or even names on birth certificates, and the positions he held over the years are all different than what he is saying now. It seems like some people are condoning this behavior–saying what people wanna hear even if it isn’t true. I am disgusted America is even having this discussion.
Performer Josh Long
I’m not voting.
Performer Phillip Aubrey
From a business perspective, I’m voting for Romney. More money for Americans! I like the old America, not the new one Obama has tried to do. I’m not in love with Romney, but I kinda want to fuck him. He’s hot, but in all reality I think he’s more qualified. Plus he will bring in more jobs! And more money for small business owners, who can keep their businesses afloat with his plans. Show me the money! I think he’s smart, and yes, some of his views about gay rights are polluted, however in this day and age we will still get our rights; he can’t stop that. He’s way more experienced, business savvy, and a family man. I want more money, not to be gay and broke with Obama.
Performer Troy Daniels
I’m voting for Barack Obama because he has a bigger dick than Romney.
As an observer from the other side of the pond, it does strike me as strange that anybody, let alone somebody from a minority would vote for this Republican candidate.
Having followed the selection process and the shenanigans concerning the Ron Paul delegates leading up to the National Convention it seems to me that Romney, really does not have a majority support from his own party. Is it we want power at any cost, no matter who the figurehead is? Silly me of course it is, they are politicians.
NB: Our lot are no better, spineless [with Europe], power mad, and clueless.
People like “I’m not voting” Josh Long drive me nuts. If you don’t like the candidates being offered, get your ass into the voting booth and spoil your ballot. At least you had a voice. In 1933, 72% of registered voters in Germany cast a ballot. And the Nazis party didn’t even get a majority, they had to form a coalition to do that. Had the other 28% of voters showed up, the whole world could have been completely different.
nazi mention! end of discussion.
At the risk of sounding too cynical, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that President Obama and Senator/Candidate Obama played fast and loose with the truth and race in 2008 and 2012. Then Candidates Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Dennis Kucinich, and John Edwards exposed all too often that President Obama “moderated” his views on a fair number of policy positions. That is not to say that Mr. Ducati is not correct with regard to Mr. Romney; it is to say though that intellectual honesty dictates that we all acknowledge that moving to the relative extremes of a candidate’s party and then moving to the center to persuade moderates and independents is a method for winning that just about every candidate has found necessary to employ in primary and general election campaigning. As an aside, I was not particularly interested in Mr. Ducati’s work in the past, and frankly am not now (for me it is all about Cristobol (papithugz) and Cayden Ross (Randy Blue)). I would honestly like to hear a fair bit more in the way of policy analysis from him for me to be moved. I for one did not believe that the majority of adult film actors were inarticulate, particularly after I found Mr. Naughtin’s blog last year.
I would also like to take issue with the conclusion that President Obama has cut the effective tax rate for small businesses, or that he has offered more tax breaks for the same than the former Presidents listed. While it is true that small businesses should have benefited (at least on paper) from a flurry of tax breaks over the past four years, the questions to be asked are: Did President Obama really pass all of them? Are all of them in existence today? What was the net benefit of all of these taxes? Were there any tax increases as well? And was the real benefit palpable enough to be worthy of mention?
Additionally, I believe that the economy ebbs and flows cyclically and the forces that drive and shape the economy cannot be controlled by the President. Any President that is praised as the architect of a boom cycle or saddled with the dubious distinction of being the cause of a bust cycle is unfairly labeled as such. At best Presidents can mitigate or encourage but they cannot control. Despite Mr. Phillip’s rather clumsily articulated position, I do not see the need to disparage him. And Mr. Stark and Mr. Long are voting. The no vote has historically been read as a vote of no confidence in both the candidates and the system itself, and is therefore every bit a vote on principle as a vote cast for the two candidates. I choose not to disparage or boycott someone for their political viewpoint, I choose to simply, politely disagree.
“At the risk of sounding too cynical, there is plenty of evidence to suggest that President Obama and Senator/Candidate Obama played fast and loose with the truth and race in 2008 and 2012. Then Candidates Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Dennis Kucinich, and John Edwards exposed all too often that President Obama “moderated” his views on a fair number of policy positions.”
Examples?
I was hoping that I would not have to go into detail, but I also knew that I might be called on to defend that statement. For the sake of space, I will provide three examples. The most famous or rather infamous instance was President Obama’s blatantly false political advertisement that claimed that Hillary Clinton supported NAFTA and “thought that it was a great idea”. Additionally, she chided Senator Obama when he attacked her healthcare plan and stated that her plan would cost more money than even the Congressional Budget Office estimated. Senator Clinton said then that it was “inexcusable that a democrat would be attacking another democrat on the issue of universal healthcare” and that candidate Obama was doing this to deflect from the fact that he did not “have a universal healthcare plan” and playing right into the hands of the Republicans. In that same vein in the 2008 campaign, Obama rejected the idea that an individual mandate (i.e., requiring individuals to purchase health insurance) should be part of health care reform. In 2010, he signed into law an individual mandate.
In 2007, Obama said, “The president does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.” In 2011, he unilaterally authorized the military campaign in Libya.
In July 2007, Obama rejected selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which he said should be “reserved for a genuine emergency”. A month later, Obama said, “We should sell 70 million barrels of oil from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for less expensive crude, which in the past has lowered gas prices within two weeks”, even though gas prices were higher in July 2007 than in August 2007.
I could give more examples of “moderation” but that is not the point of that part of my post. The point of the post was to highlight that “moderation”, “flip flopping”, or out right “lying” is unfortunately part of the campaign process and as a charge cannot be so neatly or righteously leveled at any one candidate. If consistency is the measure of a trustworthy candidate then no candidate for office deserve our vote. I think that we would all be better served if we discussed policy and not these issues of veracity.
So to be clear: Obama isn’t trustworthy, but “‘lying’ is unfortunately part of the campaign process and as a charge cannot be so neatly or righteously leveled at any one candidate.”
No James, my position is that if consistency is the measure of trustworthiness, because that is ostensibly the opposite of a “flip-flop”, then no Presidential Candidate is truly trustworthy or worthy of your vote. I should note that I do not much care for the term “flip-flop” because of what it implies and because those who level the charge fail to consider that a politician can indeed genuinely change their position on an issue for any number of legitimate reasons. If you note the policy positions of every major candidate when they begin their run in their respective party’s primary and then compare them to their stated positions in the general election, every Presidential candidate “moderates” their views to reach moderates and independents. It is not an indictment of President Obama per se as much as it is a recognition of this dubious aspect of modern presidential electoral politics. I do not regard President Obama as untrustworthy because he has reconsidered some of his positions, but there is no doubt that he has “moderated” his views. If all general election candidates employ this strategy (and they all do) then as I stated above it is not so easy to neatly or righteously level that charge without suborning hypocrisy. I do not mean to suggest that we ought to tolerate lying when we see or hear it in a campaign; I am saying though that the term flip flopping and moderate are considered synonyms for lying when they are not necessarily so. I hope that I did not offend you with my comments.
OH WOW. Who knew Trenton was so articulate? umm umm I love him now. Admittedly I’m not the most political person but even I know Romney does not even have a economical plan. Philip is clearly an idiot. But for some reason Josh Long and Andrew Stark just irritated me with those “comments”. They are so disgusting.
Poor deluded Phillip, that thinks that Romney will fix his (meaning Phillip’s) economy…
I liked Trenton Ducati, that spoke also on other issues that just gay rights (which are important, of course).
I didn’t really respond to Trenton after his start in porn. However, after a few scene performances where Trenton shows versatility, passion, and his voting stance…I’ve decided that I am going to find Trenton, and FUCK him! Hard, rough sex. I want that dick, NOW! I wanna sit on his face, and I want him to sit on mine!
I’m in love, and planning his lovers demise so I may replace him. >:D
I agree on Trenton! I was so excited when pics of him were coming out, and some behind the scenes videos. He was so damn hot I sure as hell thought he would be a great performer! Sadly for me he was a bit of a disappointment when he first started. He was a perfect fit for the Titan look, but I guess it was because he was too new to the industry and his performances were a let down for me. After leaving Titan he got way better, and I have fallen in love with the man all over again, especially at how articulate he is in this post.
Lol @ Phillip Aubrey..spoken like a true hoe…
PS..thks for the heads up..i will NEVER support you in any financial way possible..ie (your vids etc)
What is Phillip Aubrey talking about? How can the U.S. economy get better when the rest of the world is in shambles? We are a global economy now and trying to convince yourself to think otherwise shows a lack of reasoning. What the economy needs is stability and consumer confidence and Obama has been delivering; just look at recent reports on jobs, growth and a new report that shows 1.1 million new millionaires under Obama. A Romney/Ryan administration would bring uncertainty back into the market. Instability and growing fears would arise due to the GOP love of deregulation. If Romney wins, prepare for financial crisis part two.
China is facing a housing bubble and growing resentment towards income inequality, Japan is facing a huge aging population issue, Europe is still in crisis and some voters believe that Romney could fix the economy(and their bank accounts) while not worrying about the rest of the world?
NEWSFLASH – presidents don’t control the economy. And if Romney believed America is so great, he wouldn’t stash his money overseas.
Josh Long. Very pretty, very stupid. Apparently the only thing he is good for is to fuck.
Agreed. I’ve lost some love for Josh due to his stated indifference. There’s a lot at stake with this election. He–and everyone else–should give a shit.
personally, I like Andrew Stark’s answer. At this point, running for office is no different from being on American Idol… they want a job, they might want the prestige, they want the money (the politicians, the campaigners, the lobbyists, the Special Interest Groups.) the only way for us to get our rights is through the courts. Otherwise, Corporations are the absolute rulers of this cuntry, fiefdoms that we’re all slaves to. our money is our vote now. the rich now have the right to give us our “vote,” and it’s up to us how we give it back. yes, I’m a bit bitter. :P
Saying “everyone sucks” is a bit of an easy answer… we have that a lot in Europe and believe me, it doesn’t work.
you should ask that VP of Corbin Fisher who i TOTALLY dont know and definitely havent been discussing politics with since 2003.
he’s very articulate. (if wordy)
I’m sure whole Corbin Fish office votes Romney. Homophobia has always been their main agenda. And that gun-freak CEO they have.
I’m not aware of any studies that indicate tax cuts for the wealthy translates to more money spent on prostitutes
I voted Romney. Why don’t you follow up with what percentage of the LGBT community does. I’d wager 35 percent, or higher. I own a business, 5 full time employees (the most recent hire over 10 years ago), all minority. Go ahead and flame away. Never bothered me, never will. Obama is a sham and Biden is an idiot on two feet.
MIke, you sound pretty proud of yourself. How about you watch this video and then jump off a cliff:
Why don’t you watch this one? RIP Geraldine. You were 110% correct.
You can do better than a clip from the late Ferraro. She deserves credit for paving the way for women, but had a troubling history of playing the race card. You might like this article. You might not.
http://www.salon.com/2011/03/26/geraldine_ferraro_tough_democrat/
Percentage of the dumb people doesn’t change with sexual orientation.
That kind of attitude is what kept women from voting, interracial couples from getting married, and African Americans of being free from slavery. I hope your gay friends who aren’t as delusional as you are know how offensive you are to their civil rights.
MIke doesn’t care about his own civil rights, sxg. He cares about his bank account.
I mean, he doesn’t bother mentioning the numerous tax breaks that Obama’s passed for small businesses. Nor does MIke mention what his effective tax rate is… or whether that rate’s decreased or increased under Obama. For the vast majority of small businesses, the effective tax rates on small businesses is less now than it was under Dubya. Or Clinton. Or Bush. Or Reagan.
MIke clearly also doesn’t understand the basics of the tax plan he voted to endorse… a tax plan which would all but guarantee that his effective tax rate would increase, not decrease, as Romney struggled to balance his 20% cuts to the tax bracket against outlays that he couldn’t significantly reduce.
But when you’re dealing with such astute, erudite arguments like, “Obama’s a sham,” maybe I’m giving him too much credit?
Thanks for mentioning that Theo. Obviously, Mike, like Romney, needs to learn arithmetic, since Romney/Ryan’s budget plan doesn’t add up; this has been said by every credible organization out there. I’m also curious as to what type of health benefits he offers his “minority” employees. God forbid that everyone gets the chance to have healthcare. But if he feels his political representatives ought to bow down and suck the cock of Grover Norquist, an unelected lobbyist for the rich, he’s a bigger idiot than his comment indicates.
Phillip Aubrey makes me feel really sorry for Spencer Reed and all the shit he had to endure. Aubrey is beyond ignorant. But how can everyone ignore Josh Long’s almost equal ignorance. For this election not voting is the equivalent of voting for Romney. Josh is cute but he’s also pretty dumb.
I’d say that Andrew Stark’s response is just as ignorant as well. His response clearly indicates that he is not going to vote for either of those, and while ideally a 3rd party is kind of needed, a vote for either Romney or Obama are really the only ones that matter. But then again Andrew is one of those obnoxious hipster type dubstep fanatics, so his appeal for him was lost long ago for me.
I agree. Although Phillip’s comments were outright offensive, Josh Long and Andrew Stark gave equally pathetic answers. I’d be willing to bet that the reason they’re both so down on voting is because they’re not eligible (felons maybe?)
Andrew Stark is right thourgh. Nothing to be enthusiastic about , you need to vote for the lesser of two evils OR a third party candidate , because let’s face i if nobody votes for them they will never have any visibility.
The electoral system in the US is corrupt anyway , this two party thing doesn’t make sense and money is WAY too important in american elections. You need to sell your ass to croporations and billionnaires to campaign properly in the first place…then you are bound to them because they don’t give away those millions for free . That’s not people’s power.
Interesting input from Philip Aubrey. If Romney wins, I doubt he’d be able to let strangers do shots out of his asshole at Folsom next year (I witnessed this firsthand and have pictures).
Boycott Philip Aubrey people! We couldn’t successfully do it to that duckface and his studio, but we sure as hell should consider passing along Philip Aubrey’s statement to every gay porn studio we can get in touch with!
btw, “duckface” has retreated from his position, and now is not supporting anyone.
Regardless of whether he retracted his statement or not, there’s no sure way of knowing if he voted for Romney, or Obama, or neither. I believe his recent statement of no longer being a Romney supporter is just a “kind” gesture due to the backlash that he has received from the gay community. He has to know that it was a bad business move on his part.
I think I remember reading that Phillip Aubrey didnt even graduate from middle school LOL
Phillip said “money” four times in his answer…Lmao
Phillip loves someone who abuses him. No wonder he dated Spencer Reed!
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Spencer Reed tried to warn us, but it wasn’t until just now that I realized Phillip Aubrey really is fucking nuts! Even the few performers who are voting for Obama because of his (alleged) dick size offered more eloquent reasons for supporting their candidate than Phil did. What a POS.
My Phillip Aubrey folder just hit the recycle bin.
I really have to scratch my head at people like Philip who don’t even realize the disdain Romney has for the average person, much less a gay man. Does 47 percent ring a bell? It’s like someone has to hit them over the head before they do the “I could’a had a V8” realization. Of course, by then, the damage is already done. Sheesh! Get a brain!
I guess Phillip doesn’t know that about The Supreme Court of the United States, and that the President for all intents and purposes, chooses who will be on it. The rights we have to fight for, the SCOTUS provides them. Get a fuckin’ clue, Phillip.
“I like the old America, not the new one Obama has tried to do.”
Old America: women can’t vote, legal segregation, and gays seen as people with mental problems. What’s not to love? :-)