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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFamily values ex-Nevada lawmaker appears in bikini for Maxim
Source: Reuters
Family values ex-Nevada lawmaker appears in bikini for Maxim
By Timothy Pratt
LAS VEGAS | Thu May 17, 2012 8:35pm EDT
(Reuters) - A former Nevada state Senator who ran on a Christian family values platform has posed in a bikini as a write-in candidate for the men's magazine Maxim's "Hot 100" contest.
The magazine will announce results of the annual contest next week, but a photo of Elizabeth Halseth posed in a black bikini against a desert mountain backdrop has featured on the magazine's website as one of the most popular 'Hot 100' write-ins of the year.
"The former state senator of Nevada clearly knows a thing or two about campaigning: The votes for Halseth keep on coming," a caption under her write-in candidacy photo reads. "And with a couple years in office under her belt, she just might be ready to represent on the Hot 100."
News of the arc of Halseth's career, from staunch advocate of family to potential pin-up model, has stirred reactions ranging from "only in Las Vegas" to regret over damage to the Republican cause.
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By Timothy Pratt
LAS VEGAS | Thu May 17, 2012 8:35pm EDT
(Reuters) - A former Nevada state Senator who ran on a Christian family values platform has posed in a bikini as a write-in candidate for the men's magazine Maxim's "Hot 100" contest.
The magazine will announce results of the annual contest next week, but a photo of Elizabeth Halseth posed in a black bikini against a desert mountain backdrop has featured on the magazine's website as one of the most popular 'Hot 100' write-ins of the year.
"The former state senator of Nevada clearly knows a thing or two about campaigning: The votes for Halseth keep on coming," a caption under her write-in candidacy photo reads. "And with a couple years in office under her belt, she just might be ready to represent on the Hot 100."
News of the arc of Halseth's career, from staunch advocate of family to potential pin-up model, has stirred reactions ranging from "only in Las Vegas" to regret over damage to the Republican cause.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-bikini-nevada-idUSBRE84H00H20120518
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Family values ex-Nevada lawmaker appears in bikini for Maxim (Original Post)
Eugene
May 2012
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zappaman
(20,606 posts)1. Seems to me like one could have good Christian values and still wear a bikini.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)3. Makes sense to me
ProfessorGAC
(65,318 posts)10. You Didn't Read The Reuters Link
She won her seat in part by showing a flyer with her opponent's WIFE WEARING A REVEALING DRESS". The caption was "not our values".
So, she is being amazingly hypocritical, which suggests she doesn't agree with you.
GAC
noamnety
(20,234 posts)11. It doesn't look hypocritical to me.
"Our values" for republicans means "something that benefits me personally."
An opponent's wife looking overtly attractive doesn't benefit her.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)2. TTIWWP
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)4. But there are no peecturesss!!!
No, really, don't bother. I had my share of "nice looking on the surface but downright sick minded and spiritually ruined" ages ago. She's a hypocrite and that's it.
mikeytherat
(6,829 posts)12. Meh. Thin, but no muscle tone.
Mrs. Rat is 46 and puts her to shame.
mikey_the_raT
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)5. The "Family Values", "Values Voters" are all frauds.
Everyone one of them.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)9. Except Vitter, Craig, and the C-Street Family. NT
sadbear
(4,340 posts)7. Thank god it's not Sharron Angle or Sue Lowden
Initech
(100,117 posts)8. Oh. Won't. Somebody. Please. Think. Of. The. Children.