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Registering voters to get rid of 'ultra-conservative' BushFearing conservatives could shut down their businesses, strip club owners are asking patrons to take a moment to fill out a voter registration and then cast their presidential ballot for Sen. John Kerry. ''It's not to say our industry loves John Kerry or anything like that,'' trade publisher Dave Manack told the Associated Press. ''But George Bush, if he's re-elected, it could be very damaging to our industry.'' Manack, associate publisher of E.D. Publications, which publishes Exotic Dancer magazine, says adult night clubs take in an estimated $15 billion annually and employ 500,000...

BELOIT, Wis. -- Strip club owners are putting a little bada-bing in the presidential campaign by asking patrons to turn their eyes away from the stage for a moment to fill out a voter registration form -- and then vote against President Bush. ''It's not to say our industry loves John Kerry or anything like that,'' said Dave Manack, associate publisher of E.D. Publications, which publishes Exotic Dancer magazine. ''But George Bush, if he's re-elected, it could be very damaging to our industry.'' Fearful that conservatives might turn off the colored lights for good, a trade organization for adult nightclubs...

Thursday, May 20, 2004 6:08 p.m. EDT Strippers for Kerry Launch Voter Drive Alexandra Kerry's decision to go nearly topless at the Cannes film festival earlier this week must have been a big winner with one of her father's fastest growing constituencies: Strippers and the strip club owners who employ them. Turns out, the exotic dancing industry is lining up firmly behind the Massachusetts Democrat because they think he'll be better for business than President Bush. Michael Ocello, president of the Association of Club Executives, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that his group believes Bush's brand of conservatism discourages...

BELOIT, Wis. – Owners of strip clubs are putting a little bada-bing in the presidential campaign by asking patrons to turn their eyes away from the stage for a moment to fill out a voter registration form and then vote against President Bush. "It's not to say our industry loves John Kerry or anything like that," said Dave Manack, associate publisher of E.D. Publications, which publishes Exotic Dancer magazine. "But George Bush, if he's re-elected, it could be very damaging to our industry." Fearful that conservatives might turn off the colored lights for good, a trade organization for adult night...