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Former actor Tom Malin is hoping to be a Democratic candidate for the Texas house of representatives.


Former actor Tom Malin is hoping to be a Democratic candidate for the Texas house of representatives. He has been collecting endorsements for the primary election in house district 108 (central Dallas). A pall has been cast over Mr. Malin's political career, however, by the revelation that he was formerly a male prostitute prostitute n. a person who receives payment for sexual intercourse or other sexual acts, generally as a regular occupation. Although usually a prostitute refers to a woman offering sexual favors to men, male prostitutes may perform homosexual acts for money or , advertising himself on a website as a provider of "hot, uninhibited uninhibited /un·in·hib·it·ed/ (un?in-hib´i-ted) free from usual constraints; not subject to normal inhibitory mechanisms. " services to other men. The website, since deactivated, included testimonials from satisfied customers. Well, well, Phaedo was a male prostitute too (though not by choice), and there is such a thing as redemption. Local Democrats in Dallas, however, claim that Mr. Malin was less than honest with them when rumors about his past first appeared, and some endorsements, including one from the city's largest gay lobby, have been rescinded. We hope Mr. Malin will find gainful gain·ful  
adj.
Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment.



gainful·ly adv.
 employment outside of politics and prostitution, and we strenuously stren·u·ous  
adj.
1. Requiring great effort, energy, or exertion: a strenuous task.

2. Vigorously active; energetic or zealous.
 forbear for·bear 1  
v. for·bore , for·borne , for·bear·ing, for·bears

v.tr.
1. To refrain from; resist: forbear replying. See Synonyms at refrain1.
 making any parallels between those two fields.
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Title Annotation:The Week
Publication:National Review
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U7TX
Date:Mar 13, 2006
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