It’s Valentine’s Day weekend. Where is the love? Ted Cruz’ campaign just pulled a political ad that had a porn actress, Amy Lindsay, as a member of the cast. The ad is called “Conservatives Anonymous” and you can view it here at the NY Post. The ad itself is very tame, but I guess the campaign thought having Lindsay in the ad didn’t project the right image. Here is Amy talking about the ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SL6ztHdvmg&feature=youtu.be

I’m not sure where my opinion will shake out with VG readers, but I for one would have advised Ted Cruz to run the ad! It wasn’t like the ad itself was pornography!

Extremely disappointed the #TedCruz campaign pulled the national television spot I had a role in… @CNN @Foxnews #moretocome #myvotecounts

— Amy Lindsay (@amylindsayLA) February 12, 2016

I see nothing wrong with showing a political ad with paid actors who are not criminals, like actual drug dealers, illegal immigrants, or terrorists. That would be the only vetting I would care about in producing a scripted piece of political persuasion (or also sabotage). The lady got the job fair and square, and her ability to do the job was clearly not affected by anything else she had done. Some people might say politics is the dirtiest job there is – there might be more honesty in the porn industry than there is in Washington! If it’s one thing we relearn every election season it’s how none of us are without sin.