Jenna Jameson is known for pictures like this one, sure (and much more), but she's a thinking woman too — one who has strong feelings about
the current administration, and one who built and ran a successful company (unlike our current president) that she sold to
Playboy for eight figures two years ago. So in a recent 1-on-1 interview, I mixed in some politics, getting her take on the race for the Democratic nomination between
Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama.
While everyone — well, OK, mostly hardcore boosters and her own advisors — seemed to believe that women would feel empowered by the possibility of a female major party presidential candidate, and that Clinton could ride that enthusiasm, and the country's, umm,
considerable Bush fatigue, all the way to the White House, I always thought there was
a dormant, hyperactive competitiveness and double standard that women might apply to Hillary, so I asked Jameson if her experience in the adult industry — which surely featured some of that — lent, in her opinion, any credence to my theory.
"That's an amazing point. I think you're right," says Jameson, who makes her legit cinematic debut with the tongue-in-cheek horror-comedy
Zombie Strippers, releasing this week in select markets. "
It's hard for women to accept another female, period. Even though we want that, we want that power, I think on some level there would be a competition, like, 'Oh, that bitch don't know what she's doing.' You know what I mean? 'We should have a man in office, I knew I was right.'"
"But whether female or male, I think everybody wants a change," continues Jameson, "and I'm voting [for Hillary or Barack] not necessarily just because she's female or he's black, but because
we need a Democrat in office, period — because they're better for society. The bottom line is we don't want any more war."
More on
Zombie Strippers, Jameson and her battles with the Bush administration in the coming days. Wow. Coming. See how I did that? Total zing.
