Wayne Besen - Author, Activist, Columnist, Public Speaker

Friday, February 17, 2006

(Tom Malin and 'Todd Sharpe')

The Web page touts the "hot uninhibited" services of a male escort identified as Todd Sharpe, displaying a blurry beefcake photo and listing a Dallas phone number. But the number belongs to a salesman and former actor named Tom Malin, a Dallas Democrat who is seeking election to the Texas House.

Malin acknowledged Thursday that he once worked as a prostitute, The Dallas Morning News reports.

"I've made mistakes in my life, and I've stood before my Creator and I've accepted responsibility for my behavior," Mr. Malin said. "I've also accepted his grace and his redemption and his love and his forgiveness, and that's what important."

Web pages that have been used to advertise the sexual services of "Todd Sharpe" say he previously worked in the New York City and Los Angeles areas. His rates ranged from $200 to $600, according to graphically detailed reviews from men whom the pages described as satisfied customers.

Mr. Malin said he no longer works as a prostitute.

"I knew that if I continued on with that, I would die," Mr. Malin said. "God spoke to me, and I knew I had to make a different choice in life."

Okay, here is the truth. Malin did not find God and is not sorry. What he found was "gravity," which made his ass (and his high billing rates) sag. With declining revenue, he had to find some new skills, so he took up politics, which is essentially legal prostitution.

In politics, you sell yourself to the highest bidder, fuck people every chance you get, flirt and smile with people you detest and smoke fat cigars after you are finished screwing someone.

I don't have an issue with the fact Malin was a hustler, but this "I have sinned" crap is just a sad act that Americans (particularly on death row) use to dupe gullible people into thinking they are contrite. Spare us the conversion nonsense, and just say you got too old to work the streets and had to find a new gig.

Wouldn't honesty be refreshing? Oh, that's right, he wants to be a politician.

8 Comments:

Wow, he'd be representing the "Park Cities" (Highland Park, University Park, TX, as well as parts of Dallas). Isn't that where GWB has/had his house?

This poor man's life sounds like an Exodus International story.

For some reason, I don't feel too good about the "tipster".
posted by Anonymous, at 2/17/2006 11:56 AM

I agree...the "tipster" is a sleaze who had an axe to grind. He should be outed so people can see the snake.
posted by Wayne Besen, at 2/17/2006 12:00 PM

"Okay, here is the truth. Malin did not find God and is not sorry." How do you know? An article that starts with " Gay Ho..." seems to discredit the statement of "I don't have an issue with the fact Malin was a hustler". Also, why are just parts of the entry in quotation marks when almost the entire piece is verbatim from the DMN story.Before disparaging someones character with "Wouldn't honesty be refreshing?", I suggest practicing what you advocate.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/17/2006 2:15 PM

The tipster was described in the DMN as a "gay democrat" who didn't want Malin to get the Democratic nomination and hurt the party. If he really wanted to protect the party, he could have gone to Malin privately and given him a chance to bow out of the race. You can be sure that our enemies will use this story against us as an example of our "dangerous, destructive lifestyle." I can hear the preachers gearing up their Sunday sermons already.
posted by Sam, at 2/17/2006 2:55 PM

Malin is doing what many manipulators do when they find themselves surrounded by religious fanatics. They claim to have found Jesus, all the while laughing behind the backs of the hicks at their utter gullability!
posted by Anonymous, at 2/17/2006 3:02 PM

Another victim of pointless religious brain washing. With shock, I can only say "what have they done to this man"?
posted by Anonymous, at 2/17/2006 9:16 PM

Writer: "Also, why are just parts of the entry in quotation marks when almost the entire piece is verbatim from the DMN story."

Wayne: Hello?? It is called a link. I linked to the entire story so you could read the entire quote(s). If I printed the entire story, I would be a wire service.
posted by Wayne Besen, at 2/18/2006 2:40 PM

Wayne - I made the error of not using the hyperlink to the DMN. You answered my question. I apologize for my remark.
posted by Anonymous, at 2/19/2006 6:05 PM