Politics | Ron Paul Brothel Owner Backs Paul GOP hopeful gets some X-rated support By Jonas Oransky Posted Nov 26, 2007 5:16 PM CST Copied In this photo provided by CBS, Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, gets set to appear on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper) (Associated Press) See 1 more photo Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. "On a personal basis, he doesn't condone those things," Paul's spokesman made clear. Hof said he wanted to begin fundraising immediately: "I'll get all the Bunnies together, and we can raise him some money." His employees weren’t feeling so generous, saying they’d need to take a close look at the other candidates first. Read These Next President warns Exxon over its wary response to Venezuela. Golden Globes ends with an upset. Nikki Glaser jokes about Epstein files at the Golden Globes. Five human heads found hanging at picturesque beach. See 1 more photo Report an error