7/31/06: RightWingTrashWoman—Marilyn Chambers

Porn stars are running for political office—and they’re running as Republicans. That’s no surprise to readers of RightWingTrash. This article still neglects our favorite adult candidate of the past few years. If you lived in Utah during the 2004 Presidential election, you could have voted for Marilyn Chambers.

Many a proud American has pulled his lever to Chambers' body of work. In Utah, however, Chambers was on the ballot as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Personal Choice Party. It was a savvy move by the obscure organization. Chambers will always be a star for her pioneering porn-chic in 1972’s Behind The Green Door. Even then, the former Ivory Snow model would confound an expectant media by offering a surprisingly eloquent interview.

Chambers was equally comfortable making a case for her candidacy. Taking advantage of the PCP’s loose structure, she built her own platform on “the Constitutional right to partake in whatever activities [Americans] want to, without restrictions.”

This means she shared ideological ground with old hippie William F. Buckley. She also supported gay marriage, which leaves her welcome under our big comfy tent. Chambers was equally outspoken on less sexy issues—especially as the former owner of the Survival Store gun shop in Las Vegas:

It’s a good thing for people to register their guns, but there are criminals that can do that, too. I need a gun in my home if somebody breaks in. I want to be able to shoot them. I also want to be able to protect my country.

Unlike certain adult starlets, Chambers took her role as a political candidate seriously. She also remained impressively levelheaded after the election.

We interviewed her in 2005 as wildfires raged outside her Southern California home. Chambers skipped environmental fantasies, and took responsibility for her own living conditions. “When you’re in Kansas,” she said, “it’s tornados.” Our country has certainly had worse Vice-Presidents.

Make her your own: There’s no true conservative content in Chambers' filmography. That’s why we came up with this whole “RightWingTrashman (or Woman)” idea. It’s a way to honor entertainers whose work doesn’t necessarily reflect their daring political views.

There are still a few things to be said for 1983’s Angel of H.E.A.T. This R-rated spy spoof features an LSD-damaged bad guy trying to take over the world through rock music. That's believable. Chambers is underused as the star, but Mary Woronov’s mud-wrestling scene should be preserved by the American Film Institute.

 

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