Marey Carey

Marey Carey
Website:	http://www.marycarey.com/

Mary Carey (born Mary Ellen Cook on June 15, 1980 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American erotic actress and tongue-mostly-in-cheek politician. Her stage name comes from the fact of her remarkable facial resemblance to the musician Mariah Carey.

Mary Cook moved to Florida when she was 7, and studied ballet and dance until she was 19 years old. She graduated in 1998 from the Pine Crest School, a Fort Lauderdale private preparatory school (alma mater of Kelsey Grammer and Wayne Huizenga). At 19, she decided to try to join her college dance team. After being part of the college dance team for a year, she tried stripping.

She loved being naked so much that she started to think about becoming a featured adult entertainer in the adult industry, shortly thereafter becoming an established erotic actress. She has been in numerous adult magazines, adult TV shows, adult internet sites, and adult movies. Her years of ballet paid off because now she can perform well with stage presence and flexibility and she can actually dance. She also claims to have never received breast implants, and openly discourages their use.

During the 2003 California recall, she was an independent candidate, placing tenth in a field of 135 candidates. She ran on a ten (later expanded to eleven) point platform, promising to:

Legalize same-sex marriage
Tax breast implants
Make lap-dances tax deductible
Wire the California Governor's Mansion with live web-cams
Create a "Porn for Pistols" program to reduce the number of handguns
Be a goodwill ambassador to attract business to the state
Make those drawing unemployment insurance do jury duty for their pay
Fight the attacks on the porn industry by John Ashcroft and the U.S. Department of Justice
Allow bars to stay open until 4:00 A.M.
Address the AIDS epidemic
Legalize ferrets and gerbils
In April 2005, she was arrested in connection with a Lakewood, Washington cabaret sting operation. She subsequently made a plea agreement in which she received a 19 month sentence which was suspended pending her not having any legal problems for one year.

Political ambitions

Mary CareyIn June 2005, Carey announced her desire to run for Lieutenant Governor of California as an Independent in 2006. She also attended a GOP fund-raiser with the president of the company that produces her porn videos and announced that she has become a Republican. Given her previous political record, however, it remains to be seen if she (or Californians) will take her candidacy seriously. However, she would not be the first adult actress to win public office if her future bids are successful, as Italian porn-star Cicciolina was elected to the Italian Parliament. Many members of the press forecasted that she would do something inappropiate at the dinner or arrive in inappropriate attire, as a publicity stunt, however she was dressed formally for the occasion and did nothing out of the ordinary. Some, including Rev. Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association, believe that her new political leanings are an organized attempt to embarrass Republicans by showing a porn actress in the same dining hall with President Bush and affiliated with the Republican Party.

She has also claimed that she hopes to run on a major party nomination for President of the United States.