Would
YOU vote for a woman who cheated on her husband?
Samantha St Clair is middle-aged, married,
mild-mannered, and hardworking: the perfect also-ran candidate for
a Democratic Party that’s keen to look equal opportunities.
Then her campaign hits the front pages with her fleeting fling –
and the photo is flying around the internet.
Now she has no funding, no support, and only
her college student daughter to advise her. It’s time to take
a long hard look at female sexuality, macho politics, and how the
two collide in a sincere, sweet and accidentally scandalous presidential
candidate.
COMING FALL 2010
The Mother Lode: A
contemporary political tragi-comedy of female sexuality,
macho politics, and an accidental presidential candidate.
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Samantha froze. Marilyn pulled her hand out
her bag and handed over a few sheets of printer-paper. Samantha
glanced at them, did a double-take, and looked closer. Her
hand rose to cover her mouth.
“Shit…” she whispered. “Shit! Where
did you get these?”
Marilyn pointed to the internet address that had printed automatically
on the top of each page.
“Shit…” said Samantha again. “He posted
these on his website? Why would he do that?”
“It’s himself he’s advertising – not
you – you just happen to be in the picture.”
Her blood was turning hot and cold as she looked at her face.
“But – it must be a trick – I didn’t
see a camera?”
“Maybe a camera-phone?” suggested Marilyn bleakly.
“I mean, you’re kind of preoccupied in the pictures.”
Samantha covered her face, her voice muffled by her palms.
“I just announced I’m running for president and
I’m on the internet giving a guy a… a…”
“A blowjob,” supplied Marilyn.
