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 Email sent to Ghislaine Maxwell seeks 'inappropriate friends.' Kansas City Chiefs moving across state line. James Cameron is still torqued about a 2013 joke about him. During group swim, witness spots a shark carrying a body. See 1 more photo Report an error