Kick Ass contract performer and California gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey was upset that she wasn’t selected to participate in the upcoming televised debate between the five candidates who have the highest poll ratings.
Originally there were six candidate scheduled for the debate, but then one of the six candidates invited to participate, Peter Ueberroth, dropped out of the recall race the day after he was selected to be in the debate.
The California Broadcasters Association, the organization arranging the debate, did not appoint a replacement candidate for the debate, opting to simply cut the debate down to five rather than six candidates.
“Do you know why they changed their rules over the course of 24 hours? I’ll tell you why. Because if you were to take a poll today, Mary Carey would be the sixth most popular candidate in this election!” Carey stated in a speech at a campaign fundraiser at the Barfly in West Hollywood earlier this week.
CBA vice-president Berry says that’s not the case – that there was no clear contender to substitute Ueberroth with.
“After Camejo (the candidate who ranked sixth in polls), who had 3 percent, after him there was nobody until a huge pack of candidates at one percent or less. Those under one percent were lumped all together,” Berry told AVN.com. “It was a clear break and that was what we were looking for.”
“We actually selected all of the candidates that we were going to invite on Monday. Uberoff dropping out on Tuesday just narrowed the field even further,” Berry said.
Recall candidates were required to receive at least 10 percent in any of three polls (LA Times, Field or IIPF) to automatically qualify for a spot on the televised debate. If six candidates didn’t achieve 10 percent, then the CBA would then select the top six candidates according to poll rankings.
The televised debate on September 24 now includes only Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California state Senator Tom McClintock, columnist Arianna Huffington and Green Party candidate Peter Camejo.
“All of the reporters I’ve talked to think it is ridiculous,” Carey told AVN.com “I think I’d add something significant to the debate. I have some very innovative ideas.”
Ideas like her newly announced plan to fix the economy of the state of California – keep the bars open later. “And the best part is, we’ll be stimulating the economy while having a lot of fun doing it!” Carey said when announcing the plan earlier this week.
Even without partaking in the official televised debate, Carey is still getting plenty of media support – Howard Stern plans on letting Carey be one of the two recall candidates he will interview before the election.She is scheduled to appear on September 29, just one day and one week before thye election.
She's also in talks to be a featured member of WB's Surreal Life, a reality show that places semi-celebrities in a house to live together and culminates in a group talent show. Last year Vince Neil, Gary Coleman and Corey Feldman were among the cast of the show.
Not that every promotion works out for Carey. Today she appeared on a radio show hosted by Sean Hannity, a nationally syndicated talk-show host in the vein of Bill O'Reilly.
"He told me over again over again that I'm selling my soul to the devil. I didn't like him very much," Carey said of Hannity.
Carey was also left out of two college debates that were supposed to showcase the youngest candidates this week. No explanation has been given.
