This is the story of Jerry Springer, his career as a Cincinnati politician, and his rise to TV fame.
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So this politician ruins his career by smashing with a hooker, but then he makes the most insane comeback I've ever seen. Now his name is Gerald and Gerald wants nothing more than to make an impact on this world. So he gets into politics and at 26 years old, he runs for Congress. But unfortunately, he loses that election. Oh, but Gerald's not going to give up yet.
He's determined to be a political success. So a year later, he tries again, and he runs for city council. And this time, he wins. He finally gets his foot in the door. And once he's elected, everyone just loves Gerald because he works really hard to be a man of the people. Like he goes out and he works a day with a garbage collection crew and he spends a night with prisoners in jail.
He's trying to get everyone's perspective to take back with him to city council. He's that kind of guy. So he's really popular. But then Gerald screws it all up when one day he decides to visit a health club. Here's the thing about this particular health club. This health club is actually known as a place where guys go to meet hookers.
So while Gerald's there visiting this place, he pays for intercourse. Twice. And when he does, for some dumb reason, both times he pays with a personal check. And of course, on those checks, he had signed his actual name. And eventually, predictably, the health club gets busted by police for running a prostitution ring.
And during that investigation, of course, they find the checks with Gerald's name right on them. And poor Gerald, he's embarrassed and he's ashamed. And then, boom, he's forced to step down from the city council position he worked so hard for. I believe it in the best interest of this community that I resign.
Now, lucky for him, he doesn't face any charges, but it does seem like that's the end of his political career and he's never going to make an impact on this world. Until Gerald is not ready to give up yet. He set out to make an impact on this world, and damn it, that's what he's gonna do. So a few years later, despite his scandal, he says, fuck it, I wanna get back into politics.
And he runs for city council again. And to everyone's surprise, boom, he gets elected again. Not only that, he wins by a landslide. And shortly after that, he gets chosen by the city council to be the mayor of Cincinnati. Oh, but he's not done yet. Four years later, he runs for governor of Ohio.
And he still has these skeletons in his closet from the whole prostitution scandal, but he still runs a pretty good campaign where he owns up to his past mistakes.
Some nine years ago, I spent time with a woman I shouldn't have, and I paid her with a check. I wish I hadn't done that.
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