Lots of politicians like strippers.
John McCain, for example, used to date one known as "the Flame Thrower." But
Barack Obama apparently isn't a member of the club: His brother-in-law is telling the
BBC that Obama fled his 1997 stag party in London as soon as things started getting seedy. According to the then-groom, Obama was fine throwing back a few drinks, but hit the eject button on the boys' night out immediately after "lo and behold, a stripper-gram turned up." It's not known if
Col Allen was aware of this stripper aversion before awarding Obama with an
endorsement in today's
New York Post.