Tornado Alley (PROG)

[janice shell]

...the country in which a porno star became a congresswoman (before being ousted, she offered to have sex with Saddam Hussein in return for peace in the Middle East…

That makes it sound as if she was somehow thrown out after a few months. In reality, Cicciolina (real name Ilona Staller) was in parliament for five years. She was kind of nutty, but not a bad sort.

She's still interested in politics.