US Representative Mary Bono Mack's tireless quest for the title of "America's Most Useless Elected Official" took an especially surreal turn yesterday (April 11), when the Palm Springs Republican called a press conference to publicly denounce a product called "Blow Energy Drink Mix".
Never mind that Riverside County is being hit hard by the George W. Bush-led recession and its attendant skyrocketing gas prices; never mind that the Iraq War — which Bono Mack continues to blithely support as if it were some sort of jolly foreign exchange field trip — is bankrupting our country and killing our soldiers, with no end in sight. Apparently, Bono Mack is far more concerned about the fact that some semi-imaginative entrepreneur is using nudge-nudge wink-wink cocaine references to market a powdered energy drink mix.
And leave it to the always-exemplary Desert Sun to give her press conference front page coverage, as if she'd announced the creation of a major energy bill or legislation to help assist upside-down mortgage holders in the Coachella Valley. In doing so, the paper and Bono Mack managed to give a priceless amount of free publicity and advertising to a product that most of us had never even heard of before. Well played all around...
In a particularly classy moment at the press conference, the Congresswoman even resorted to openly insulting the drink's founder, one Logan Gola. "To me, Mr. Gola is clearly a scumbag," she said, sounding more than a little like someone who's just realized they've been shorted a gram or two. Well, honey, at least Mr. Gola didn't literally sleep his way to a Congressional seat...
I just learned about this website while in Chicago last month, had no idea how hysterically funny it was until I checked it out today. shorted 2 grams indeed! great stuff here Mr E.
Posted by: Your Cousin Shirley | Jun 20, 2008 at 04:37 PM