Monday, May 12, 2008

"There's Nothing You Can Do"

"Leave it to the tone deaf GOP to find a way of attaching themselves to this election cycle's 'change' mandate that simultaneously reinforces the fact that their failed policies have messed up the world to such an inhuman extent that many Americans now live their daily lives in a state of free-floating panic and paralyzing anxiety." ~ The Huffington Post, 5/12/08


So according to today's New York Times' Caucus blog, House Republicans have got themselves a brand-new slogan: "The change you deserve."

What the GOP boneheads don't seem realize is that "the change you deserve" is the registered advertising slogan of Effexor XR, an antidepressant. An antidepressant that one has to assume is flying off the shelves these days.

The best part of this story? When the Food And Drug Administration reviewed the ad copy that included the tagline, "The change you deserve," it took issue with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures Effexor, saying that the company made "unsubstantiated superiority claims." Yeah... that doesn't sound like something the GOP would do....

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