However, the other side of the coin is an increasing number of patent medicines, hoaxes, and scams who seem to make up 100% of Newsmax advertisers. There is Mike Huckster Huckabee as usual pitching his quackery. I like Mike but please, enough of the secret formulas. To his credit, his wife looks sweet, and so do his little dogs.
And then there is this Mormon carnival barker idiot pitching the most improbable item, a magic piece of plastic without chemicals or batteries which cures all your ills. The highlight of this baloney is someone pasting this patch on their prosthetic leg. Only $160. Yeah, that's going to work. Look him up on the internet and you will find volumes of consumer and false advertising complaints.
And then there is lovable old Elmer Heinrich pitching his "secret vitamin mineral formula". Even his wife and son get into the act. I have a soft spot for Elmer, but his product seems little more than what you could buy from the Walmart vitamin aisle.
Then there's a crazy blond middle aged lady who used to pitch a product for "ugly yellow toenail fungus". Now this same gal is pitching dog food which cures "pooping issues". Her trade mark is a fast pitch while waving her hand.
Then there is the Jewish lady who stands in front of what appears to be a concentration camp. She claims Holocaust survivors are starving to death and no one will help them. I looked up her salary and it's 5 million dollars per year. She acts like these people were just released from captivity a few days ago.
And then there is Pat Boone. He is always fear mongering and trying to get you to buy his brand of magic gold. This commercial and all the others have one item in common: they play edgy, nervous, uncomfortable music as the background for their commercials. Except Elmer. I think the psychology is that you buy the product and the music stops. I just turn the channel or turn off the set, and the music stops. Problem cured. Sorry Newsmax.
Pat Boone...
Still Kickin’-—?
“In a Metal Mood”
Great Music done poorly.
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Pat in Leather...