Posted on 09/20/2005 5:49:39 PM PDT by mdittmar
A rubber company in China has begun marketing condoms under the brand names Clinton and Lewinsky, apparently seeking to exploit the White House affair that led to the impeachment of America's 42nd president.
Spokesman Liu Wenhua of the Guangzhou Rubber Group said the company was handing out 100,000 free Clinton and Lewinsky condoms as part of a promotion to raise consumer awareness of its new products.
He said that after the promotion ends, the Clinton condoms will go on sale in southern China for 29.8 Yuan ($A4.89) for a box of 12, while the Lewinsky model will be priced at 18.8 Yuan for the same quantity.
"The Clinton condom will be the top of our line," he said. "The Lewinsky condom is not quite as good."
Liu said the company had chosen to use the Clinton name because consumers viewed the former president as a responsible person, who would want to stress safe sex as an effective way to prevent the spread of the HIV virus.
"The names we chose are symbols of people who are responsible and dedicated to their jobs," he said. "I believe Bill Clinton cannot be unhappy about this because he's a very generous man."
Liu said the company did not believe using the Clinton and Lewinsky names constituted a violation of copyright or other laws.
"We have received full approval from the local Industrial and Commercial Bureau to start production," he said.
Clinton has campaigned aggressively for heightened AIDS awareness in China, where the disease is spreading rapidly.
In impeachment proceedings conducted by the US Senate in 1999, he was acquitted on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. The charges stemmed from denials he made about a sexual relationship he maintained with Lewinsky, a former White House intern.
- AP
It's sad...mostly because it's been a brilliant strategy. Clinton is now perceived as some sort of "loveable whore hound", and this won't change until all we FReepers are long dead and the historians finally get it dialed in....
Nope,FREEPERS don't throw things,but I get your point.
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Too funny. The perfect legacy.
And a dogpatch style loin cloth called 'my dong dont dangle in the dinner soup'? Seems that both would be apropriate to honor ex-prez Klinton??????
I bet some guys will make some profits on ebay from selling these.
These (little) things are going to be worth a fortune. BUYER BEWARE! All profits will go to the DNC.
Funny, but aren't the Chinese just a FEW YEARS late with this???
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Oops! Was I guilty of suggesting behavior totally antithetical to FREEPERS? Excuse my momentary lapse into sophomoric behavior, but when "Joy reigns supreme" for me I loosen up a bit. Sort of an intellectual orgasm of sorts, don't-cha-know!!
So how about we pass them out in individual little, brown paper bags?
Your subtitle is hilarious (and true).
Wonder what they’re doing for this election...
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