Intermittent Rant

I don’t usually flaunt my amazing pattern recognition powers, but watching The Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight set the little alarms in my head abuzzin’. I mean, if Olbermann’s implication that the word “CAUCus” had some sort of lascivious connotations weren’t enough, there was a string of ED commercials, which got me to thinking: Just WHO is their target demographic???

Before I go on, I must put forward the disclaimer that I am not a regular Countdown viewer and was looking for coverage of the Iowa CAUCus (I feel dirty after typing that for some reason).

By now, we all know the commercials. Couple kissing in the kitchen when suddenly the sink starts spraying water…all…over…them. Or even the dude that goes out shopping with his wife when all of a sudden horns appear over his head. And now this:

I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate this commercial. It’s the gayest thing I’ve ever seen! It’s like ED is part of the cultural landscape now. What’s next? An album? The Erectile Dysfunction Top 40? Movies? A play perhaps?

What makes me cringe all the more is the insinuation of ED in politics. I mean, you watch a football game and it’s not unusual to see a beer commercial or two. Will I have to endure Viva Viagra every time I want to see what’s going on in the latest polls or who’s ahead in the key battleground states? Come on, people, don’t wuss out like Huckabee. Politics is a bloodsport. Show me the gore, show me the guts.

By the way, remember Bob? The guy in the Enzyte commercials with the perpetual grin that would play golf or go for a swim while the satisfied wife served him lemonade. And it had that catchy tune. I miss that tune.