Watching Senate floor debate isn’t always exciting, but sometimes you hear the words “going urgently” and your ears perk up.
That was Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) lighting up the floor by reading the scripts advertising some of the most common prescription drugs and saying they always depict happy scenes of trees and green grass.
“If life is like that when you use the purple pill … get me some purple pills,” Dorgan said.
The fairly reserved senator read aloud from a scripts for Boneva, Ambien and even offered the catchphrase, “Maybe it’s time to ask whether Lunesta is right for you.”
Dorgan cited the Flomax ad to fight against “going urgently,” quoting from the script, “For many men Flomax can make a difference in one week.”
He also said he was “especially distressed” by “unbelievably dishonest” TV ads targeting the health care debate.
