Candidate Gives Viagra, Calls for Nation to Rise
Candidate Gives Viagra, Calls for Nation to Rise
BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Promising to invigorate Colombians in the
struggle against war and corruption, a presidential candidate startled
drivers by handing out samples of impotence drug Viagra.
"We want our votes to dose Colombia with Viagra, to lift and to firm up the
country, make peace swell, by standing up to the corrupt and stiffening our
people," presidential hopeful Ingrid Betancourt told Reuters at traffic
lights Thursday in downtown Bogota.
Followed by nervous police bodyguards and assistants dangling plastic bags
of tablets, the slightly built Betancourt -- wearing a blue, Viagra-colored
T-shirt -- darted from car to car as they stopped at red lights.
"Colombia must rise up!" exclaimed a scruffily dressed man with curly gray
hair after Betancourt gave him a pill.
-- from Yahoo! News ( http://news.yahoo.com/ ) - And yes, it is a real story.
