What Kinda Ketchup You Got With Them Freedom Fries?

First "Freedom Fries" and now "W Ketchup"* to go with it. Are any Republicans embarrassed by this stuff?

I mean, if it were a joke, that'd be one thing, but these guys are serious!

Bush Country Ketchup is a competitor, and their spokesman points out though, W Ketchup is keeping 95% of profits and only giving the GOP 5%.

So, maybe we should just congratulate them for capitalism at it's finest.

Of course, most folks will probably just continue buying Heinz ketchup, and the small market for alternative ketchup will just keep getting split up into increasingly small proportions by opportunistic Bushites.

By the way, Heinz has a prominent link on its homepage to information declaring itself publicly held and nonpartisan, and, above all, asserts that its "flagship ketchup is All-American." Furthermore,

Neither Teresa Heinz Kerry, Senator John Kerry nor any member of their family is involved in the management or board of the H.J. Heinz Company, the Heinz® Ketchup business or any of the company's other brands or products.

Of course, the folks buying "W Ketchup" probably aren't thinking of that. And the kind folks at "W Ketchup" ain't gonna tell 'em neither.

They do take care, though, to include a photo of Reagan (wearing a cowboy hat) on their site and to thank the recently deceased President "for his selfless service to this nation."

Aw, shucks.

They also include the following: "Choose Heinz and you're supporting Teresa and her husband's Gulfstream Jet, and liberal causes such as Kerry for President."

Dang, that's an outright lie, isn't it?!  Or I guess you could just call it "straight shootin'."

*They claim the "W" stands for "Washington."

Update: In the time it took to refresh my screen, the text about John Kerry's Gulfstream Jet had been edited off the page, though an allusion to it still appears in the Comments area of the site. Guess all the scrutiny was getting to them. Nonetheless, Google's caching feature saves the day.