As they ready for what could be the biggest debate of their careers Wednesday night, GOP presidential candidates are also searching for the trick to keeping the horse race from becoming a “hoarse race.”
Remedies include former President Bill Clinton’s practice of humming, gulping water and sleeping on a fancy pillow, President Obama’s honey, lemon, ginger and hot water concoction, and even Sen. John McCain’s tablespoon of olive oil.
A simpler solution: one of the nation’s top makers of throat drops, Pine Bros., has shipped the 11 primetime CNN debate candidates and the venue, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley, Calif., dozens of bags of natural honey and wild cherry Softish Throat Drops.
Each came with a note that read: “Let Your Voice Be Heard at the Debate. Good luck! –Pine Bros.”
Company CEO Rider McDowell said, “Pine Bros. has been soothing sore throats for over 140 years, since Ulysses Grant occupied the White House.” He added, “If the GOP debaters want their voices to be heard, they should tuck a few Pine Bros. Softish Throat Drops into their pockets before the big debate.”
And, he added, the drop made of plant glycerin, imported gum acacia and natural flavors, is a better spoonful of medicine than olive oil.
“With Pine Bros. throat coating action, there’s no reason Donald Trump should have to gargle olive oil to get ready for the next great debate,” McDowell said.
“Plus, it’s menthol free, so it soothes throats without numbing,” McDowell said in a release to Secrets.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
