Bachmann Gets Endorsement Deal with Thorazine

WASHINGTON (TheSkunk.org) — The antipsychotic drug Thorazine has been named the official medication of the Michele Bachmann presidential campaign. A recent post on Bachmann’s Twitter account read: “Looking forward to being official Thorazine spokesperson.”

Thorazine is the brand name for chlorpromazine, an antipsychotic medication used to treat a variety of mental disorders associated with delusional behavior.

“We were looking for a corporate sponsor for our campaign bus tour,” noted Bachmann. “We approached McDonald’s, but they turned us down. Then one of my aides said, ‘What about Thorazine?’ I asked God what he thought, and he gave me a huge thumbs up.”

GlaxoSmithKline, the pharmaceutical company that first manufactured the drug in the 1950s, denied entering into any agreements with the Minnesota congresswoman.

“No one from the Bachmann campaign has ever contacted us,” said GSK Vice President, Earl Knagler. “We haven’t marketed that product for years, and we don’t endorse politicians. I have no idea what she’s talking about.”

But the Tea Party backed candidate has already ordered thousands of bumper stickers, summoning supporters to “Bring Back the American Dream with Bachmann and Thorazine.”

Knagler warned Bachmann not to use their product in any of her promotional materials. “This whole thing is completely unauthorized,” he said, “and she will be hearing from our legal department.”

But the threat of legal action hasn’t stopped Bachmann, who said she plans to distribute over a hundred thousand bottles of the pill to her Tea Party supporters. “My husband can write the prescriptions,” she explained. “After all, he is a doctor.”

When asked if there were any circumstance under which his company would endorse Bachmann, Knagler said he would “wait and see what happens after she’s been on the medication for a month or two.”

“And then,” he added, “maybe we’ll really have something to advertise.”