Laurie Coleman Dumps Norm

Yep – she sure did. With little fanfare, and absolutely no publicity that I could find. I’m not sure exactly when Laurie dumped Norm; but I know it was quite recent and I found out about it quite by accident. You see, I was talking to a friend; discussing how republiCons in general - and Senator Smokescreen in particular - never admit to doing anything wrong. Ever. But, Laurie dumping Norm like she did, is proof somebody done something wrong…

So, I’m tellin’ my pal how Laurie Coleman shamelessly hypes her senatorial hubby to sell her hair dryer thingy, and he shoots back: “dude – what are you talking about”? “Hey (I say) - it’s right there, on www.bloandgo.com ; Laurie Coleman shamelessly shillin’ her senatorial hubby, ol’ Smokescreen himself – it’s right there, on her website!!!”

Well, it was. “was” – as in “used to”. Here’s what it used to say:

Anyone who has ever tried to style his or her hair by wielding a blow-dryer in one hand and a brush in the other knows that it can be an exasperating juggling act. The challenge of an at-home blowout is what inspired, former runway model and wife of U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, Laurie Coleman to invent the Blo & Go, a hair-dryer holster. For years, Coleman had been jury-rigging wire coat hangers into holders for her blow-dryer so she could use both hands to style her hair. "You go on a trip with senators and you have 45 minutes and you have to be ready to go," says Coleman, who doesn't have the luxury of traveling with a hairstylist. "Norm's not going to blow-dry my hair." Her makeshift holsters were awkward, but they worked. That led a friend, Anthony Turk, who is now her business partner, to encourage her to develop and manufacture the device. It took four years of working with a product designer, but you can now get a Blo & Go for $29.99. Coleman is a former model, mother of two and a onetime actress -- "Homeland Security," "Three Days of Rain." The Blo & Go device doesn't grip the nozzle of the blow-dryer; instead, it cradles the handle. It holds by suction to any flat surface such as a mirror.

Except, now, it doesn’t say that, as my pal pointed out.

All that highlighted stuff, up there?

It no longer says that, here: www.BloAndGo.com

It used to, but now it doesn’t. Why not? Why is Laurie no longer shamelessly shilling her senatorial hubby? Did ol’ Smokescreen figure out that his wife shamelessly shilling him isn’t exactly “senatorial”? Was it Norm that figured out having Laurie shill Norm might not send the proper signal; might not show proper senatorial decorum? Or, might have a staffer - a staffer with a good sense of where the electoral winds are blowing - figured it out? Just a few months ago, a staffer was quoted in The Washington Post, thusly: Press secretary LeRoy Coleman (no relation) confirms that the senator is "indeed proud of his wife and proud of the product."

These days, not so much? So, I’m left wondering: just what caused Laurie to dump Norm?

Those are all good questions; questions I’ll try to get answers for. Be that as it may, the answer to the question, gentle readers of “so why didn’t Norm step ‘right’ up, and admit he’s done wrong?” is “that’s just something republiCons in general, and Norm in particular, just don’t do”.