CEASE AND DESIST (via John Resnick)

WD-40 Maker Protests Texas Dems' Nickname (Connie Mabin, May 26, 2003, Associated Press)

Talk about slippery politicians.

The makers of the lubricant WD-40 are objecting to some Texas lawmakers calling themselves "the WD-40s"--a name they say describes them because they're white Democrats over 40.

The group entered the spotlight two weeks ago when they were among 51 Democrats who fled Texas to Ardmore, Okla., in protest of a Republican-pushed congressional redistricting bill. Republicans hold the majority in the state Legislature.

"It is extremely important to WD-40 Company that its trademark not be associated with any political party or political group," attorney Kathleen Pasulka, representing the company, said in a cease-and-desist letter to the leaders of the so-called WD-40s.

In the rest of Red State America white men over 40 already have a name: Republicans. Posted by Orrin Judd at May 30, 2003 8:18 AM