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Ralph: Old stuff, Wanda. Public figures, particularly politicians, are not supposed to endorse products, and for the past 30 years or so they haven't, though they are sometimes freely purchased in other ways...
...Wanda: Howard Baker, who may run for President, just did a pitch for the newspaper USA Today...
...Wanda: You mean, since he's on the board, he's paid in a different way. What about Ronald Reagan's old ads for Chesterfield cigarettes, General Electric alarm clocks and toasters and wrinkle-free Van Heusen shirts? Isn't he a public figure...
Ralph: Reagan was an entertainer when he sold us all those products, Wanda. If Gerry were an actress, a tennis star or a famous guitar banger, no one would mind if she put her prestige behind miracle toilet-bowl cleaners and remedies for the heartbreak of psoriasis--at least if she dropped all the piety about women's choices and just rolled up her sleeves and sold the stuff...
...Wanda: So Ferraro is the only one who's wrong, is that it, Ralph? You don't suppose this whole flap is being blown out of proportion to keep her from running for the Senate...