CNEWS - Weird News: Ben & Jerry's co-founder on road, saying Bush's pants 'getting a little warm'

CNEWS - Weird News: Ben & Jerry's co-founder on road, saying Bush's pants 'getting a little warm': "SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Call it the burning Bush.
The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream is on the road, towing a 3.7-metre-tall effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush with fake flames shooting out of the pants. Ben Cohen says it's an acceptable way to point out what he calls the president's lies. 'In a polite society, you don't go up to a person and look at them in the face and say, 'You're a liar,'' Cohen said in a telephone interview before arriving in Spokane, the next stop on the Pants on Fire Tour.
'We think it's a lot more dignified and there's a lot more decorum to say, 'Excuse me sir, your pants are getting a little warm, don't you think?'' Cohen said.
The 'PantsOnFire-Mobile' is a trailer pulled behind a car. The Bush character wears a flight suit with the words 'Mission Accomplished' emblazoned on the back, a reference to the president's declaration aboard the deck of an aircraft carrier that major hostilities had ended in Iraq. An electronic ticker on the front displays what Cohen says are Bush's lies."



'PantsOnFire-Mobile' Journal

01.06.04 - Hi. We have been overwhelmed by the number of folks interested in the PantsOnFire (POF) campaign and the volunteers who want to drive the PantsOnFire-mobile. We're going to do our best through this online journal to keep everyone posted on where POF will be from day to day.

The POF-mobile tour began in Vermont and then moved to Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta. The POF-mobile has spent the last few weeks in Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia. We were lucky to have some great folks helping us out in the area. The POF-mobile attracted a great deal of attention just being parked on the street. People passing by would stop to take a look and ask what was going on. Others came by specifically to see the POF-mobile after hearing about it from a friend. All in all, "George's" trip to Atlanta was a huge success!

Today, the POF-mobile traveled to Orlando to meet Ben and a new crew of volunteers. We'll keep you posted on how things are going!