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Busty Mannequin Running For Reading, Ohio Mayor

Barely Hanging On — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:28:13 +0000

Looking for a sexy politician with a much higher IQ than Sarah Palin? How getting behind Barbe-Q?

The owner of a Reading barbecue restaurant is urging voters to cast their ballot for the eatery's top-heavy mascot, BarBe-Q, to succeed Mayor Bo Bemmes in the mayoral election in November. according to TV station WCPO.

The voluptuous mannequin gained fame in 2009 when officials from the Reading government tried to force restaurateur Kenny Tessel to cover up the bikini-clad figure. Tessel fought back and won, saying business soared 40 percent after he planted the prop outside KT's Barbecue.

Tessel swears that his girl is in it to win it.

"We’re asking for write-in votes. This is not a stunt," Tessel told The Enquirer. "She’s running on a real platform, with real issues.

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Moon Landing a Hoax?

Barely Hanging On — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:19:31 +0000

There are still some that don't believe that anybody ever went there.

CNBC’s Open Mike Picks Up Swears During Obama Speech

Barely Hanging On — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:38:59 +0000

This is great. I love when the swears hit the news. It shows that somebody was asleep at the switch. During President Barack Obama's virtual Town Hall on Thursday, CNBC inadvertently the word "bullshit". It's clealy a womans voice but who knows if it was a newsperson or somebody in the crowd. Funny either way. I guess they didn't agree with his remarks about job training and infrastructure.

"But it's a matter of making the investment in infrastructure and also then training the workers to be able get those jobs and that's where we're going to be focused on, that's where the job growth is going to occur. One last point I want to make and I know I'm not supposed to talk this long."