Norm Coleman's wife using Coleman's Senate title to sell Blo and Go jobs

[Minnesota Raindog]

We've all heard about Laurie Coleman's venture into the business world with her Blo and Go hair-dryer holder:

http://www.bloandgo.com/Default.asp?bhcp=1

But now it appears Laurie is using her long-distance hubby's senatorial status to shill for her Blo and Go jobs. Check out her, um, descriptive sales pitch from her website:

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.

And then there's this:

http://www.boomergirl.com/stories/2008/jan/26/senate_wi... /

Against the backdrop of this kind of marketing savvy, it is hard to believe that the name Blo & Go was not chosen to, at the very least, amuse. This, after all, is a world in which the words "wide stance" churns up easy chuckles.

Coleman's voice registers shock — and dismay — that anyone would make such a connection. "I didn't think of that," she says. Then she points out that the name wasn't even her idea. It came out of a committee. It was all in the brainstorming, during which "Freedom Styler" was rejected. And so it went: You get your hair blown out. You need a blowout. You get blown ... out. And then you go. Bingo: "Blo & Go!"

Coleman's portable little 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. "I needed something of great quality that was really going to stay up," she says. "The whole key to this is the suction."


Alrighty then.

All other innuendoes aside, since Minnesota Rethuglicans are making such an issue out of Al Franken's finances (Franken is Coleman's likely opponent this fall), inquiring minds want to know why Laurie's business venture doesn't show up on Norm's Senate disclosure form. Remember, Laurie claims the business has been in development for four years:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/fin_dis/2006/c001057.pdf

[AlCzervik]

1. That is about the worst named product i've heard of in a very long time and

Blo and Go jobs?

:rofl:

[mcctatas]

2. No kidding....

my first thought " must was image of coleman recieving oral attention while driving"

[peekaloo]

3. The whole key to this is the suction.

well yeah.

[dflprincess]

4. Please, use the whole quote - don't take Mrs. Senator Weasel out of context

"I needed something of great quality that was really going to stay up," she says. "The whole key to this is the suction."

Almost as amusing are the comments at the right wing website Minnesota Democrats Exposed where the defenders of women are shocked, shocked I tell you at the vulgar innuendo being directed at a wife and mother. :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

5. yes in this case contexr is everything and thank you for providing, it makes even

funnier. "The Blo and Glo, for when your married to a senator and you've given up on your vibrator." As Seen on TV!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[peekaloo]

8. I would never, ever cast asparagus at Goodie Coleman's intentions.

Everybody needs a good blowout!

I would have proposed the name be "Blo and After-Glo Out".

:hi:

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I'll take an order of that ...... but hold the Glo.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. Ooops... I thought this was about a quickie drive-thru cathouse...

"Welcome to Blo~n~Go! In a hurry? Try our Businessmans Lunch Special: We guarantee to have you in & out in 15 minutes or less. Don't forget to tip your server..."

[stevedeshazer]

9. Good Lord.

"Former Runway Model"?

She's just changed runways, hasn't she?

[Jamastiene]

10. Oh

It's about a hair dryer. *disappointed*


:P

[dflprincess]

11. Perhaps this is just a desperate attempt by Laurie to keep Norm at home

(even though she lives in California - except for a few election year appearances)

From a thread in the Minnesota Forum:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x29822

Check out this little tale posted in two comments on Centrisity:

http://centrisity.blogspot.com/2008/04/sing-and-miss.ht...

#1
BTW Swift, in Washington, Norm's nickname is Senator Grab-Ass, care to know why?

Let me help, because he's a sexist, philandering pig.
leftout | 04.16.08 - 1:39 pm | #

#2
It comes as no surprise to me that Norm is known as Senator Grab ass. Norm doesn't just "like chicks" he likes to cop a feel whenever he thinks he can get away with it. Despite his marital status, he crosses the line with other women on a regular basis. I know this first hand. I have met him twice. Both times he held onto my hand and would not let it go while he looked me up and down from head to toe. I was in a complete state of shock. I couldn't believe a public figure that everybody knows is married would be so openly inappropriate. The second time I was at an event in St. Paul with a 12 year old girl I was mentoring, Katie, and he was on the street corner. Katie wanted to meet Norm and since there were a lot of people around I assumed we'd be safe. I didn't think he'd be inappropriate in front of a 12 year old girl. I was wrong. Normy pulled the same hand holding oogling routine he did the first time I met him. As we walked away, Katie said "OH MY GOD! HE WAS LIKE, TOTALLY HITTING ON YOU!!!" If a 12 year old girl had the same perception I had, I know I wasn't imagining things.

One day at work I was telling my Norm story to the co-worker who sits next to me. He started laughing and said "yeah, I know all about Naughty Norm. My 22 year old daughter used to intern for him. She has a lot of stories".

Gotta love those Republican family values

[rurallib]

12. "you can now get a Blo & Go for $29.99"

that seems incredibly reasonable. Get one at lunch and you won't be bugging the wife tonight. Sounds like something even Senators could use. Larry Craig may have saved his career using this service.
Her next product will be for Vitter types. The Damned Dandy Diaper Disposal Service.

[tanyev]

13. It took 4 years to develop that?

Must have gone through a lot of sub-contractors and outsourcing.