The good folks at 7Eleven are hoping it can at least get a conversation started.
(from USAToday)
Obama's 'Slurpee Summit' joke makes icy drink hot
President Obama has just given Slurpee something it could never buy: global street cred. Hours after the leader of the free world jokingly suggested at Wednesday's day-after-election press conference that he might hold a "Slurpee Summit" with the new Republican leadership, the brand of slushy soft drinks is in overdrive to make the summit real. "This is a rare opportunity for a brand," says Margaret Chabris, a spokeswoman for 7-Eleven, which owns 44-year-old Slurpee. "We don't want to be opportunistic, but nothing has ever been this big for Slurpee." This is what brands dream about. Bud Light got a big PR lift after Obama drank a Bud Light at the White House "Beer Summit" in July 2009. That brought together Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley, the police sergeant who arrested him. READ MORE
I guess you gotta strike while the iron is hot... no matter how ridiculous the iron is or what you're striking it with
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