WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Dole is under fire for doing a Viagra plug while serving as a pallbearer at former President Gerald Ford's funeral. Just as Ford's casket was about to be carried into the National Cathedral, Dole asked the honor guard and his fellow pallbearers to "hold up a second." Then he turned to a camera operated by a Viagra technician, adjusted his hair, and looking into the lens said in a playful tone of voice: "If I were naked right now, I could probably hold this casket up with no hands." He smiled to the camera for several seconds then turned to the honor guard and said, "let's go," and he proceeded to escort the casket into the Cathedral. Several funeral guests, including former President George H.W. Bush, criticized Dole for exercising poor judgment. "I thought the line he delivered was real funny and all that," said the elder Mr. Bush, "but the timing wasn't very good. He should have waited until after the service when we were on our way out of the Cathedral. The line would have been even funnier then." But former President Clinton wasn't offended by the plug. "Did you hear what Dole said he could do?" a wide-eyed Clinton asked a reporter. "I didn't hear it myself, but it spread like wildfire throughout the church. That's really amazing stuff, that Viagra, isn't it?"
