Senator Bob Dole - Viagra Ad and Pepsi Commercial

Bob Dole will always be remembered as a crusader in the fight against erectile dysfunction for becoming the first admitted Viagra user in the United States Senate before going on to become an official Viagra Spokesman. Senator Dole delivered a message to men everywhere to find a "little courage to ask your doctor about Viagra" because "everything worthwhile usually does" take a little courage. Former Second Lieutenant Robert Joseph Dole of the United States Army's 10th Mountain Division was no stranger to living with a limp limb after having lost the use of his right arm on April 14, 1945 when a Nazi shot him in the back during the Battle of Bologna. Bob Dole nearly died, but fortunately Bob Dole is a fighter and after three years at Percy Jones Army Hospital he went into politics with two Purple Hearts and his first big "V", a Bronze Star for Valor that he would carry from the Kansas House of Representative all the way to the United States Senate and nearly to the White House before losing the use of the limb that drives most men to politics. A lesser man would have let his paralyzed penis keep him down, but not Bob Dole. Bob Dole found an answer and like a true patriot he wanted to help others keep it up.

Bob Dole Falling

The popularity of Senator Dole's erectile dysfunction set the stage for one of the greatest commercials of all time. An event that would be his most memorable television moment if it were not for the accident he suffered on the September 19, 1996. A date that will live in infamy for Bob Dole as the time he fell through a fence, off a stage, and into a crowd that parted like the Red Sea making it easy for the 73 year old Republican candidate to hit the dirt in Chico, California. Fortunately like all true American heroes Bob Dole would not let himself lie limp on the ground, Bob Dole got back on his feet, and in less than 30 minutes there he stood, fully erect giving a thumbs up to the audience.

Bob Dole lost the 1996 presidential election to Bill Clinton who according to sources close to Hillary Rodham Clinton at the time was believed to be suffering from erectile dysfunction until his 1998 Oval Office affair with Monica Lewinsky became public. Bob Dole stayed out of the public eye for the most part until he resurfaced in 2001 to give America one of the best commercials in the history of penile health product promotion. It started off with the former Senate Majority Leader narrating a video of himself at the beach playing fetch with his dog in the surf while telling us about a product that put real joy back in his life, made him feel youthful, vigorous, and vital again. This miracle product called so affectionately "my faithful little blue friend" being a can of ice cold Pepsi Cola.

Bob Dole Pepsi Commercial