INSTEAD OF PUSHING FOR EDUCATION AND THE ABILITY TO READ PACKAGING–THE DEMOCRCATS TRY TO GRAB THE HEADLINE THAT THE NEW HFE DETERGENT ARE BAD BAD BAD FOR YOU–FROM THE LIKES OF SENATORS BILL NELSON (D-FL) AND DICK DURBIN (D-IL) WHO CALLS THEM YUMMY–AS CHILDREN OF THE UNEDUCATED GOBBLE UP DETERGENTS FOR CANDY–ONLY A DEMOCRAT WOULD REGULATE EVEN DETERGENT TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON OF REGULATION TO HIDE THE FAILED DEMOCRAT POLICY OF THE LEADER POTUS BHO–IT SEEMS THE COST TO DO YOUR LAUNDRY IS JUST NOT HIGH ENOUGH WITH EXISTING LEGISLATION SO THE DEMOCRATS MUST INCREASE THE COST FURTHER FOR YOU THE AMERICANS

“Now that’s pretty attractive,” said Sen. Bill Nelson, eyeing a half dollar-sized packet of liquid laundry detergent on Thursday morning, before stroking the squishy blue orb against his well-tanned jaw.

“And it feels really nice to the touch,” the Florida Democrat cooed. “And it smells good,” he added, coaxing a reporter covering the news conference on liquid detergent package poisoning to pass his prop on to the cameramen. “Pass it on because until you touch it, you don’t realize how attractive it is.”

Nelson’s theatrical performance elicited some laughter during an otherwise somber presentation that featured a mother whose 8-month-old daughter ended up in intensive care after biting into one of the colorful, bite-sized packages of highly concentrated, single-load detergent. Liquid detergent packaging exposure is also linked to the death of a 7-month-old boy in Florida.

“It ought to be common sense that things that are attractive are going to enter into the mouth of an infant,” Nelson said. He also took a quick swipe at one of Democrats’ favorite foes, e-cigarettes, comparing the colorful detergent to liquid vials of nicotine.

In response to recent poisonings, Senate Minority Whip Richard J. Durbin has introduced legislation that would give the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission the authority and direction to issue rules requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid detergent products within 18 months of enactment. Six Senate Democrats, including Nelson, are co-sponsoring the bill.

Durbin and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., sponsor of companion legislation, also wrote to the commission, asking them to help. “The problem with that is government moves slowly,” Durbin said. “And while the government is moving slowly, if it does move in the right direction, kids are at risk.”

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