White House Budget Director Prefers One Gross-Tasting Soda to Other Gross-Tasting Soda

I find this revelation from Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget — obtained during a session of the Senate Finance Committee yesterday — deeply disturbing…

Sen. TOM CARPER, D-Del.: We do — we need to find out what you're drinking. And…

(CROSSTALK)

ORSZAG: I will — I hope this isn't product placement, but this is Diet Coke. Apparently there's a big controversy that has broken out between Diet Pepsi and Diet Coke and what members of the administration drink what, but that's Diet Coke.

CARPER: Do you go back and forth or are you just a straight Diet Coke…

ORSZAG: No, I'm a Diet Coke guy.

ORSZAG: OK.

CARPER: All right. All right. I'm glad we got that on the record.

Diet Coke tastes like ass. No, I take that back. It tastes like diet ass.

And we're trusting the nation's budget to a guy who vouches for the taste of diet ass while under oath in congressional hearings.

No wonder the economy's going to shit.

Tags: Delaware, Economy, Peter Orszag, Senate, Tom Carper