By CHARLES FERRUZZA
Leave it to LaMar's Donuts to plunge into the the election madness before it was too late. LaMar's, which is now headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska, was for years Kansas City's best-known maker of those light, fluffy, delicious and fattening morning pastries that I insist on spelling doughnut, even if the latest edition of the Food Lover's Companion suggests that it's perfectly fair to swing both ways.
This morning, a regional manager for LaMar's brought over a big box of the company's latest innovation: two new doughnuts celebrating the presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. The new glazed confections are the "Doughbama," a donkey-shaped creation sprinkled with blue sugar, or the McCandyCain, a yeasty elephant with red sugar.
A press release that accompanied the box states that the company hopes to provide "a clearer forecast of the November 4 election... with the 2008 Presidential Donut Poll" beginning today and running through October 23. Sales of the two limited-edition doughnuts will be tracked, posted and frequently updated on the company Web site
I've tasted both of the presidential pastries now and my vote is in. They taste like many of the promises made by both candidates: light on substance, comfortingly sweet and maybe not so good for me in the long run.
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