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Lindsay Lohan furious about anti-breathalyzer ad

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May 2, 5:08 PM

by Liz Barrett, Celebrity News Examiner

Lindsay Lohan is furious about a full-page ad in USA TODAY that features a huge mug shot of her to argue against in-car breathalyzers. The ad says they are a good idea for people like Lohan ("hard-core drunk drivers") but not for "us."

The nerve.

First of all, the "us" in the photo are all middle-class white folks, as if they never drive drunk. (Tell that to the judges who have put hundreds of thousands of them in jail on DUIs.)

Secondly, who placed the ad? Who is behind InterlockFacts.com and what do they have to gain from this? Uh, that would be the American Beverage Industry, according to the Associated Press. Translation: Liquor companies.

Their spokesperson said they used Lohan because they ""needed to create the distinction for the public what someone with multiple DUIs looked like versus a low blood-alcohol-level first-time offender."

So it's OK for a first-time offender to drive drunk and kill somebody?

We find this outrageous.

Lohan's attorney, Blair Berk, gave this statement to TMZ:

"USA TODAY is idiotic for running such an irresponsible advertisement, suggesting that drinking and driving is some kind of American "tradition" we should protect. Not identifying that this ad was paid for by the liquor industry is profoundly reckless.

Drunk, old, white businessmen, drunk cougars out for girls night out, and drunk wedding parties should be kept off the roads of America. Lindsay Lohan fully endorses ignition interlock devices that have been well-proven to save lives."

We're with Linds all the way on this one.

[The USA TODAY ad was published in black-and-white. This ad is a screenshot from the advertiser's web site.]

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