If you’re still making your shopping list…
By on Nov 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
If you’re still making your shopping list…
don’t forget the Donald Rumsfeld doll. Al Kamen reports: “It’s a 12-inch ‘Rummy’ doll that looks vaguely like him and features bits of his historic news conferences that you can play just by pressing a little button on the back of his coat.”
Via FDL.
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Now I’ll just need a gross of sewing needles…
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:09 pmMr. P (or whatever his current incarnation is on this message board) will ask his Mommy to get him another one of these dolls for Christmas. It’s been the same present for him every year for the past 7 years.
http://awolbush.com/images/barbiebox85.jpg
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:13 pmThis IS a joke, right? Right? Waiting… waiting… someone, tell me it’s a joke. Right?? Right??? What’s next, the Rush Limbaugh Action Figure?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:14 pmRumsfeld was vague, in his appearances before Congress, about when he had informed the President about Abu Ghraib, saying that it could have been late January or early February. He explained that he routinely met with the President “once or twice a week . . . and I don’t keep notes about what I do.
†He did remember that in mid-March he and General Myers were “meeting with the President and discussed the reports that we had obviously heard†about Abu Ghraib.
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Whether the President was told about Abu Ghraib in January (when e-mails informed the Pentagon of the seriousness of the abuses and of the existence of photographs) or in March (when Taguba filed his report), Bush made no known effort to forcefully address the treatment of prisoners before the scandal became public, or to reëvaluate the training of military police and interrogators, or the practices of the task forces that he had authorized.
Instead, Bush acquiesced in the prosecution of a few lower-level soldiers. The President’s failure to act decisively resonated through the military chain of command: aggressive prosecution of crimes against detainees was not conducive to a successful career.
In January of 2006, Taguba received a telephone call from General Richard Cody, the Army’s Vice-Chief of Staff. “This is your Vice,†he told Taguba. “I need you to retire by January of 2007.â€
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“They always shoot the messenger,†Taguba told me. “To be accused of being overzealous and disloyal—that cuts deep into me. I was being ostracized for doing what I was asked to do.â€
Taguba went on, “There was no doubt in my mind that this stuffâ€â€”the explicit images—“was gravitating upward. It was standard operating procedure to assume that this had to go higher. The President had to be aware of this.â€
He said that Rumsfeld, his senior aides, and the high-ranking generals and admirals who stood with him as he misrepresented what he knew about Abu Ghraib had failed the nation.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:18 pmBut, I asked for a 12-inch pianist…
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:19 pmThe Taliban have just ordered 1000 for sniper practise,
The doll comes with an Amroured plated Humvee
On the dolls arse its tatooed ” Bush was here”
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pmdoes this doll have an accompanying Saddam Hussein doll in order to shake hands with?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/RumsfeldHussein-hp.jpg
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 pmDoes it bugger children?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:28 pmI foresee many naked and undignified poses in this action figure’s future.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pmAnd when you squeeze the doll…it will speak to you and say:” Surge is working..Surge is Working..Surge is working…..’till battery is down”.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:31 pmWhat’s next, the Rush Limbaugh Action Figure?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — November 23, 2007 @ 2:14 pm
Does the Rush doll come with a but pimple to avoid military service, and a bottle full of pills?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:33 pmRummy doll? And I wonder if the Rummy doll was made in China.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:34 pmI would prefer Rummy bog paper
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 pmAlso, I wonder if the Rummy doll will locate Bin Laden. LOL!
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:35 pmYou have choice of different voices with different buttons to push come with the doll like Cheney,Limbaugh,Hannity voices.
Ann Coulter is extra…
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:37 pmDoes the doll vibrate? If so, Bill O’Reilly might be interested in one.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pmDOES IT LIE? IF YOU PUT BATTERIES ON WILL IT SAY WHERE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION ARE? WHAT IF… I WATERBOARD HIM? DOES IT COME WITH AN ORANGE SUIT AND A BLACK HOOD?
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pmTHEY SHOULD MAKE AN ACTION FIGURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN, THIS WAY WE CAN PLAY THAT FAMOUS MOMENT WHEN THE US WAS GIVING SADDAM QUEMICAL WEAPONS AND RUMSFELD WAS SHAKING HANDS WITH HIM!
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:42 pmPress a button and it sends thousands of US troops into Mesopotamia to die needlessly for Neo-Con circle-jerk fantasies.
-GSD
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:43 pmSome dolls come with ‘Shock & Awe’ options.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:45 pmYour kidding ! If my kids got their hands on it it would look like it had been through a war zone .
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:48 pmI want a donzen dolls. And a BIG load of firecrackers. The XXXL size.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:57 pmPresidential Medal of Freedom sold separately.
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:59 pmThe doll is only available north, south and east of Tikrit, somewhat…
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:05 pmOn a lighter note, the commercial model is exactly the right size to fit in all urinal stalls.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:09 pmWhen you pull the string, this doll repeats the now-famous talking points (”We know where they are…”, “There are unknown unknowns…”, “You go to war with…”), and your conversations with the doll are about as deep and intelligent as any you could have with the real Rumsfeld.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:23 pm“You go to market with the dolls you have, not the dolls you want.”
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:30 pmI’ve got to agree with No.1 .
Sign me up for the local Voodoo class.
The Rummy doll will just be a warm up.
I’ll be well practiced when I get my hands on the matching
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:35 pmjunior & his uncle dickey bobble-heads .
If you go to http://www.talkingpresidents.com, you can purchase your George W. Bush talking doll, your Rummy talking doll, your Ann Coulter talking doll, your Dr. Laura talking doll, and your Dennis Miller talking doll.
And yes, I too predict many naked poses for these dolls. Imagine a daisy chain of Miller-Coulter-Rummy….
No word yet on whether there’s going to be a Jeff Gannon talking doll. Or is that an oxymoron?
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:38 pmThe public will not be interested in this doll, meanwhile Pentagon Money will buy up 1 million dolls, burn them to a shred, and then pay Rummy lots of clean laundered republican money
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:39 pmWhy stop at Rummy when you can collect the whole set!
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:43 pmIt would be nice to get one of these and put a little voodoo curse on it.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:54 pmHow about a Balding Boortz Bobblehead Doll, one that Boortz bobbles his head up and down, in Bushs lap!
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:05 pmNext doll on the market may be schrinking DICK shooting in bushes…
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:10 pmFrom Reuters: 11/23/07
The Paris prosecutors’ office has dismissed a suit against Donald Rumsfeld accusing the former U.S. defense secretary of torture, human rights groups who brought the case said on Friday.
The plaintiffs, who included the French-based International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and the U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), said Rumsfeld had authorized interrogation techniques that led to rights abuses.
The FIDH said it had received a letter from the prosecutors’ office ruling that Rumsfeld benefited from a “customary” immunity from prosecution granted to heads of state and government and foreign ministers, even after they left office.
It said in a statement it was “astonished at such a mistaken argument” and said customary immunity from prosecution did not exist under international law.
The suit was filed in October during a visit to France by Rumsfeld.
The Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq hit the headlines in April 2004 when details of physical abuse and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers were made public, badly damaging the reputation of the U.S. military.
Former prisoners at the U.S. detention camp in Guantanamo Bay are suing Rumsfeld and 10 military commanders, alleging torture and violations of their religious rights during their detention there.
The CCR and FIDH filed suits in Germany in 2004 and 2006 in an attempt to have Rumsfeld tried for rights abuses.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:13 pmWhy stop at Rummy when you can collect the whole set!
Comment by EvilPoet — November 23, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
Ooooh, creepy. They even have an Ann Coulter doll, although she doesn’t have her trademark little black skank dress. Perhaps her head spins around completely while spewing green pea soup.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:16 pmHey gummitch – if the real people were replaced with those dolls do you think anyone would notice?
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pmI just made the mistake of reading the copy on the Ann Coulter doll. Apparently that is supposed to be the little black dress, but the descriptions of how wonderful Coulter is are guaranteed to trigger your gag reflex.
Evil Poet, the doll is only 12″ high and seems to lack an Adam’s apple. I don’t think it would fool anyone.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 pmIt comes with its own Pentagon office, but never leaves it.
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:42 pm“The doll is only available north, south and east of Tikrit, somewhat…
Comment by RUCerious — November 23, 2007″
LOL.
Thanks.
-GSD
November 23rd, 2007 at 4:44 pmHemlock for Gadflies – Whoops! I just noticed this. My apologies for posting the same link. I checked the thread before I posted but I obviously missed your post.
gummitch – considering what’s been going on the past few years, I’m not sure about that. It’s scary to observe what people are not paying attention to.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:33 pmFor more 12″ madness, go to http://www.vicalecorporation.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=5
You can get your Rudy Giuliani action figure, your Condi Rice action figure, and so on.
Imagine: Naked Condi with W; naked Rudy with Dr. Laura, Coulter, Barbi, etc. etc.; naked Larry Craig (also available) with whomever…. I can see the website now!
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 pmDoes it speak in convoluted circles and visit Platos retreat?
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:59 pmJust like the “commander” he wears a back pack. Is the anything that they do that is original? Never! It’s all scripted.
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 pmWhere can one get the Cheney man-sized action safe to put my Rummy Doll urr Act-Shun figurine in?
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:01 pmWhy in the world would I want to support Rummy by buying his doll (it seems a reasonable assumption that the manufacturer would have to give Rummy a cut for permission to use his visage)?
Blech ! Blech ! Blech !
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:04 pmActually MapleStreet, I don’t think Rumsfeld could claim a copyright on his face like, say, an actor can/does. Politicians can’t claim rights on their own images, which is why they can be used in anti-Bush stickers, etc. You could get the Osama bin Laden action figure — available on eBay — and have him give old Rummy the right rogering he so richly deserves!
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:10 pmAnd where can it be purchased?
In the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:22 pmThere is ‘No return’ when you buy Rummy’s doll.
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:14 pmWho buys this crap?
BTW, Rummy looks like Egon from the ghostbusters…
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:36 pmI actually prefer the “Smush Bush” doll over at Northern Sun:
http://www.northernsun.com/n/s/2153.html?id=qJRJzXTK
Check it out for a laugh…
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:52 pm.
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PERFECT AS A VOODOO DOLL!!!
November 23rd, 2007 at 11:39 pm>THEY SHOULD MAKE AN ACTION FIGURE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN,
they do… I own one.. sure to be a huge collectors item someday when he goes down in history as the guy who dealt one of the greatest embarassments the united states ever experienced. it was the end of this life, buts its going to be the end of bush’s political life
November 24th, 2007 at 5:15 am“Warning: Choking Hazard, contains small parts”. Take notice Gannon.
Snowflakes included.
November 24th, 2007 at 8:26 am