Website peddles racially-charged ‘Sock Obama’ toy.
Website peddles racially-charged ‘Sock Obama’ toy.
Last month, ThinkProgress noted that a bar owner in Georgia was selling t-shirts comparing Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to Curious George; last week, the Black Congressional Caucus Foundation received a t-shirt in the mail featuring a similar image. Continuing this racially-charged theme, a stuffed monkey toy called “The Sock Obama” has now been made available online:
TheSockObama™ is made with high quality knit materials to capture the nostalgic look of the Sock Monkey that we all know and love. Staying true to his root, he is hand stuffed with just enough filling to give him a firm, but huggable feel. The removable suit jacket offers two looks for this future President – All Business or Hands On.
Kyle E. Moore at Comments from Left Field explains the racial connotation: “Simian depiction and derision of black people is nothing new. But the specific mechanics as to why it is such an abhorrent racist practice should be lost on no one. In the universal present sense, it’s a matter of subjugation through dehumanization.” (HT: Hoffmania)
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yeah? So? That’s how this shit works. You get it oput there, put the other guy on the defensive.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:37 pmFuukin near in-fuukin-fallible…
somebody, somewhere, should be talking about Bombin’ Johnnie’s “negro” child…it worked for the busheviks…
June 12th, 2008 at 9:46 pmThis is what I found via a “whois” query. The site is registered in Canada.
domain: thesockobama.com
owner-name: Binkley Custom Products
owner-address: 163 Beach Rd.
owner-address: L8L4A4
owner-address: Hamilton
owner-address: Ontario
owner-address: Canada
admin-c: RB306-GANDI
tech-c: RB306-GANDI
bill-c: RB306-GANDI
nserver: ns1.binkley-toys.com 209.61.241.75
nserver: ns2.binkley-toys.com 209.61.241.76
reg_created: 2008-04-16 15:40:19
expires: 2009-04-16 15:40:19
created: 2008-04-16 17:36:03
changed: 2008-04-16 17:36:03
person: Robert Bishop
June 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pmnic-hdl: RB306-GANDI
address: Binkley Custom Products
address: 163 Beach Rd.
address: L8L4A4
address: Hamilton
address: Ontario
address: Canada
phone: +00.19053128962
fax: +00.19055474245
e-mail: 05c43f8e6866b140a554983f9c2a5a23-rb306@contact.gandi.net
lastupdated: 2006-09-19 17:11:13
So what did they do, put a different button on the Chimpy W. Bush doll?
June 12th, 2008 at 9:48 pmFolks with better investigation skills than me (I?!?) will be able to find out more.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:49 pmthey misnamed him – this is the ’sock chimpy-bush’ “toy”. what a bunch of pathetic racists.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:49 pmWho is the core racist behind this sh1t???
We need to track down and out all the racists and fascists that support this kinda sh!t!!!
June 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pmthis is the kind of thing rogerse (he’s changed his name) would do.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pmComing soon tar baby, uncle remus, george jefferson.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:57 pmWell, its ironic they believe in Darwin when it comes to skin pigment.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:58 pmYep, the racism of the Right will be hard to ignore…
…unless you’re a wingnut, that is.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:59 pmBinkley Toys is a Canadian company. They also have an office in New York.
http://www.customplushtoys.com/gallery.php
Binkley Toys Inc.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:04 pm130 Church Street # 398
New York, NY 10007
When do we get to buy the drooling, senile, broken armed POW McCain doll?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:08 pmSo nice to know our Canadian buddies have such high regard for American Politics . . . guess they haven’t forgiven us for publishing those beaver shots of Margaret T a few years back . . .
We should thank website owner:
June 12th, 2008 at 10:11 pmRobert Bishop
Binkley Custom Products
163 Beach Rd.
L8L4A4
Hamilton,Ontario
Canada
for the great effort to add such an amusing addition to our political marketplace . . . . maybe Rush can give them away as DittoHead Premiums . . . .
Faux News: Barack Obama Is Really The Twentieth 9/11 Hijacker!
In order to cover his absence from his anti-whitey church activities on 9/11, Obama took away his wife’s “morning after pills”, got her pregnant, then used stem-cell technology and evolution to produce a bizarre clone of himself that grew to maturity in five years.
With the gay clone taking his place, Obama was free to join his fellow Muslim terrorists for the attack of 9/11, but he missed his flight when he stopped to perform an abortion with his Iranian flag lapel pin.
The anti-Semitic clone is reported to have disguised its appearance, and is placing copies of the Koran in hotel rooms throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Utah, and the southern states.
Remember…don’t be confused by the truth, when chain e-mail information is plentiful!
June 12th, 2008 at 10:14 pmDoes anyone know where I can buy a glow-in the dark John McCain pencil protector?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:14 pmAn Ohio blog, Plunderbund, was the first up with this and in this post, you can see the response from the creator of the item:
June 12th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Thank you, Mr. Bishop, for giving us a toll-free number so that we may contact you to share our thoughts. Faxes are good, too!
Brinkley Custom Toys:
Phone
Toll Free – 1-866-494-0448
International Callers +01-905-312-1689
Fax – 1-905-312-4655
Be nice… the person you get on the phone is simply a customer service rep. But a flood of “toll free” calls, and faxes, would certainly get some attention.
PEACE
June 12th, 2008 at 10:17 pmI’m sure Prytania will be first in line to buy one.
But, no, Prytania LOVES black people -!!
OMG, I’m sorry to go on so, but this racist sh*t REALLY pisses me off.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:18 pmThis is coming out of Utah: Here is their contact information.
TheSockObama, L.L.C
P.O. Box 1837
West Jordan, Utah 84084
They are a Limited Liability Company.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:21 pmAh, and apparently this product is being sold out of Utah, based on the fact that they need to collect sales tax for sales in that state:
Price: $29.99 USD
plus $7.95 Shipping and Handling
(Continental U.S.)
Utah residents add 6.85% sales tax
Please allow 6 – 8 weeks for delivery
Why am I not suprised? Annie, you’re right. There is simply no way to see this but blatant racism, and it really pisses me off, too.
PEACE
June 12th, 2008 at 10:23 pm2} Have a means for children to become a part of the political process with a cuddly plush toy all their own.
Introduce your child to racism at a young age! Why let them learn from the cracka kids at school?
June 12th, 2008 at 10:32 pmok, um, i’m not really into conspiracy-theory stuff. But it does seem a bit odd to me that on the Binkley Toys site, under the tab “clients only” — there is one client endorsement listed from a fairly recognizable Company:
“Many thanks for all your kind assistance with this project as it has been an extreme pleasure working with you and Binkley-Toys. We look forward to working with you again soon in the near future. I will be sure to recommend you to my industry friends in need of your services. Respectfully, I remain Desiree Gutierrez Vice President Haliburton International Corporation Rancho Cucamonga, CA USA”
link:
http://www.customplushtoys.com/clients.shtml
And there is a companion Binkley Toys site for Bobble Head toys, so I’m guessing that’s probably in the works too.
http://www.custommadefigurines.com/referrals.shtml
June 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pmOh, I guess those endorsements are rotated and everytime you access the site. But that’s the one I got. The same quote is also shown on the Bobble Head site.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:39 pmAnd this is why we need change in this country. Racism is coming out of the woodwork in this Presidential race.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:42 pmThis is the GOP telling America (and the world): “We have nothing for you but hate, war, death, and debt.”
June 12th, 2008 at 10:44 pmFuc’in Canadians. You can take some comfort in knowing that half their country is melting because of us.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:45 pmThe profits on this will no doubt feed some 527 swift boat operation.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:13 pmYa can’t fool me…that’s a bush chimp doll. Laugh at them,and make fun of them as per Rachael Maddow’s advice. By the way..shhhh…MICKEY MOUSE IS BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:14 pmI actually think this sort of thing will work positively for Obama. As I see it, the average American is a “little” racist, but is ashamed of their racism and thus goes out of their way to deny and distance themselves from racism. The more extreme racists on the fringe try to bring blatant racism into the conversation, the more they will be shouted down and out of the decent society.
See Macaca and Nappy Headed Hoes for example.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:28 pm“It turns out that THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC is registered in Utah as a Limited Liability Company.
The owners are DAVID J LAWSON and ELIZABETH A LAWSON, residents of West Jordan, UT.”
Please do not blame Brinkley Custom Toys. Like I posted on #21 THIS IS A COMPANY OUT OF UTAH, Canada has nothing to do with it…
Brinkley Custom Toys:
We are a ‘Work For Hire’ custom manufacturer. We do not own the property you are referring to so we cannot comment on the intent of the creators of that product.
They are just the toy manufacturer and nothing more. The Lawson’s are the problem…
June 12th, 2008 at 11:36 pmSo gotta wonder how many other Mrs. Lawsons are barefoot and pregnant. If their Utahans, they must be cult mormons, right?
June 12th, 2008 at 11:53 pmBrinkley is doing the manufacturing, therefore profiting from the product. They need to understand that there are consequences for turning a blind eye to this ignorance. They need to stop making these for the people that commissioned them. “We just manufacture them” is not a defensible position. “We don’t wear the hoods we manufacture for the KKK, they just pay us to make them” – same posturing. Not acceptable.
June 12th, 2008 at 11:54 pmBrinkley saying they just manufacture is akin to gun makers saying they just make them. Not our fault if they are used for bad things.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:07 am#34 RUCerious Says:
So gotta wonder how many other Mrs. Lawsons are barefoot and pregnant. If their Utahans, they must be cult mormons, right?
I love research. That is part of what I do for a living. RUC found out something else, you are right.
Supporters of Mitt Rommney ($2,300 Romney, Mitt (R))
Now are you surprised, I’m sure you are not… I’m just wondering what would make someone come up with such an awful toy?? They are Sic puppies…
June 13th, 2008 at 12:18 amFreedom Rebel, I agree that the manufacturer is probably not the creator of this racist “toy” (i.e. I doubt they developed a race-baiting toy hoping to find a wealthy white supremicist market) but there is still some pressure that can be put on them. Perhaps they don’t realize that their product is generating such strong feelings here. Perhaps they simply produce the stuffed animal, and the suit and Obama button is added by these family values Utah folks.
Do we have the phone number for the Lawsons?
June 13th, 2008 at 12:23 amAs I said, this campaign will bring out the racism of The Right.
And you know what they say — sunshine is the best disinfectant.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:26 amFrom JackieandFritz’s diary on Kos:
“The site was registered to a David J. and Elizabeth Lawson in West Jordan, Utah, and a quick google search yielded a realtor by that name in Park City. I emailed him to ask if he was the guy selling the offensive items and it turns out that he is NOT. He is a different David J. Lawson and he has been getting some less-than-pleasant emails today.
So please beware. If you blog about it or want to contact the idiot selling these items, please make sure that you don’t confuse the two.”
June 13th, 2008 at 12:30 amspencers mom Says:
Freedom Rebel, I agree that the manufacturer is probably not the creator of this racist “toy” (i.e. I doubt they developed a race-baiting toy hoping to find a wealthy white supremicist market) but there is still some pressure that can be put on them. Perhaps they don’t realize that their product is generating such strong feelings here. Perhaps they simply produce the stuffed animal, and the suit and Obama button is added by these family values Utah folks.
Do we have the phone number for the Lawsons?
They are not the creator, the Lawsons are. That is correct. They do not list a phone number but here is their email address: customerservice@thesockobama.com
Have a good night!!!:)
June 13th, 2008 at 12:31 amDavid J. Lawson and Elizabeth A. Lawson
8821 South Deep Creek Drive
West Jordan, Utah 84088-3325
No phone number available… yet
June 13th, 2008 at 12:35 amyou, too, Rebel – researcher extraordinaire!
June 13th, 2008 at 12:36 amI’ll explain how it’s racist.
chimpy is called chimpy because he looks and acts like one.
Apes, monkeys, gorillas, are white supremacist words for all African-Americans and Blacks.
What vacuum are you living in?
June 13th, 2008 at 12:43 amThese racist dumbasses are using children toys and a family tradition (making the doll from old family socks) for their white supremacy purposes.
It looks as if they used the overstocked sock monkeys and slapped an Obama button on it.
Does this company sell hoods and flammable crosses?
More Ignorance from the right.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:52 amWhere can I get a McCain dinosaur doll? Or perhaps a Neanderthal doll.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:57 amCould someone please come up with a Saltine cracker in the shape of McIIIrd’s jowls? Not that I’d actually buy it. Maybe sell it on ebay…
June 13th, 2008 at 12:59 amNext up, some Amos ‘n Andy footage with Obama and Wright photoshopped in…
June 13th, 2008 at 12:59 amAgain from Kos, someone who heard back from the WRONG David J. Lawson:
“I am writing to inform you that I am not in any way affiliated with
THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC. According to the Utah Department of Commerce
website, the members of THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC are David J. Lawson and
Elizabeth A. Lawson, both having an address of 8821 S. Deep Creek Drive in
West Jordan, Utah. While my name is also David J. Lawson, I am absolutely
not the David J. Lawson that is a member of THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC and I have no connection to the address belonging to him.
I am a real estate agent working and residing in Park City, Utah with my
wife, Denise. My business website is http://www.davidjlawson.com. Unfortunately,
my name, identity and business website have been linked to THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC. However, again, I assure you that I am in no way affiliated with
THESOCKOBAMA CO., LLC. Simply put, I unfortunately have the same name as one of the company’s members, and I am therefore being wrongfully linked to that company. Thank you for allowing me to address the confusion.”
Also, found separate listing, same address:
Elizabeth A Sluis
8821 Deep Creek Dr
West Jordan, UT 84088-3325
phone number unavailable
June 13th, 2008 at 1:04 amI sort of want to have one so I can show it to my grandchildren when I try to explain what things were like when I was their age
June 13th, 2008 at 1:18 amAnd more, from Racists R’UZ ~ Little Black Sambo Tiger pancakes, with Aunt Jemima syrup!
June 13th, 2008 at 1:21 amIt is sort of weird as I am not a collector by any means. In fact I am a minimalist but I have these two packs of cigarettes from ‘88. One is Dukakis, the other Bush. The same company definitely produced both. Both are still in the orignal cellophane.
So shall we start the bidding at let’s say… JinJin on a pike?
June 13th, 2008 at 1:31 amWhat up Mr Victor?
June 13th, 2008 at 1:32 amHow sad it all has become………
Vote Obama in “08″……..
June 13th, 2008 at 1:54 amNight Mr. Victor
June 13th, 2008 at 1:57 amYour silly…
“you are”……
June 13th, 2008 at 1:59 am.
The shame is not that racists are what racists do…
The shame in all this is that people will buy it and find it funny…
… like burning a Crucifix or nooses hung from trees are supposed to be funny.
.
June 13th, 2008 at 2:15 amObama condoms:
June 13th, 2008 at 2:17 amhttp://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/992343.html
>This goes against Progress.
Wow. You really have gone through the trouble of registering name after name on this site merely for the purpose of harassing us. Your life must truly be empty and meaningless.
May I suggest something more productive, like World of Warcraft, or maasterbating? If you take a shower, girls might not actually recoil from your prescense..
June 13th, 2008 at 7:05 amUs-Iraq pact talks at dead end:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6F2C43E8-10DD-4103-9963-3C371E2C7877.htm
June 13th, 2008 at 8:16 amThere’s going to be plenty more of this. The racists believe if they tone it down, but still express their hate, they are doing their part to “git along”.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:00 amGreat hunting today all. This has been a fantastic read so far. I find it ironic that it’s being made in Canada.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:09 amdbadass:
June 13th, 2008 at 9:58 amwhy encourage a twerp troll like mr. victor?
as for the doll in question, hell, bush had skin heads marching for him, racism is the new republicanism
take care
tony andlido
Leftside Annie Says:
OMG, I’m sorry to go on so, but this racist sh*t REALLY pisses me off.
June 12th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
_______
It’s only going to get worse between now and November. I predict that this campaign season is going to make the Willie Horton ads look like tame and intelligent political commentary.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:12 amRepublicans are such vicious, repulsive bigots. I could never understand why so few of them ever notices the corruption of the Bush administration, but they are a conscience lacking group of parasites!
June 13th, 2008 at 10:14 amThis probably came from people who are telling us daily how much religious they are ,how God loving and ‘family values’ seekers they are.
These people who made this should be ahamed of themselves.
Everytime I see something like this it tells me that we still have to work harder to end this racial poison in our society and isolate these racist people, if we really going to fully recover, and go forward as a united and caring society.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:48 amrogerse Says:
The site, thingsyoungerthanmccain.com, is the brainchild of a fellow who, for now, simply wants to be identified as Joe.
Yeah, he tried first with peoplesmarterthanBush.com but not even the server farms of Google could handle the information…
June 13th, 2008 at 10:52 amRacists are so predictable.
June 13th, 2008 at 11:05 amWelcome to the Bigot States of America.
We should flood the company to demand that they make a John McCain doll- complete in NVA uniform.
June 13th, 2008 at 12:25 pmUncle Ho – how about a McCain doll wearing slippers and when you pull the string he shuffles around pointing his finger and yelling, “get off my lawn or I’ll, I’ll…”
June 13th, 2008 at 12:50 pmThe domain is registered, as noted before, to the manufacturing company Binkley Custom Products.
Email Canadian newspapers and let them know what you think…
city@thestar.ca
http://www.thespec.com/aboutus/contactus
http://www.who.is/whois-com/ip-address/thesockobama.com/
June 13th, 2008 at 1:00 pmWhen I first saw it, I thought it was cute, I didn’t really think about the race issue of calling Obama a monkey. Maybe the makers meant nothing about it, maybe it went something like this.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm“I like Obama, he is so cute. Know what else is cute, my collection of celebrity sock monkeys, lets make uber cuteness, and put the two together!” Without realizing the fact they just made a racist statement.
“Staying true to his root”
Be scared of Mandingo.
“to capture the nostalgic look of the Sock Monkey that we all know and love.”
You know your racist so buy it!
“displays his run for Presidential Candidate on his lapel.”
Can anyone read what the button says?
He’s been a presidential candidate since he decide to run.
“The removable suit jacket offers two looks for this future President – All Business or Hands On.”
WTF? remove the suit and he’s Hands ON?
Their site is loaded with race baiting language and iconography. How about the picture at the top of page? This is soooo Republican.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:33 pm@ 82, mary Says:
Uncle Ho – how about a McCain doll wearing slippers and when you pull the string he shuffles around pointing his finger and yelling, “get off my lawn or I’ll, I’ll…”
i think the Bombin’ Johnnie doll otta be holding a black baby. Worked for the Bushies…
June 13th, 2008 at 2:03 pmHi pmavrck. How ya doing? Did you get a chance to swing by the Martinez thread?
June 13th, 2008 at 4:52 pm“According to a study conducted by the University of Chicago Business School, your name may have something to do with who gets the call back interviews. Researchers conducted an experiment to measure racial discrimination in the labor market by sending out the same resume with “white” sounding names and “black” sounding names in answering the same want ads. The research concluded that white names elicit about 50% more call backs than black sounding names.
White sounding names such as Emily, Brad, Todd and Jill do significantly better in the job market with the same credentials as Jamal, Tanisha, Tyrome and Lakisha. Proving that education alone will not alleviate the unfair racial prejudices some employers hold. That absent affirmative action, white employers will choose white applicants. Although not the goal of the study, it proves that affirmative action continues to be necessary to provide some sort of equity in the job market. Unemployment for African Americans is double that of white Americans 11.8 percent compared to 5.5 percent for White Americans.”
June 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pmHappy Holidays pmavrck. Still I think most people prefer a gift that they actually have some use for but to each their own. I would just hate to have you waste money on crap no one really wants. Times are getting a bit tough. Even the president has stopped with that annoying “the foundations of the economy are sound” nonsense he repeated so many times. Well take care maybe I will catch up with you at the Martinez thread
June 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pmThere are probably black racists who think all white people are Neanderthal and Barbarian Monkeys as well. You don’t even have to be racist to want an order of 1000 McChimpy dolls, they’re so cute!
June 13th, 2008 at 9:17 pmI have done some research, and found out more about the company that actually makes the puppet.
http://www.michaelcrook.org/blog/2008/06/14/oh-get-a-life/
June 14th, 2008 at 9:44 pmFrom the site, they’ve surrendered:
I think the site is in some way connected with a DailyKos member masquerading as a Democrat, posting Obama-monkey jokes. DailyKos has really deteriorated since they’ve allowed all these abusive members to ruin their site. Those abusive posters are rampant in the site, and it’s like they’re a great number of Republican operatives acting as ‘gangs’ in DailyKos ready to pounce on any anti-McCain diaries–they then ban the diarist.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pmAnyone that construes this as racist has some issues. Sock Monkey’s are a toy that has been around forever. Check out this site http://www.supersockmonkey.com/catalog/classicmonkeys.html and tell me if superman ever got upset because they made a sock monkey look like him.
For all of you that are calling us conservative Utah republicans a bunch of crazy rascists, maybe you should get your facts straight. This doll was created by a member of the Utah Democratic Party. Get your shit right before prejudging an entire state.
Every single one of you that called Utah a rascist state is ignorant and rascist yourself for not taking 2 minutes to find out the truth about this story. Here’s a statement from the company:
We at TheSockObama Co. are saddened that some individuals have chosen to misinterpret our plush toy. It is not, nor has it ever been our objective to hurt, dismay or anger anyone. We guess there is an element of naviete on our part, in that we don’t think in terms of myths, fables, fairy tales and folklore. We simply made a casual and affectionate observation one night, and a charming association between a candidate and a toy we had when we were little. We wonder now if this might be a great opportunity to take this moment to really try and transcend still existing racial biases. We think that if we can do this together, maybe it will behoove us a nation and maybe we’ll even begin to truly communicate with one another more tenderly, more real even.
This is only our introductory plush toy. If we choose to move forward with a Republican candidate, we’ll begin with an elongated and slightly lumpy, fuzzy Idaho potato. Had a different Democratic candidate won the nomination, we were prepared to move forward with the cutest, fluffiest 12″ chestnut and golden-haired squirrel, with a short Farrah-like do in a brown pantsuit and call her Squirellary.
In earnest folks, we’re so sorry we offended anybody.
Best Regards,
TheSockObama Co. http://www.thesockobama.com
None of this is going to matter in November anyways. McCain is going to win and by January 2009 no one will remember the name Obama.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:03 pmGeorge W. Bush looks like a chimpanzee.
(not racist)
Barack Obama looks like a monkey.
(racist)
I get it now.
June 17th, 2008 at 1:04 pmThis shit is funny. Think about it. It’s ok 4 people to talk shit about “crackers” but 1 word about blackfolks and that racial shit starts flying. Git the fuk over it. Damn, from a business perspective , if an organization tries to help any white folks they become racially biased. White folks are the minority now…
June 18th, 2008 at 2:17 amReply to the “Gosh, We Meant No Harm” SockPuppet Company:
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE / your words don’t match your statements or clarify your motives.
1) “…we don’t think in terms of myths, fables, fairlytales and folklore.”
No idea what you mean by this, but that many ignorant white people used to refer to black people as ‘monkey’ is, indeed A HISTORICAL FACT. (You can even read about it- it’s in books.)
2) “…this is a great opportunity to realy try and transcend still existing racial biases…” and more lofty words of hope and promise.
3) They list the OTHER candidates they could also do. But haven’t. Shoulda woulda coulda.
4) Letter ends with an appology, “In earnest folks, we’re so sorry we offended anybody.”
However, Mr SockCompany ends with this PS:
“None of this is going to matter in November anyways. McCAIN IS GOING TO WIN and by January 2009 no one will remember the name Obama.”
I think is get it… you don’t think much of Obama do you? (That’s called bias.)
This proves that this “charming association between a candidate and a toy…” is an outright lie and the company’s target market was NOT the Obama folks, but for rascist white folk and Republicans.
Still can’t decide what’s reallly going on here? Easy enough to demonstrate.
In Chicago I work for a Flag and Button company that’s been doing political campaigns for more than thirty years. It would be poor business practice for us- or any other company to, say, pick ONE candidate only to merchandise to. That THIS company now says- way after the fact- that they maybe/might/could put out a McCain doll, etc. But… they didn’t.
I don’t know the real motives behind all that’s going on, and I doubt that these people are sincere with anyone.
But I sure do know they’re lying.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm