Obama Beanie Babies “Inappropriate”
By Wyatt Earp | January 24, 2009
I don’t agree with Michelle Obama much at all, but she definitely has a point here. How dare someone try to use the Obama daughters for personal gain! That’s their parents’ job!
If Michelle needs an issue to get fired up about, it should be that these particular beanie babies are really creepy looking.
WASHINGTON – They’ve been in the White House less than a week, but the first daughters have already been co-opted by marketers — and Michelle Obama isn’t happy about it.
Is Michelle Obama happy about anything? Ever? This woman has an ever-present scowl that makes Hillary Clinton look “warm.”
Ty, the toy company responsible for the popular Beanie Babies dolls, is now marketing “Sweet Sasha” and “Marvelous Malia” dolls.
The first lady’s office said Friday Ty was out of line. “We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” said a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama in a statement.
Oh, boo hoo. Why so sensitive, Michelle? Is it because you didn’t think of it first?
A Ty representative told CNN the company generally avoids naming dolls for “any particular living individual,” because doing so might interfere with how kids use their imaginations to play with them. But they wouldn’t reveal the source of their inspiration for the new figures, telling CNN that information relating to the development of the company’s merchandise — including how it comes up with products, product names, and trademarks – is proprietary. (H/T – CNN)
Okay, that is complete and utter shenanigans. Ty knew what they were doing, and wanted to join the millions of other companies – Obama Pepsi? Are You kidding me? – to make a buck off of Mr. HopeyChange. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Either way, someone needs to call Michelle Obama a waaaaam-bulance!
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waaaaam-bulance
now that’s funny as heck. saves that particular phrase.
So it was ok to parade the daughters around for the campaign but now Michelle wants to call them private citizens. IF they wanted them to be out of the limelight then they should have never been on a stage during the campaign.
If she’s smart, she sues Ty for a royalty.
You think those are bad examples of trying to commercialize Obama?
Take a look at this. (Not Safe For Work)
Guess I’ll can my idea of Obama sock puppets.
I thought the Obama’s were all for commercial enterprise, stimulating the economy, etc. They don’t want citizens to make money making dolls? Who said that dolls can’t be made like real people? What’s the real story? Maybe someone could make abortion beanie babies? That’s an enterprise president Obama would be especially proud of, seeing how he wants women to be able to kill their babies at will. Next we can have homosexual dolls with special privileges and their very own rainbow house. And finally, we can have terrorist dolls. Just pretend they are innocent and let them be sold all over America! Yea, that’s the ticket. Don’t ya just love our new president??
She’s just pissed she’s not getting a cut…
Why don’t people ever express their opinions clearly on this site? …
Hey Michelle….welcome to Palin’s world.
E.L. – It’s not my phrase, but feel free to put that one in the vault.
D – Right. If they were in the audience, that would be one thing, but parading them on stage is quite another. They knew what they were getting into when they turned their children into props.
Randal – Yep. Make some cool cash so the cries of “We should give the First Lady a salary” can cease.
RFTR – I am not even going to ask where the Hell you found that!
Diller – Actually, that’s not a bad idea. Heh.
Beverly – Terrorist dolls would be kickass. You could flush their play Koran down the toilet accessory!
Old NFO – I absolutely agree. If she was getting some money, she would be all for this.
Alan B – You forgot the “sarc” tag.
OKev – Yeah, Sarah only had to deal with a blog that was allegedly “written” by her “retard” child. The blog’s words, not mine. (And no, I will not give out that link.)
Alan B – You forgot the “sarc” tag.
Did I really need it???
Alan B – I reckon you did not.
Funny,..nobody tried to make Jenna and Barbara Bush dolls when “W” won. And they were cuter!