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Candidate dolls become headache for Walgreens
International Herald Tribune ^
| 10/3/2008
Posted on 10/03/2008 3:10:25 PM PDT by markomalley
Election-year novelty dolls of Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Clinton have been ordered off the shelves of Walgreen drugstores nationwide because of customer complaints about the battery-operated figures.
The 13.5-inch(34.3-centimeter)-tall dolls moved as they sang parodies and recited messages that were not approved by the presidential candidates.
Walgreen Co. spokeswoman Tiffani Bruce told The Grand Rapids Press for a story published Friday that some customers were offended by what the dolls said or did.
The Clinton figure referred to itself as a "broad" in one song parody.
The Obama doll was sold in a box that proclaimed, "The senator from Illinois gets down and funky!"
(Excerpt) Read more at iht.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dolls; walgreens
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I'd hate to see what they had the McCain doll say
To: markomalley
My friends reach across the aisle for some bipartisanship”
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:11:48 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Vice President Sarah H Palin - Make it happen !!!!)
To: markomalley
I bet the obama doll said
“uhuhuhuh, ya I-I am barrack America”
The Biden doll had to be sent back because it didn’t shut up.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:13:03 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Vice President Sarah H Palin - Make it happen !!!!)
To: markomalley
Gotta get one. Never seen a doll with cankles.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:14:30 PM PDT
by
abishai
To: Perdogg
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:14:38 PM PDT
by
SolidWood
(McCain/Palin 2008)
To: Perdogg
They couldn’t put a Palin doll out there because she made way to much sense and told the truth. Can’t have our kids hearing that.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:14:43 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: markomalley
We have worse problems to worry about now and in the next 4 years. Getting upset about what a plastic doll made in China says is stupid.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:15:59 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(Just Say NObama!)
To: markomalley
The Obama doll was sold in a box that proclaimed, "The senator from Illinois gets down and funky!"
Obviously a lie, so what's the problem?
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:16:09 PM PDT
by
twhitak
To: freekitty
They had a Palin doll but they had to take it off the self because it kicked the Biden’s doll ass. Clean up on aisle Washington University.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:16:47 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Vice President Sarah H Palin - Make it happen !!!!)
To: Perdogg
What was that old song lyrics? Play that funkin music, whiteboy?
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:20:26 PM PDT
by
biff
To: markomalley
Biden doll: pour water on the head and it grows green hair.
Obama doll: Exact replica of Little Rascals' Buckwheat.
McCain doll: can only raise arms high enough to reach across the aisle.
Palin doll: Alaskan Barbie equipped with Barrett .50 cal. and designer glasses.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:25:10 PM PDT
by
KriegerGeist
(I'm now considered a "Bitter Clinger" to my guns and religion.)
To: Perdogg
No batteries needed for the Biden doll.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:29:56 PM PDT
by
abigailsmybaby
(I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.)
To: Perdogg
What’s worse is that the Palin doll winked every time she got in a knee into the crotch of the Biden doll.
Insider Secret:It was the wink that got the dolls pulled.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:32:43 PM PDT
by
justkate
To: Perdogg
...and no one understood what it said.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:34:04 PM PDT
by
donnab
(some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
To: Geist Krieger
Alaskan Barbie? That's "Caribou Barbie!"
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:36:28 PM PDT
by
Dutchgirl
("Every Socialist is a disguised dictator." Ludwig Von Mises)
To: markomalley
My b-i-l has a Hillary nutcracker.
I thought I would share that.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:36:50 PM PDT
by
PennsylvaniaMom
(The 0bama Youth Choir, Making Joyous Noise Unto 0bama, From Whom All Glories Flow.)
To: Perdogg
My MIL bought all 3 and had them out for a labor day bar-b-que. I hate most talking/singing dolls, so I found them very obnoxious. Mostly for the noise pollution, not the songs they sang. I can’t believe that the PC police would find them offensive...
Now they are collectors items....
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:42:37 PM PDT
by
birddog
To: markomalley
A customer of mine gave me the Obama doll about a month ago. To the tune of “Oh Susanna”, he sings lines about voting for him. Kinda stupid really. But it keeps the co-workers entertained.
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:44:32 PM PDT
by
cpanter
(Babies, guns and Jesus. Hot Damn! - Rush on the Palin pick.)
To: Perdogg
To: markomalley
Obama doll says, “Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack, though.”
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posted on
10/03/2008 3:50:08 PM PDT
by
Selmore
(What we got here is... failure to communicate.)
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