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First Lady considers Sasha, Malia dolls 'inappropriate'
Chicago Business ^ | Jan. 22, 2009 | Meghan Streit

Posted on 01/23/2009 1:00:29 PM PST by cdchik123

(Crain’s) — First lady Michelle Obama is not pleased about the marketing of a pair of dolls that bear the same names as her daughters.

“We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” Ms. Obama’s spokeswoman said.

Ty Inc. released its “Sweet Sasha” and “Marvelous Malia” dolls this month. Both dolls have bronze skin and dark hair.

The dolls are part of the Westmont-based toymaker’s TyGirlz line. The company is also the creator of Beanie Babies, which have reportedly generated more than $6 billion in sales since their debut in 1994.

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Chicagobusiness.com reported Wednesday that “Sweet Sasha” and “Marvelous Malia” hit store shelves this month just before Barack Obama was inaugurated.

A Ty spokeswoman originally acknowledged to Crain’s that the Sasha and Malia dolls were created with the first daughters in mind. She has since backed away from that statement.

“They were not designed to look like any living person,” the spokeswoman said of the dolls on Thursday. “Somehow there was a misunderstanding.”


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KEYWORDS: dolls; obamadolls; obamafamily; toys
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To: cdchik123

21 posted on 01/23/2009 1:14:22 PM PST by Notwithstanding
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“Sasha and Malia look like good kids, smart with a good head on their shoulders, they don’t need dolls made in their honor.”

True. These little girls can’t help who their parents are. It think they should be off limits as should all children of politicians.


22 posted on 01/23/2009 1:14:48 PM PST by LottieDah (If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
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To: cdchik123

It is blasphemy to fashion such images of the black goddesses. Nothing can be compared to them!


23 posted on 01/23/2009 1:15:56 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
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To: cdchik123

She has a copyright on the names ??


24 posted on 01/23/2009 1:18:54 PM PST by libh8er
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To: cdchik123

>>young private citizens

Sorry, they are public figures now.

There is no physical likeness apart from the names.

Wasn’t there a ruckus a few years ago about there being no black dolls....

Plus they’re gonna fly off the shelves.


25 posted on 01/23/2009 1:19:11 PM PST by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
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To: Mariebl
No, I haven't missed the point - I was making a different one.

And I don't think that the kids should be exploited in any way.

My point is that these dolls are no-doubt the creation of Obama’s adoring fans and will be flattering and considerate.

No such decorum was extended to the Bush family.

26 posted on 01/23/2009 1:19:18 PM PST by Never on my watch ( We need people in office who make their reputation by earning money - not spending it.)
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To: Notwithstanding

why do they have boobs? :/


27 posted on 01/23/2009 1:21:16 PM PST by cdchik123
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To: Batman11
Blackie O and the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers

LMAO!!!! That is too funny!!!!!

28 posted on 01/23/2009 1:21:22 PM PST by HomeschoolMomma (No thanks...I already have a Messiah!)
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To: cdchik123
“We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,”

But it is OK when the Left uses children, even small children, in commercials and YouTube videos for Left-Wing political purposes.

MO is just upset that somebody is making a buck, and it apparently isn't the Left.

Note to those who are trying to equate the Beanie Babies with the media's attacks on the Palin kids: Are you paying attention? (Hint - Answer; No) No one is “Attacking” the Obama daughters. Quite the contrary. These aren't bobble-head dolls. If some company had made John-John and Caroline dolls during the Kennedy Administration, I'm sure that even the Dems would have said, “Oh, how cute!”.

29 posted on 01/23/2009 1:24:58 PM PST by ChicagahAl (It's mourning in America. Mourning our dearly departed freedom, liberty, security and wealth.)
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To: cdchik123
I wonder if she has a problem with the "Buck Farack" T-Shirt people?

Capitalism, I'll have mine straight up, no chaser.

30 posted on 01/23/2009 1:26:00 PM PST by BallyBill (Serial Hit-N-Run poster)
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To: cdchik123
Ri-ight!

Get'cher O-Bama coin sets!

Got-cher O-Bama plate Right'chere!

Don'r forget the O-ficial! O-bama! Limitede Edition! Innauerration Postah!

What, Lady? No dolls of the kids?

You gottabe kiddin' me--

31 posted on 01/23/2009 1:28:10 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: ChicagahAl

“Note to those who are trying to equate the Beanie Babies with the media’s attacks on the Palin kids: Are you paying attention? (Hint - Answer; No) No one is “Attacking” the Obama daughters. Quite the contrary. These aren’t bobble-head dolls. If some company had made John-John and Caroline dolls during the Kennedy Administration, I’m sure that even the Dems would have said, “Oh, how cute!”. “

I agree - Apparently my sarcasm is lost here. See post 26.


32 posted on 01/23/2009 1:28:20 PM PST by Never on my watch ( We need people in office who make their reputation by earning money - not spending it.)
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To: cdchik123

Sorry Obama’s but you do not own the names. Now unless you can prove that Sasha and Malia are the only two black girls in the world with those names and hold the copyright on the names it’s really just too bad for you.


33 posted on 01/23/2009 1:34:29 PM PST by chris_bdba
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To: Never on my watch
Or Palin's family, for that matter. I'll give a **** when these people start caring about outright lies and conspiracy theories that surrounded Palin's kids. Until then, I don't give a cr*p about something this insignificant. I've had to argue with liberal idiots who insist that Trig is secretly Bristol's baby, a claim they held fast to even after quoting statistics about the prevalance of Down's in older women vs teens, and even after showing pictures of a very pregnant Sarah.

They don't care when the most vicious lies possible are told about a conservative's family, it's fair game, but they get all pissed off when an adoring fan makes a complimentary doll. Cry me a friggen river.
34 posted on 01/23/2009 1:43:08 PM PST by messierhunter
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To: cdchik123
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35 posted on 01/23/2009 1:43:32 PM PST by mkjessup (All *HAIL* the illegal regime of TKU ("The Kenyan Usurper"))
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To: cdchik123

I bet if the “profits” were going to Bill Ayers or one of the other cronies favored project then it would be acceptable.


36 posted on 01/23/2009 1:46:51 PM PST by the long march
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To: cdchik123

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by Steve
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

 
 

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I tried to come up some smart-ass comment tying together the effectiveness of the cleaning bristles and the whole "whitewater probe", but I can't think right now.

There's also one for George W. Brush Bush that looks more like his father. And then they're working on an Osama Bin Laden brush.

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37 posted on 01/23/2009 1:48:08 PM PST by MyTwoCopperCoins
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To: cdchik123

where are their burkas?


38 posted on 01/23/2009 1:53:06 PM PST by usshadley (crying racism--the new "last refuge of the scoundrel")
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To: MyTwoCopperCoins

39 posted on 01/23/2009 2:05:27 PM PST by DogBarkTree (Sometimes you have to let it go in order to get a Grip.)
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To: cdchik123

She should look at it as a form of economic stimulus.


40 posted on 01/23/2009 2:06:36 PM PST by Busywhiskers (Delinda est Democrats)
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