Company nixes monkey doll named for Obama

sabra

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:12 AM
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Company nixes monkey doll named for Obama

Source: AP

The Web site for a Utah company that had offered a sock monkey named for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama now says the toy won't be manufactured.

Some had called the toy racist.

On Saturday, Sock Obama LLC issued a statement saying it didn't mean to anger anyone. On Sunday, a statement on the company Web site said, "We are very apologetic to all who were upset by our toy idea. We will not be proceeding with the manufacturing of this toy."

Jeanetta Williams, president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had called the toy "pure racism at its extreme."

Read more: http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700235184,00.html

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Judi Lynn

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:21 AM
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1. Here's a video from a Utah news station:

http://www.mahalo.com/Sock_Obama

With links.
Here's the official site for the damned thing. The video says the owner's name is David Lawson:
http://www.thesockobama.com/index.html

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Mountainman

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:22 AM
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2. Bush is the perfect sock monkey, and make two, one for bush and one for his

sidekick McSame.

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HockeyMom

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Mon Jun-16-08 03:15 PM
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7. They already have one for him

Curious George!

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lisa58

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:24 AM
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3. Ya think?

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Dhalgren

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:31 AM
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4. The company says they meant nothing racial

with this sock-doll. Why did they want to produce it in the first place? What was the point in making a monkey doll and calling it Barrack Obama? Do they give any reason for the idiotic idea? What were they thinking that they were conveying? Morons...

:eyes:

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Enrique

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Mon Jun-16-08 11:44 AM
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5. so that's what George Allen is doing nowadays

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madeline_con

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Mon Jun-16-08 01:12 PM
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6. GOOD! I sent an email calling them racist assswipes. n/t

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classysassy

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Tue Jun-17-08 12:12 AM
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8. The enemy within

I truly believe racism will destroy this nation.

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orleans

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Tue Jun-17-08 12:27 AM
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9. i disagree.

i believe there is still hope. because people know how important this is. (here's why i believe that)

i have a relative who is/has been racist. forever.
she was a hillary supporter.

recently i asked her does she plan on voting in november. "of course i do. i'm a democrat."

and she is putting her party before her racism.

and i was amazed and relieved to hear that.

i believe there is hope for us all.

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TaffyMoon

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Tue Jun-17-08 04:14 AM
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10. When I saw that doll I just freaked!

I couldn't believe someone was doing this. Such clear racism, so sad....

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truthisfreedom

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Tue Jun-17-08 08:01 AM
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11. It's over, people, let it go.

Chalk it up to a capitalistic mistake.

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Supersedeas

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Tue Jun-17-08 04:32 PM
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12. Sock Obama LLC -- another classy moment in Utah history

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grateful581

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Wed Jun-18-08 09:23 AM
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13. Racist doll might be made after all

The sock's creators say a few new opportunities have come to light to produce their toy.
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=3553186

David and Elizabeth Lawson can go to hell.

:grr: :grr:

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