Utah Company Blasted for ‘Huggable’ Obama Sock Monkey
According to the blog entry below, this is the company’s explanation:
An Ohio blog, Plunderbund, was the first up with this and in this post, you can see the response from the creator of the item:
Dear Joseph,
Thank you for your email and your forthright feedback. No, this is not a joke, and our intention is not to offend.
Our objective is three fold:
1} Provide a cuddly toy for the millions of Obama fans to take a little piece of their favorite candidate home with them.
2} Have a means for children to become a part of the political process with a cuddly plush toy all their own.
3| Contribute a pivotal article of presidential election memoribilia.
After test marketing our product, we found a majority of our customer base finds our plush toy fun and loveable.
By virtue of our plush toy now temporarily out of stock, we’ve had to expedite a new order of inventory to meet the needs of our customers who want TheSockObama.
Joseph, again we thank you and appreciate your interest in the TheSockObama.
Regards,
Dave & Ellee
http://www.thesockobama.com
It’s going to be a long, dirty fight to November, and regardless of how it turns out, Americans are sooooooo screwed.