Lemme start out by saying I'm a white working class American who has already voted for Obama and can't wait for November!
There was a diary from MarkInKC yesterday referring to this newly release "toy." http://www.dailykos.com/...
I was moved to send these people a nice enough WTF email, and one of the lucky 22 to receive a response.
Below is the email--I wish I was making this up, but I'm not that creative. Someone just had a "charming association" with Obama and a sock monkey. How sweet! Charming indeed!
According to the email, the McCain doll would be an "elongated and slightly lumpy, fuzzy Idaho potato" and has no name. Anyone want to venture a guess?
And another charming toy idea, the "Squirellary" wearing a brown pantsuit. If I recall, I never saw Hillary wear brown? I quick check on Google images left me a bit sickened, so I did not check very far.
Here's the email--enjoy!
To Those with Heartfelt Queries,
We chose twenty-two customer queries today that we believe merit a response. You touched us with either your concern, intelligence, humor, sensitivity, and/or your thoughtfulness. We thank you. There are other queries we received today as well that we chose not to respond to, because of their spewing of venom and their aimlessness.
We at TheSockObama Co. are saddened that some individuals have chosen to misinterpret our plush toy. It is not, nor has it ever been our objective to hurt, dismay or anger anyone. We guess there is an element of naviete on our part, in that we don't think in terms of myths, fables, fairy tales and folklore. We simply made a casual and affectionate observation one night, and a charming association between a candidate and a toy we had when we were little. We wonder now if this might be a great opportunity to take this moment to really try and transcend still existing racial biases. We think that if we can do this together, maybe it will behoove us a nation and maybe we'll even begin to truly communicate with one another more tenderly, more real even.
This is only our introductory plush toy. If we choose to move forward with a Republican candidate, we'll begin with an elongated and slightly lumpy, fuzzy Idaho potato. Had a different Democratic candidate won the nomination, we were prepared to move forward with the cutest, fluffiest 12" chestnut and golden-haired squirrel, with a short Farrah-like do in a brown pantsuit and call her Squirellary.
In earnest folks, we're so sorry we offended anybody.
Best Regards,
TheSockObama Co.
www.thesockobama.com