First Family Dolls?!

I'm not trying to become too outspoken on political things, but it has somewhat taken over our lives recently. Now i understand how people could be outspoken about Bush if they weren't in favor of him. But the Obama's are taking over the WORLD! 

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Ty, the maker of Beanie Babies, is introducing two new Ty Girlz dolls named Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha.

"The first lady’s office said Friday Ty was out of line. “We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes,” said a spokeswoman for Michelle Obama in a statement." 

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/24/michelle-obama-inappropriate-to-use-daughters-to-sell-dolls/?eref=politicalflipper 

So people are fighting on CNN's post if it's right or wrong. I always get censored on CNN, so I'll just write my own take here:

TY should have asked for permission first to use Sasha and Malia's names to put on a doll no questions there. While it's not right, TY has made many other dolls with other peoples names, and i haven't heard an outcry that it's wrong to have a Brittany Spears doll? 

Which leads us to the next point. Are Sasha and Malia public figures. Some statements from CNN said no because they are under 12. Others said yes, because they are the President and First Lady's daughters (Duh!!!). The Clinton's asked for privacy for Chelsea, yet the Bushes did not for their twin daughters Barbara & Jenna. I do agree with many posters: If you use your children for election purposes, you can't be outraged or surprised when the media uses them as well. Are you going to hunt down the creators of "Obama" shirts, bobble heads and items for sale? What about an Obama THONG? That seems a little more worrisome than 2 dolls named after your daughters... (Besides, what girl wouldn't want little look-a-like doll named after them?)

I agree with this lady who writes: "With our new president's pro abortion agenda the Ty company should be putting out partial abortion dolls. Little broken bodies of Mexican babies slaughtered with American tax dollars."

Ahhhh, people. We are so wrapped up in all the little things. A of dolls creates so much controversy, yet people defend Obama spending millions on abortion. Wow America.