Bush Toys Are A Hit In Bay Area.

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[Zepps_News] #Putsch toys a hit in the bay area

 

 

 

BERKELEY, United States (AFP) - From cards to action figures to doggy

chew toys, gifts mocking US *President George W. Bush*

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are a hit in famously liberal northern California this Christmas.

 

Bobble-head Jesus dolls and glow-in-the-dark Virgins de Guadalupe were

available at Oddball novelty store in Berkeley as Christmas Eve

neared, but the last

S*addam Hussein*

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and Bush action figures set was gone from the window.

 

" It sells well at the San Francisco store, but it flies off the

shelves here, " said Shellina Visram, who, along with a sister, owns

Oddball in Berkeley and Cheap Thrills toy shop in the Haight district.

 

" People seem to be grooving on it. They love to make fun of Bush. They

love to hate him. "

 

Bush is fashioned with cowboy boots, a leather jacket, jeans and a denim

shirt. The doll comes with a toy Bible and bucket of oil.

 

Hussein is adorned with green military fatigues and comes with a

container labeled weapons of mass destruction and a book titled " World

Domination for Dummies. "

 

" They are really cool, " a store worker, who gave her name only as

" Gina, " said of the action figures. " It is funny, when you think about

it, because both of them are so (screwed) up. "

 

The dolls created by a fledgling company called Mulberry Pi were

referred to as " Puppetics " and were " born " in the end of November,

according to the Pi website. They were made available in stores in the

San Francisco Bay area.

 

The 25-dollar price tag for the set did not hamper sales of the

figurines, which seemed particularly popular with customers in their

30s, Visram said.

 

Oddball also sold out of " National Embarrassments " breath mints

featuring Bush on the packaging.

 

Other hot selling Oddball items included Bush " Dum Gum " with

idiot-proof pieces and playing cards featuring Bush's face

superimposed on pictures ranging from dogs and chimps to bathing suit

models and children.

 

Among the slogans on the gum package was " Don't debate, manipulate. "

 

" Those have been very fast, " Visram said of the cards, gum and mints.

 

Also popular was a refrigerator magnet set featuring a nude Bush, a

star of Texas keeping him modest, and a papal wardrobe.

 

It came with sparkling platform boots and magnetic phrases " Who would

Jesus bomb " and " Armageddon outta here " .

 

Hanging from a display rack near the door were Bush-head chew toys

bearing the message: " You can't get even, but your pet can. "

 

And, for masking odors in cars, Oddball sold hanging air fresheners

bearing Bush's face and the words " dumbass head on a string " .

 

" Everybody from around here gets a laugh out of them, " Visram said of

the Bush-bashing merchandise. " The only complaints I've gotten have

been from tourists from places like Kansas or Texas. They tend to get

upset. "

 

--

" Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government

talking about wiretap, it requires -- a wiretap requires a court

order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about

chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order

before we do so "

-George W. Bush, April 20, 2004

 

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Pay your taxes so the rich don't have to.

 

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