by Mark Silva
We were saving this one for a slow afternoon:
New, in time for Christmas stockings:
Joe Wilson, the action figure.
The talking doll delivers an infamous line: "You lie.''
The action figure molded in the likeness of the South Carolina congressman who called out the president in an address to a joint session of Congress does not, however, say it's sorry - at least not to the House.
The newest entry in the line of action figures at Herobuilders joins a growing lineup that includes the Sarah Palin action figure, the Jon and Kate dolls, "Beach Blanket Obama," Mrs. Obama and Nancy Pelosi -- which comes with a surf-board sized water-board -- Joe the Plumber, Joe the Vice President and, well, from the Bush years, a sidekick with a T-shirt reading: "You Don't Know Dick.''
There's a Bernie Madoff action figure, and Rod Blagojevich too.
The talking Larry Craig says: "I am not gay."
Emile Vicale, owner of Herobuilders, has a price for all of this actionable offensive material, of course, but this is no product endorsement. In fact, the more one looks at each of the dolls, the more they look alike..
Comments
This is great. Now I can add my Joe the "Plumber" and Sarah the "Moose Huntress" action figures with my Joe "the Heckler" action figure and they can have their very own Teabagger party under my Christmas tree this year.
Posted by: former Republican | September 23, 2009 3:43 PM
Seems that doll is a little dark for good ol' Joe's liking.
Posted by: bill r. | September 23, 2009 3:45 PM
And with Tom "The Hammer" DeLay boogeying down on a reality show (see earlier article), isn't this how Nostradamus predicted civilization will end (or are we already past that)?
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport | September 23, 2009 5:23 PM
What the hey! I hear for an extra buck, it comes with a confederate flag and a white mob. whiteagle38
Posted by: Raymond Juneau | September 23, 2009 10:03 PM
As impolite as it was, Wilson was correct. Obama did lie when he said "his" bill would not allow illegals to get Obamacare. First, Obama did not have a bill of his own and second, Democrats in the House voted down a provision to require proof of citizenship.
But, prevarication seems to be the norm with this president such as on Sunday when he denied that requiring health insurance would be a tax, just as any mandated government program is. Garbage by any other name smells as bad.
Posted by: Sanford | September 24, 2009 12:00 PM