Walgreens pulls election dolls from shelves
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Election-year novelty dolls of Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Clinton have been ordered off the shelves of Walgreens drugstores nationwide because of customer complaints.
The battery-operated figures moved as they sang parodies and recited messages that weren't approved by the presidential candidates.
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A spokeswoman for Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreen says some customers were offended by what the dolls said or did.
A spokeswoman also said says the dolls were not removed from store shelves because of customer complaints but because some stores felt they violated Walgreen Co.'s policy against selling items that endorse political candidates.
The spokeswoman also says the dolls are being sold only at select Walgreens and not chainwide.
The Clinton figure referred to itself as a ''broad'' in one song parody. And the Obama doll was sold in a box that proclaimed, ''The senator from Illinois gets down and funky!''