January 26th, 2007

Obama-As-Invader Meme Burrows Deep — Into Children’s Toy Shelves

by Philip Baruth

Liz points out that the anti-Obama meme — Barack as muslim, terrorist, invader, traitor, deep mole, Manchurian jihadist — isn’t just for adults anymore. Heck no, let’s get the kids involved! From Lego, the company that brought you the ubiquitous and annoying Bionicles phenomenon:

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The accompanying text reads, in part: “Merciless and armed to the fangs with Squid ammo, the Barraki know what they want and stop at nothing to get it!”

Squid ammo, indeed.