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Creators reconsider Obama sock puppet June 17th, 2008 @ 7:51am
Andrew Adams and Mary Richards reporting
On second thought, the Obama sock puppet might be made after all, even though the creators are getting death threats.
And unfortunately, other people are getting caught up in the controversy.
The sock's creators say a few new opportunities have come to light to produce their toy, even after Binkley Toys dropped their product due to racial overtones.
David and Elizabeth Lawson tell The Deseret News their toy is the victim of a double standard. They ask, if President Bush can be compared to a chimpanzee, why can't you have an Obama sock monkey?
They say they've been getting "vivid and creative" death threats, including talk of a "good old-fashioned KKK house burning party."
Meanwhile, a man in Park City has been mixed up in this.
This David J. Lawson is not at all connected to TheSockObama company, but it doesn't matter in the blogosphere. He has the same name as the doll maker, so he's been getting lots of angry e-mails from offended people.
Lawson tells The Park Record it's scary how mistaken identity can get blown up on the Internet. But he says the flow of angry e-mails has slowed, and some people have even apologized to him now.
