From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-364741-894533
WEST JORDAN, Utah (UPI) -- A Utah couple who earlier apologized for a
Barack Obama sock monkey that was decried as racist say they may still
sell the toy.
David and Elizabeth Lawson of West Jordan, owners of TheSockObama LLC,
said after a swarm of bloggers decried their toy as racist that the
sock monkey based on the Illinois senator and presumptive Democratic
nominee for president would not be manufactured.
However, the Lawsons said Monday that "a few new opportunities have
been presented" to produce the monkey.
The couple also issued a statement detailing some of the hate mail and
death threats they have received ,as well as decrying what they
consider to be hypocrisy on the part of those who labeled the toy
racist.
"It's OK for there to be hundreds of thousands of Google sites
containing references to our current president's resemblance to a
chimpanzee," the statement said. "However, it's not OK to make that
same association regarding our possible next president."