I was caught off guard when I first saw a commercial for the Special Edition Barack Obama Chia Pet a few minutes ago. Up until the last two seconds I was convinced it was a hoax, being as how I was watching the commercial on Comedy Central. Yet, alas, it is a real product that some person has designed, created, manufactured, boxed and is currently taking pre-orders for.

We’ve seen the Obama Action Figure, crappy Obama Commemorative Coins and Ty’s uncalled for Sweet Sasha, Marvelous Malia dolls, so I guess we should expect anything. You can take the Obama Chia (availiable in Determined Chia Obama or Happy Chia Obama facial expressions) as offensive, funny, stupid or a must have. I think we can all agree that these are very, very strange times in which we live.

Why wasn’t there ever a Millard Fillmore Chia?

Chia Obama [chiaobama.com]

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