Ye gods!

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Obama doll 1

German dollmaker Marcel Offermann garnered much media attention with his dolls of famous people such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Pope Benedict XVI, the Dalai Lama and Lady Diana. Now he is paying tribute to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with a new doll.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  1. Ummm – this looks nothing like Obama. The only thing that sparks a mental image of Obama is the doll’s suit. Back to your workshop Gippetto!

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