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The Doghouse
Sasha and Malia Dolls Irk First Lady
Posted by dogday in Latest Breaking News
Fri Jan 23rd 2009, 08:38 PM
Source: ABC News

Washington has quieted down. The president is hard at work. The Obama girls are back in school. The Jonas Brothers have left the White House.

But as the first family settles into its first weekend in their new home, an interruption in Sasha and Malia's privacy has already given them a taste of the new normal.

This week Michelle Obama's spokeswoman, Katie McCormick Lelyveld, explained how the first lady feels about new dolls on the market that share her daughters' names.

"We believe it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for marketing purposes," Lelyveld said in a statement.



Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/President44...
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