Gettysburg store pulls bobblehead dolls of President Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth

[no_hypocrisy]

I would have expected this *maybe* at a Confederate Battlefield Gift Shop.

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Bobblehead dolls of the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln have been pulled from sale at the Gettysburg National Military Park visitors' center bookstore.

The dolls of John Wilkes Booth with a handgun were removed from shelves on Saturday, a day after a reporter for Hanover's The Evening Sun newspaper asked about them, officials said.

"On rare occasions, there's an item that might cause concern, and obviously the bobbleheads appeared to be doing that," Gettysburg Foundation spokeswoman Dru Anne Neil said Tuesday.

The Booth dolls, featuring big heads attached to the bodies by springs so they bobble, were available for only about a week before the park superintendent, the foundation president and the bookstore manager decided they shouldn't be for sale, Neil said.

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gettysburg-store-pulls-bobblehead-dolls-president-lincoln-assassin-john-wilkes-booth-article-1.1038643

[liberal N proud]

1. Why are there bobblehead dolls of John Wilks Booth?

That is just weird and sick.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. Think of how well a Lee Harvey bobblehead would go over at the 6th Floor Museum in Dallas?

[Cooley Hurd]

2. I'd want one, but only if it yells Sic Semper Tyrannus when you squeeze its belly...

[mucifer]

4. I saw those dolls in the gift store in the Chicago Historical Museum in Chicago

Also, there is no trace of President Obama's history in that museum.

[woodsprite]

8. The Constitution Center had Pres. Obama and Michelle paperdoll magnets. n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

5. The latest rethug co-intel propaganda?

Must be the new meme forming for this summer.

First the Dr. from PA sending Limbpalls a digital photo image of Booth causing a purported bomb scare. Now a Booth bobble-head.

Guess they can't do the Caribou Barbie "target" nonsense so they use this sort of imagery to try to convey the same thing.

[okieinpain]

6. I will be saying lots of prayers for

president Obama. it's going to be a scary election season.

[woodsprite]

7. No brains! I was there last year and they were hawking Gingrich's books about the Civil War.

Although, I didn't see many people buying them. A lot of people were buying a battlefield tour narrated by Steven Lang.