Get Your Own Pelosi Waterboarding Action Figure

"Fun for the Whole Family"

By Kristie Borges
|  Wednesday, May 20, 2009  |  Updated 6:28 AM PST
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Get Your Own Pelosi Waterboarding Action Figure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become an action figure over controversy of waterboarding.

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Maybe you can get a straight answer out of Nancy Pelosi.

The Speaker of the House is the latest luminary to be immortalized as an action figure by Connecticut-based HeroBuilders.com, joining the likes of Rod Blagojevich, Bernie MadoffJohn McCain and Barack Obama. The smiling new doll wears an elegant  black pantsuit and comes with a tiny waterboard inscribed with the words "Water Board: Fun for the Whole Family."

Pelosi is under fire over her claims she wasn’t told that waterboarding was used against a terror suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in September, 2002. First, she said the Central Intelligence Agency lied to her about its so-called enhanced interrogation techniques being used on suspected terrorists. Then, when CIA Director Leon Panetta -- a former Democratic House member -- defended his agency, Pelosi shifted her criticism to the Bush administration. Now the Republicans are out for the Speaker, with some calling for her ouster.
 
HeroBuilders.com has a knack for turning the hot political figure of the day into a plastic figurine, whether the subject is famous or merely infamous. Its Sarah Palin model, comes in three outfits, including one which has the Alaska governor as a sexy school girl and another as a mini-skirt clad superhero.
 
You can get your own Waterboard Pelosi for $49.95 but there might be a wait. They claim they're already backed up with 250 pre-sale orders 
 

Posted Friday, Jul 17, 2009 - 1:29 PM PST
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