Cuddle Up With These

By Nadia Mustafa; Lisa McLaughlin Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003
    • Saddam may be in hiding, but he's still a hot item on the streets of Baghdad, where people are snapping up the Dancing Saddam doll. Clad in full military garb, it shakes its booty while a high-pitched electronic voice sings what sounds like "I want to kiss kiss kiss where the sun don't shine." Sorry, Christmas shoppers, it's not available in the U.S. But plenty of other real-life political dolls are, from President Bush (in his flight jacket) to comedian Dennis Miller. They don't dance, but they do spout some of their most famous lines.

    ANN COULTER
    In earrings and heels, she looks like Barbie, but this conservative pundit has a mouth.
    "Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?"

    TONY BLAIR
    The British Prime Minister repeats a famous quip to Congress.
    "On our way down here, Senator Frist was kind enough to show me the fireplace where in 1814 the British had burned the Congress Library. I know this is kind of late, but, Sorry."

    DONALD RUMSFELD
    The U.S. Secretary of Defense banters with the press.
    "We have done so much in the last two years, and it doesn't happen by standing around with your finger in your ear hoping everyone thinks, 'That's nice.'"

    BAGHDAD BOB
    Former Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, a.k.a. Baghdad Bob, is back with some of his greatest hits of disinformation.
    "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"