Getting your special loved one a Chia Pet Obama for the upcoming holiday season just got a lot harder, because a second national retailer has pulled the item off of its shelves, AOL Black Voices has learned.
Rhode Island-based CVS is following in the footsteps of Walgreens, which pulled the Chia Obama, a little bust of Obama that grows a green-plant Afro when properly maintained, earlier this year after it expressed concern that people would be offended or "interpret it through a political viewpoint or other viewpoints."
CVS spokesperson Michael J. DeAngelis declined to say why the company pulled the product from stores.
"We did sell them for a short time in a few markets, but they are no longer available in our stores," DeAngelis said in response to questions from AOL Black Voices. "It was a test, and we decided not to move forward with the product. Beyond that, we have no additional comment."
Chia Pet head Joseph Pedott said he doesn't know why the Chia Obama was pulled and is disappointed because the response to the product has been good. The 77-year-old Pedott says he is a Republican who felt inspired by Obama and decided to vote for the nation's first African American president.
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