Obama Soap: Hope on a Rope

Now's your chance to take a shower with President-Elect Barack Obama. The Washington Post spotted this creepy version of soap on a rope offered by Dugshop. The 10.5-ounce chunk of purple-headed Obama looks amusingly distorted or horrifyingly offensive, depending on your political sensitivities. "He smells like a breath of fresh air, because, well, he is a breath of fresh air!" Naturally, 33% of all profits go to Habitat for Humanity. Oh, and it's vegan-friendly.

In keeping with new and improved Washington, Dugshop keeps things transparent; the soap is made with “Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Safflower Oil, Kosher Vegetable Glycerin, Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide, Sorbitol, Sorbitan Oleate, Soy Bean Protein, Titanium Dioxide, Color, Fragrance” and, apparently, Essence of Obama. Why purple? The soap makers explains: “We made him purple, because we here at Dugshop feel that he’s a true uniter, there are no red or blue states. We’re all purple.” Gag.