Sasha and Malia the flamethrower!

Obama's been in office for 36 hours and already his daughters have been turned into fuel for the crass consumer tire fire he inherited. I give you "Sweet Sasha" (left) and "Marvelous Malia" (right), the latest offering by Ty Inc., makers of Beanie Babies.

The dolls are part of the TyGirlz Collection, which inspires young women to live up to their potential by featuring such luminaries as Bubbly Britney and Lucky Lindsay.

Worse than the idea of associating the First Daughters' image with a Who's Who of disgraced, drug addled culture stains for profit? The explanation:

The Oak Brook-based company chose the dolls' names because "they are beautiful names," not because of any resemblance to President Obama's daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen.

"There's nothing on the dolls that refers to the Obama girls," Lundeen said. "It would not be fair to say they are exact replications of these girls. They are not.

Of course they aren't. Malia and Natasha (known as "Sasha") are much taller and, by all accounts, have some fucking class.