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Old 03-23-2012, 11:31 AM
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Eric Fehrnstrom tries to defuse the situation with humor:

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Thursday afternoon, Fehrnstrom took to Twitter to make light of the uproar. Linking to a story about how the Etch-A-Sketch parent company, Ohio Art, has seen its stock price tick up, he joked: "Psst, I'll mention Mr. Potato Head next. Buy Hasbro."
Oh, yeah, Mr. Potato Head (the toy you can change to look like whatever you want by swapping out features) would be just the metaphor you want to represent your guy....
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