Is the Chia Obama racist, funny, stupid... or all three? (video)

In a struggling economy, retailers scramble to stock their shelves with new, attention-getting products with a high probability of selling.

One of the hottest items of the year - the Chia Obama - is flying off shelves for two reasons: It's so popular it sells-out, and it's so controversial that many stores have pulled it before a single sale could be made.

Walgreen's recently announced that stores are pulling the item, which is modeled after the likeness ofPresident Barack Obama.

Walgreen's spokesman Michael Polzin said the corporate office has asked stores to stop carrying the product because "it is not appropriate for the company's corporate image."

The Chia Obama, which features "a ceramic figure upon which fresh greens are planted and allowed to grow."

In other words, it's President Obama with a green Afro.

Although there are "unnamed reports" everywhere of people being "shocked and offended" by the product, it seems no one has actually met such an outraged consumer.

Have you?

Or are you perhaps one of the angry silent majority?

Whether you find the Chia Obama racist, funny, stupid or a combination of the three, please leave your comments below.

The product isn't about to disappear.

But neither are its supporters or critics.