Values forum sells "Obama Waffles" with racial stereotype

[Kittycat]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080913/ap_on_el_pr/obama_waffles_1;_ylt=AjbzmBQUQvzOIs8u7xSq7Xhh24cA

WASHINGTON - A conservative political forum on Saturday sold boxes of waffle mix depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.
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The product, Obama Waffles, was meant as political satire, said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn., who created the mix and sold it for $10 a box from a booth at the Values Voter Summit sponsored by the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council.

Republican Party stalwarts Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney were among speakers at the forum, which officials said drew 2,100 activists from 44 states.

While Obama Waffles takes aim at Obama's politics by poking fun at his public remarks and positions on issues, it also plays off the image of the classic pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima, which has been widely criticized as a demeaning stereotype. Obama is portrayed with popping eyes and big, thick lips as he stares at a plate of waffles and smiles broadly.

Please read the full article - this is just filth, coming right from the "family values' group.

[grannie4peace]

1. demoss- he went to jerry falwell's

liberty university-- it isn't satire it's slander!!!!!

[hisownpetard]

2. This makes me want to commit bodily harm on every one of those people.

:nuke:

[Kukesa]

11. Makes me want to cry. n/t

[hisownpetard]

12. That was my first reaction. But then I wanted to slap them all.

[KingFlorez]

3. True colors

I'm glad they are showing how they really are so people can see how rotten they are.

[Kittycat]

4. But these are the Conservative Family Values they want us to embrace.

:puke:

[MrScorpio]

5. Racism, Tennessee, Republicans... Why am I not surprised? nt

[hisownpetard]

18. Thinking of the Obamas' two beautiful girls and praying that they don't have to

hear any of this or know about this ugliness until they're older. How could they
possibly understand?

I'm a grown women, with grown children, and I will never understand this kind of blind hatred.
It's shameful and utterly disgusting.

[earthlover]

6. racism is blasphemy against God....

and certainly not a family value.

Hating God's creation. God told us to love. But racism goes beyond this, it opposes God and God's creation and God's will blatantly.

I bet they never thunk why Jesus was not sent down to Earth as a blonde haired, blue eyed whitey.

[mrbscott19]

7. We need to get a picture of the box shown on the news

Something like that will be a huge turn off to moderates on either side. It's downright racist and I'm not one to say that lightly.

[joop]

9. my thoughts exactly

if they want to whine about lipstick on a pig and a perceived cheap shot, let them defend this crap.

[Starry Messenger]

10. I went looking because I feel the same way.

Not yet. But I found some other heinous shit. I hate people.

MPK

[AtomicKitten]

8. Waffles. How original. Opens the door to McBush's pile 'o waffles.

Bring it.

[ladjf]

21. or, McCain Pinnocio Dolls with very long noses.

[symbolman]

13. I guess they are too stupid and ignorant to realize

that Christ himself was basically a BLACK man, and dressed just like an Arab, headpiece and all..

They should be selling "CRACKERFLAPS" instead..

Hey.. maybe I should make up a box of those :)

This is DISGUSTING, all these PHONEY ASS FAUX Christians. Think about those KIDS seeing that shit. They should all have their children taken away from them for that!

I wonder if concerned citizens could SUE that group for Slandering him, like a Citizens Arrest?

Maybe someone should drag them in front of CONYERS for a Nice little Hearing about HATE CRIMES, and scare the shit out of them..

[LiberalHeart]

14. Gee, wonder if they had a vendor's license and will pay state tax on those retail sales.

Also wonder if they had all the approvals to be selling a food product.

[Not a robought]

15. Just vile

[Sunnyshine]

16. Ken Blackwell was there and he said "home schooling" was his favorite form of education, his wife..

Rosa Blackwell was Superintendent of Cincinnati PUBLIC Schools and had the 2nd highest Admin pay in the State of Ohio.
She retired last year and left the school system a mess and budgets in the tank. How about them values?

[renie408]

17. Yes, these are the values I want to teach my children. n/t

[GrizzlyMan]

19. Most white evangelicals are straight up racists

As someone born and raised in what is perhaps the Capital of Fundie Land I've seen that over and over again.

[ladjf]

22. Sexual and job access are two of the main drivers of racism.

It's a perceived competition issue.

[ladjf]

20. Unless it's illegal to use Obama's name on the product, I don't

see that there is much we can do about the sale of this crassly racist product.

The customers are, in effect, paying $10 a box for what is a piece of campaign material. I don't think the buyers are going to be as satisfied with this product as that are initially imagining.
A majority of Americans approve of Obama and that includes some Republicans who will vote for McCain.
By the time the buyers have shown the "joke" around to a few people, they are going to receive some
sharp criticism. All Democrats and some Republicans will not identify with this type of shabby behavior.

In summary, unless the manufacturer can be prosecuted, there's not much we can do. And, I don't think this is going to damage the Obama campaign significantly.