Conservatives Stoop to Blatant Racism in Support of McCain with Sale of 'Obama Waffles'

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September 13, 2008


WASHINGTON (AP) - Activists at a conservative political forum Saturday were snapping up 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.

The product, Obama Waffles, was meant as political satire, said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn., who created the mix. They sold it for $10 a box from a rented 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.

Placing Obama in Arab-like headdress recalls the false rumor that he is a follower of Islam, though he is actually a Christian.

On the back of the box, Obama is depicted in stereotypical Mexican dress, including a sombrero, above a recipe for "Open Border Fiesta Waffles" that says it can serve "4 or more illegal aliens." The recipe includes a tip: "While waiting for these zesty treats to invade your home, why not learn a foreign language?"


read more: http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/13/forum-sells-obama-waffles-with-racial-stereotype/

[aquamarina]

1. P. A. T. H. E. T. I. C.

[renegade000]

2. "why not learn a foreign language?"

mocking learning another language....can you get any more ignorant?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. It is amazing what passes for humor...

Amongst the really, really stupid folks.

[Maccagirl]

4. "Values" indeed

Do they know what they can do with their "values"??? The same thing Joe Biden said he'd do with his rosary the next time someone questions his faith.

[WCGreen]

5. And you know what....

I was down in Franklin this summer, spent a few days there. Really like the way it was revitalizing.

But I knew there was an undercurrent of right wing bullshit going on.

We were considering retiring there, have some friends from Vanderbilt that live there.

Now, not so much.

[Scurrilous]

6. The freepers are paying $10 for a box of waffle mix?

Now that's funny.

[VP505]

7. Every time I start thinking that Reptilians

can't stoop any lower they manage to jump into the gutter and demonstrate that they can.

[FightingIrish]

8. Racism is the hidden issue of this campaign

but for some of these assholes it's the only issue.

[Maria Wr]

12. Not so hidden, is it?

It will get worse.. there are sick bastids, more than you know.

[OneGrassRoot]

9. Good...

I'd rather they be open about their racism than hide it.

Suddenly, in the last year, lifelong blatant racists have become all "politically correct," not saying what's on their minds. Instead, they created all the BS of "he's a muslim," the pledge lie, "there's just something about it."

BULLSHIT. They're racists and I'm calling them on it every time because, secretly, they're dying to scream it from the rooftops.

So, I say encourage them to be honest (that may be the only thing that side CAN be honest about any more). Let the rest of the citizens and world see the pathetic, small-minded, hypocritical asses out in the open for all to see.

They're racists and bigots and sponges who absorb the hatred of right-wing talk radio and Faux News because they haven't got a fucking clue how to think for themselves. It's easier to focus on "welfare moms" and "thugs" and "illegals" than to see who is really running this country and driving their own incomes into the ground.

It's easier because it's simple, and they can't handle anything that isn't simple.

GOOD. Bring it on, you racist, fundie (their particular brand of christianity...same as Palin's...also cloaks their racism) hypocrites who give Jesus a bad name.

Go ahead.

[TxBlue]

10. Sick Racism and Desperate

Were they selling white sheets, too?

That's disgusting.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. So lipstick took what, 2 whole days of media obsession?

How much play will this overtly racist stunt get?

[TxBlue]

13. If this doesn't backfire, what will??? nt

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14. Groups behind this . . . 'American Values' and 'Focus on the Family'

American Values
http://www.ouramericanvalues.org/

At the helm of this organization is Gary L. Bauer, longtime conservative activist who unsuccessfully ran for President of the United States in 2000.

Bauer is well known for his ties to Christian leader, James Dobson and is credited with the growth of the Family Research Council, a political offshoot of Dobson’s Focus on the Family.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/right/american-values


Focus on the Family
http://www.family.org/

Focus on the Family (and its sister organization, Focus on the Family Action) is the major manifestation of Dr. James Dobson, arguably the nation’s most influential conservative Christian leader. Dobson founded Focus on the Family in 1977, leaving behind a career as a professor at the University of Southern California and as a clinical psychologist.

In the early 1980’s, Dobson founded the Family Research Council (FRC)—officially part of Focus on the Family for a period of time—as an advocacy/lobbying arm for its conservative Christian policy perspectives. Dobson continues to serve on the FRC board of directors, and the two organizations share several board members in common, including Elsa Prince Broekhuizen and Stephen Reed.

Though principally identified with Focus on the Family, Dobson is literally a business unto himself—incorporated under James Dobson Inc. (JDI). JDI contributes $60,000 annually to Focus on the Family, in exchange for massive promotional assistance from the organization to help sell a variety of his products, including books, audiotapes, and self-help seminars. JDI is a money-making machine for Dobson, allowing him to beneficently serve Focus on the Family without compensation and make generous, tax-deductible donations to the organization, while reaping the benefits of a practically-free international publicity engine and public relations service. One former employee has written critically about this little-noticed interrelationship between JDI and Focus on the Family.

Dobson’s wide variety of for-profit and not-for-profit activities makes it impossible for him to oversee the myriad day-to-day operations at Focus on the Family, which have been passed to an organizational president. The first President (through 2004) was former Secretary of the Interior, Donald Hodel, infamous for among other things suggesting that wearing hats and sunglasses was the antidote to the destruction of the Earth’s ozone layer. Today, Jim Daly serves as President, having risen through the ranks by working in marketing for the organization and its operations. At least Dobson is loyal to the man marketing him and making him wealthy.
Organizational Background and Activities

With an annual payroll of $50 million, Focus on the Family is an extensive organization. At its core, it is a media organization, spending more than $10 million annually on film/video production services and providing publications and broadcasts in more than 100 countries around the world.

Through its media empire and action arm, Focus on the Family advocates primarily for a strict, conservative Christian view of the family (characterized by a strong father figure and stay-at-home mom), and a “culture of life”. They are against homosexuality and perceived “judicial activism,” defined narrowly as judicial decisions contrary to the beliefs of Dobson and other conservative Christians. Like many of their peers, they are noticeably inconsistent in their commitment to a “culture of life” by failing to take a stand on capital punishment and nearly condemning the use of contraception that could prevent unwanted pregnancies and the likely recourse to abortion that accompanies them.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/right/focus-on-the-family

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15. McCain praising 'American Values' Gary Bauer

"I have long admired Gary's commitment and passion for our shared pro-life and pro-family values, McCain said in a statement. Gary has always been a forceful, unapologetic advocate for the sanctity of life and traditional marriage, judicial restraint and a strong American foreign policy based on our values. I am honored to have Gary Bauer's support, and his advice and counsel will be critical as we continue to bring our Party together for victory in November."

[CitizenPatriot]

16. i am truly sickened

to the core

I hope the world can now see what we have all known

If only these lizards would keep their promise to take a whole state as their own. and stay there. keep all of the mental illness contained.

do you think republicanism is catching?

Vaccines for becoming a lying, hypocritical, bigotted, small-minded person?

[jmowreader]

17. If you want to see what this looks like...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNafTsdlgbSZ8YMoFRDSgrVlEwGwD9361FR00

Now here's the REALLY funny part: these nimrods call this shit a "personality-marketed food product" and mentioned Newman's Own and Emeril's. Hmm...Emeril's is being sold by Emeril and bears a photo of Mr. Lagasse; Newman's Own is being sold by Paul Newman and has a painting of Paul Newman on the label. So OBVIOUSLY a box of waffle mix sold by two freepers with a really bad drawing of Barack Obama as Aunt Jemima from 30 years ago is exactly like that.

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18. right

thanks for not posting the pics

[tannybogus]

19. Check this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?

Call everybody!!!!!

[Sewsojm]

20. They have a website for this crap too,

http://obamawaffles.com/index.html