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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: CactusCarlos on September 13, 2008, 04:41:35 PM
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Conservatives Stoop to Blatant Racism in Support of McCain with Sale of 'Obama Waffles'
Posted by bigtree on Sat Sep-13-08 03:16 PM
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.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/sep/13/forum-sells-obama-waffles-with-racial-stereotyp-1/
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All Americans should support the Obamessiah, even though he may be a black muslim Marxist with no visible qualification for the office. If you do not, the only possible reason is a character flaw on your part. So stop that bitter clinging to your guns and your racist religion, and get on board the DUmmy train!
timeforarevolution (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:28 PM
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I'm so confused. Are DUers surprised at the BLATANT racism....
displayed in the "Obama Waffles" (various threads are going on about this story)?
Or, have you always been aware how prevalent it is but hoped it would remain in the closet, so to speak?
I don't think Obama needs to address it at this stage, but for anyone else, including us, to deny the reality that racism and bigotry lies at the heart of this election is, IMO, negligent.
It is even at the heart at the fundie movement.
I've been screaming it from the rooftops, not allowing racists to cloak it in their right-wing brand of christianity, in the smear campaigns of "he's a muslim," the pledge lie, "there's just something about him..."
BULLSHIT - Just say you don't want to vote for him -- and that the idea of him WINNING - terrifies you because he's BLACK!!!
I say GOOD if they are coming out into the open about it. It NEEDS to be brought out into the open. Allowing them to stay in the shadows is what is dangerous.
They are indeed very dangerous, especially with Palin in the mix.
We can't hide from this. They HATE being all "politically correct" and not saying what they want to say; that's usually left up to the "librul pussies."
No, let them say what they want to say. Let the world see their racist, hypocritical, ignorant, Limbaugh-loving asses for what they are.
Pathetic excuses for humans who disgrace Jesus and Christianity. They are NOT Americans, they are not patriotic.
BTW, the creationism issue....all of the fundie-related shit, comes down to racism which, of course, is based on fear.
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firedupdem (547 posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:33 PM
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4. I truly believe the only reason this race is close is because
of racism. These 8 years have been hell and everybody expected a Democratic Nominee to basically "walk" into office but these assholes have been able to pull every trick in the book. Lies and fear mongering and this idiot woman they pulled out of nowhere. It's all ridiculous.
gateley (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:38 PM
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5. I agree -- all the people who come up with lame excuses why they
won't vote for Obama -- 'there's just something about him' -- 'he has no experience' - crap like that, AND those who claim a falsehood, you correct them with the truth, and they go "yeah, but..." and move onto the next falsehood. I KNOW it's racism, whether the people recognize it in themselves or not. Racism and fear.
And a final comment from the stupidest person on all the internets (if Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee is offline):
sfexpat2000 (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:46 PM
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14. I don't care when people "get it". That they are getting it is enough. n/t
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Yep,you just keep on shouting racisim until your head explodes because you know what idiots...no one is listening.
You had to trot it out against Hillary supporters to insure the nomination and in doing so played it too early and too much.
If Obama was running for President with the political philosophy of Ronald Reagan I would be fighting millions of Conservatives to be the first in line to vote for him.
Of course at that point the true racists in this country would be calling him an "Uncle Tom","Oreo",House N......" and worse.
The country doesn`t fall for it anymore and that is why Obama is sliding to perhaps a Mondale or Dukakis finish.
His skin color doesn`t matter,his angry socialism does.
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Hey, DU lurkers--register and contribute one legislative achievement that the Obamessiah has.
That's all I'm looking for.
One.
Just one.
That's all.
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timeforarevolution (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:28 PM
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BULLSHIT - Just say you don't want to vote for him -- and that the idea of him WINNING - terrifies you because he's BLACK!!!...
Tell ya what, dipshit - run a Jesse Lee Peterson (http://www.bondinfo.org/about/jlp/peterson.php)/Sarah Palin ticket and I'll be the first one in line to vote for a black man.
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timeforarevolution (1000+ posts) Sat Sep-13-08 04:28 PM
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BULLSHIT - Just say you don't want to vote for him -- and that the idea of him WINNING - terrifies you because he's BLACK!!!...
Tell ya what, dipshit - run a Jesse Lee Peterson (http://www.bondinfo.org/about/jlp/peterson.php)/Sarah Palin ticket and I'll be the first one in line to vote for a black man.
Hell, if it was a Dennis Rodman/Sarah Palin ticket, I'd vote for it in a heartbeat.
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...depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.
(http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2008/09/13/1221332354_4779/300h.jpg)
And by racial stereotype they of course were referring to... WTH exactly?
It looks like a caricature.
Dude LOVES him some waffles BTW;
(http://www.sondrak.com/archive/skpics2/obama_waffles.jpg)
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...depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a racial stereotype on its front and wearing Arab-like headdress on its top flap.
(http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2008/09/13/1221332354_4779/300h.jpg)
And by racial stereotype they of course were referring to... WTH exactly?
It looks like a caricature.
Dude LOVES him some waffles BTW;
(http://www.sondrak.com/archive/skpics2/obama_waffles.jpg)
Has anyone ever seen The Obama have sausage or bacon with his waffles? Enquiring minds want to know.
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This is really really humorous coming from the bunch that called Condi Rice and Colin Powell house negros for their massa Bush insinuating of course that an African American can NOT make a conscious choice as to their political affiliation and are somehow 'race traitors'(a racist idea in and of itself) if they vote for a certain political party or color.
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it also plays off the image of the classic pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima
It does? Oh yeah! I see the similarities. Thay are both black. Of course!
:moron:
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though he is actually a Christian.
Uh, no he's not. AP is so ****ing stupid.
Pathetic excuses for humans who disgrace Jesus and Christianity.
As if you're a believer, DUmbass.
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Oreos thrown at a black republican is okay though? they are such asshated racists.
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(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/04/09/arts/tomm.600.3.jpg)
Tonight on Hannity & Colmes: Dr. Condoleeza Rice attempts to play the world's smallest violin...
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Was it racist when they did it to John Kerry..
http://www.cafepress.com/jkerrywaffles
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Obama in arab garb?
The devil you say!
(http://tkcollier.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/obama-turbantearekin-2008022617031904xm1.jpg)
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Was it racist when they did it to John Kerry..
http://www.cafepress.com/jkerrywaffles
It's apparantly the combination of waffles and black skin that does it.
I had no idea, really.
In the slave days did they beat them with breakfast products or something?
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Political correctness run amok:
http://www.sambosrestaurant.com/
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I wonder if this is one of the DUmmies who thought the photoshop EBay item of Governor Palin's baby was just hilarious?