9-13-2008 Conservative Family Forum sells 'Obama Waffles' with racial stereotype

dmcowen674

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Here they come, the family values of the right start theor onslaught.

Dobson like Limbaugh and Hannity originally shunned McCain but now that they have no choice but to support him to keep thier faith based iniatiative money flowing they are cranking up the racist and religious smear campaign.

Disgusting

9-13-2008 Conservative Family Forum sells 'Obama Waffles' with racial stereotype

Activists at a conservative political forum snapped 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.

Values Voter Summit organizers cut off sales of Obama Waffles boxes on Saturday, saying they had not realized the boxes displayed "offensive material." The summit and the exhibit hall where the boxes were sold had been open since Thursday afternoon.

The box 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 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 old image of the 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.

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?"

Wearing white chef's aprons, Whitlock and DeMoss were doing a brisk business at noon Saturday selling the waffle mix to people crowded around their booth. Two pyramids of waffle mix boxes stood several feet high on the booth's table.

"It's the ultimate political souvenir," DeMoss told a customer.

The socially conservative public policy groups American Values and Focus on the Family Action co-sponsored the summit.
 

Jaskalas

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I?ve seen Jesus depicted in worse ways. Welcome to America, with the freedom to piss people off.
 

brencat

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So all of us worried about potentially higher taxes as well as a wet-behind-the-ears inexperienced politician becoming president should ignore all that and not vote for McCain because a few loonies on the right decide to sell racially insensitive waffle mix....?

FAIL
 

senseamp

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Why is Obama campaign refusing to comment? They need to be out exposing this sort of Republican racism and demanding that McCain condemn it.
 

nageov3t

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I'm not seeing the racial stereotype.

not really seeing the Aunt Jemima influence either. it's not like the box is labeled "Uncle Obama"

in any event, he's not black.
 

Jmman

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So someone rented a booth in order to sell their item at this conservative forum? I am sure that the head of the GOP must have approved it then. :roll: How many offensive items were sold here in Denver at the DNC by third party vendors? Lots.......someone is grasping at straws as usual......
 

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Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm not seeing the racial stereotype.

not really seeing the Aunt Jemima influence either. it's not like the box is labeled "Uncle Obama"

in any event, he's not black.


If not black, then what is he ?
 

Ballatician

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Click on the pictures in that article. Wow, just wow.

It is important to remember the McCain campaign isn't responsible for this. Gingrich and Romney are some pretty big names though and this is a big fail by GOP loyalists.
 

Gothgar

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that isn't even funny... sounds like something Jon Stewart would come up with, that is if he was a republican
 

CallMeJoe

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Originally posted by: Ballatician
Click on the pictures in that article. Wow, just wow.
It is important to remember the McCain campaign isn't responsible for this. Gingrich and Romney are some pretty big names though and this is a big fail by GOP loyalists.
I would venture that even the conference organizers can not be held culpable in this.

I would, however, assert that Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, the two "writers" selling the waffle mix, are bigots of the first order.
 

alphatarget1

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Whether it's racist or not the people selling these pancake mixes will make a lot of $$$. The more publicity this is given the more they'll make.
 

nageov3t

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Originally posted by: ebaycj
Originally posted by: loki8481
I'm not seeing the racial stereotype.

not really seeing the Aunt Jemima influence either. it's not like the box is labeled "Uncle Obama"

in any event, he's not black.


If not black, then what is he ?

biracial?
 

Tab

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Originally posted by: brencat
So all of us worried about potentially higher taxes as well as a wet-behind-the-ears inexperienced politician becoming president should ignore all that and not vote for McCain because a few loonies on the right decide to sell racially insensitive waffle mix....?

FAIL

It seems like one should be more interested in Obama's race according to these right-wingers than his credentials.
 

alchemize

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Hmm...where was the outrage when condi rice was depicted as aunt jemima, colin powell was called a house n*gger?

edit: thanks for the link. Failing to find any racism in this...poor taste yes, racist no.
 

dahunan

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^^ they got the Powell comparison correct.. but condi is a little too light in da booty and the hooties.. to be AJ
 

First

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Originally posted by: alchemize
Hmm...where was the outrage when condi rice was depicted as aunt jemima, colin powell was called a house n*gger?

Um, everywhere?
 

alchemize

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Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Originally posted by: alchemize
Hmm...where was the outrage when condi rice was depicted as aunt jemima, colin powell was called a house n*gger?

Um, everywhere?

Sure, by the right - what about the left? Oh yah...

Here you all go, a little outlet for your outrage :) dahunan happy to call Colin Powell a house n*igger:

Originally posted by: dahunan
^^ they got the Powell comparison correct.. but condi is a little too light in da booty and the hooties.. to be AJ

 

First

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Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Originally posted by: alchemize
Hmm...where was the outrage when condi rice was depicted as aunt jemima, colin powell was called a house n*gger?

Um, everywhere?

Sure, by the right - what about the left? Oh yah...

Here you all go, a little outlet for your outrage :) dahunan happy to call Colin Powell a house n*igger:

Originally posted by: dahunan
^^ they got the Powell comparison correct.. but condi is a little too light in da booty and the hooties.. to be AJ

Meh, so you got one example. dahunan represents exactly one (wrong) opinion.
 

dahunan

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Originally posted by: alchemize
Originally posted by: Evan Lieb
Originally posted by: alchemize
Hmm...where was the outrage when condi rice was depicted as aunt jemima, colin powell was called a house n*gger?

Um, everywhere?

Sure, by the right - what about the left? Oh yah...

Here you all go, a little outlet for your outrage :) dahunan happy to call Colin Powell a house n*igger:

Originally posted by: dahunan
^^ they got the Powell comparison correct.. but condi is a little too light in da booty and the hooties.. to be AJ

I did it just for you .. lol