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What do you get when you parody a black presidential candidate at a conservative event? A big controversy.
From Worldmag.com
It’s OK to say that Barack Obama waffles on the issues, but to humorously make that point with a box of Obama Waffles is not OK. In fact, it’s racist.
Bob DeMoss and Mark Whitlock are two well-known Christian writers with an eye for satire. They thought it would be funny to package waffle mix in an “Obama Waffles” box and sell what they call the “Ultimate Election ’08 Edible Souvenir.” So they found a manufacturer who would private-label the waffle mix, designed a box with caricatures of Barack and Michelle Obama on it, and rented a booth at this weekend’s Family Research Council Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C.
Things went well for a day and a half. DeMoss and Whitlock said traffic to their booth was heavy, they got no complaints, and they sold more than 400 boxes of the waffle mix.
But then a member of American Atheists brought the exhibit to the attention of an Associated Press reporter covering the event. When the AP reporter started asking questions, the FRC told the exhibitors to dismantle the exhibit. The AP article started getting traction on the internet, forcing the FRC to issue a statement by day’s end that read, in part:
The materials represent an attempt at parody that crosses the line into coarseness and bias. The exhibitor contacted our reviewer just days before the Summit by email and described material that sounded like it was devoted to political flip-flops on policy issues. When the content of the materials was brought to the attention of FRC Action senior officials today, they were removed and the exhibit was dismantled by the vendor at our insistence. It is our responsibility to fully vet materials that are offered at any event we cosponsor, but we are deeply dismayed that this vendor violated the spirit, message and tone of our event in such an offensive manner.
FRC spokesman J.P. Duffy told WORLD the caricatures of the Obamas, along with some of the language on the box, “crossed the line” of racism.
The FRC should lighten up and quit bowing to the politically correct mainstream media. If this was so offensive to them then why did they let them vemd in the first place?
If you want to support these entrepreneurs then order a box today.
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5 Comments for Obama Waffles Cook Up Controversy
I’ve heard more racism from the Hussein O camp in two months than I’ve heard from the rest of the world in 25 years. He’s the one who doesn’t know squat and if you mention it you’re a racist. BS
This is a freaking crime but no one will call Hussein on it for fear of being called a racist.
http://twoconservatives.blogspot.com/2008/09/obama-sought-to-delay-troop-reduction.html
you just have to make crap up, don’t you?
“But then a member of American Atheists brought the exhibit to the attention of an Associated Press reporter covering the event.”
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hNafTsdlgbSZ8YMoFRDSgrVlEwGwD936205O0
so you can’t just leave it alone and report it AS IS; you have to embellish it with your BS and LIE.
you have no respect for anyone, including your own readers.
The use of Waffles was meant to be a pun. Get it? Changing positions constantly = waffles?
Why is it ok to make endless fun of Sarah Palin, but not poke fun at Obama? What kind of ridiculous double-standard is that.
I think the term ‘Racism’ is now used to justify any and every impingment of freedom of speech and social dialogue.
And, I don’t get the reference to Aunt Jamaima. So what? AJ sold waffles. She was black. So what.
What is egregious, here, is the people who think they can stifle free speech and comment by using the magic bullet word RACISM to bully others into keeping silent about their comments/opinions. Those are [same] tools used by Dictators around the world; they should not be validated by anyone (especially, someone running for President) in a “free” society.
If Obama can’t stand the heat he should get out of the election process; besides he’s not qualified. The Honorable Governor of the State of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is more qualified—her fingernail is more qualified than both Obama and Biden.
Barack Insane Obama is a repugnant stench.
Down with Obama. Long live America and American values.
Ya know, sometimes political correctness can go nuts. But in this case, they probably should have pulled the plug. This was an obvious theme of Aunt Jemima, so it was not appropriate.
It is sorta along the same lines as this:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_Z5IE4BFBcPc/SEn3LcDFnlI/AAAAAAAACPQ/vT5AGgnGsqc/s400/Cream+of+Nothing.gif