E&P: 'Values' Crowd Gobbles Up Obama as Aunt Jemima

Oh, leave it to those "Values Voters." Many of the two thousand attendees at the conservative political forum Value Voters Summit on 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 AP reports.

Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin, Tenn., created the mix and are selling it for $10 a box from a booth at the Summit in Washington, D.C. -- which is sponsored by the lobbying arm of the Family Research Council. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are among speakers at the forum.

The packaging "plays off the image of the classic pancake-mix icon Aunt Jemima, which has been widely criticized as a demeaning stereotype," AP relates. "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."

http://www.eandppub.com/2008/09/values-crowd-go.html

We are really in deep trouble if we don't win this election!

J

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I love DU too. I've said my piece now......

Can we try and be friends? Forgive and forget and fight mccain together?

They will mobilize anti-McCain voters like crazy in states where racial politics plays against the Republicans. All of this Southern Strategy bullshit is going to backfire on the Republicans. There are a bunch of Republican women who will be ashamed to vote for a candidate who has crap like this associated with his campaign.

mcliar is trying to lie to in his current ad- funny his ad says obama doesn't care about you, and the waffle box clearly states that if obama gets in, he'll be letting the illegals take over. How funny....not.

I wish the Hispanic community could see how he mocks them with this BS

GOP racist pigs can't put lipstick on that pig

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but I've been watching this entire race too closely to be that surprised.

I'd have to call them an asshole right to their face.

not surprised? :puke:

Look how they treat blacks. This is pure evil crap coming from people who think/pretend they are close to God. These values voters are evil, evil messed up people.

:puke:

...what the fuck is wrong with those black rethuglican campaign strategists you very often see on MSNBC and CNN. Oh, I get it; their trying to be white guys.

you pricks. Be honest for once. Drop a few "N-bombs" and show yourselves as what you are.

Tiny losers.

You will recognize a number of the names, lots of the usual suspects. There are actually a few African-Americans included, most of whom are clergy. There are some elected officials, some members of the media (liberal media , my ass). I apologize for linking to one of that group's pages, but I thought it was worth it so DUers can see who's who in radical fundieland.

http://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?i=PG08B01&load=WX08B06

their appearance at an event that advocated racism. Every one of them.

said Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, two writers from Franklin.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221142462440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Excellent precedent, New Yorker.

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take your ignorant, racist ass back the the freak republic

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if you can't see a problem with depicting Obama as Aunt fucking Jemima that is YOUR problem

Or maybe you're just not aware of how offensive the symbol of Aunt Jemima has been in the past. Here are some pancake ads from the 1940s. It's hard to believe today that such racist marketing could have existed:

http://gawker.com/tag/aunt-jemima/?i=397129&t=just-how-racist-was-aunt-jemima

They'll be history soon enough

since he lives just down the road from me. What a tub of lard. Typical thug - bald, fat white guy who thinks he's on a mission from god. In Nashville, I'm surrounded by these idiots.

But what else can one expect from the people who so effectively used "Willie Horton" as a bugaboo.

They only do this because they are unwilling and unable to discuss the issues. A dumb stereotype will do
to influence "particular" people, and we all know who those people are. . .