Meet the Religious Right Duo Behind "Obama Waffles"

Meet the Religious Right Duo Behind "Obama Waffles"

At the annual Washington gathering of the Christian right sponsored by the political arm of the Family Research Council, the Republican Party's emissaries have come in past years to bow before some 2000 right-wing foot-soldiers and the leaders who command them. However, this year's Values Voter Summit, a bit light on GOP dignitaries, made less news for its speaker line-up than it did for the sale of a breakfast food.

In the far corner of the exhibit hall at the conference, two entrepreneurs hawked "Obama Waffles," a product they described as "political satire." On sale for $10 apiece, the boxes of waffle mix were emblazoned with a cartoon image of a bug-eyed, toothy, dark-lipped Barack Obama eying a plate of waffles. A pat of butter on the waffles is stamped "2008." On the top flap, the Obama cartoon appears in a turban, next to an arrow printed with the text: "Point box toward Mecca for tastier waffles."

In a statement David Nammo, the executive director of Family Research Council Action, said that his organization demanded the exhibitors dismantle their display "when the content of the materials was brought to the attention of FRC Action senior officials" on Saturday. But by the time Obama Waffles creators W. Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss began breaking down their display, the conference was winding down and most exhibitors had already left. While Nammo condemned the display as "an attempt at parody that crosses the line into coarseness and bias," the truth is that Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, a spin-off of James Dobson's Focus on the Family empire, has on at least one occasion hobnobbed with white supremacists. And if the conference organizers were unaware of what Whitlock and DeMoss were selling for two and a half days before the exhibit was shuttered, as they claim, then they were certainly well acquainted with the men behind Obama Waffles, both of whom have long ties to the leaders of the religious right...http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/09/9734_obama_waffles_religious_right_racism.html

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I'm tellin' you, we made them pack up, lock, stock and barrel, nearly five full minutes before all the other exhibitors had to strike their booths after the three-day hatefest. That showed 'em!

I used to think bearing false witness (lying) was against the 10 Commandments that religious conservatives like so much. But apparently it's okay to lie your ass off if you think you can sort of get away with it, or if it's too late to do anything about it.

Whats the difference between eating a jeebus cracker or an Obama waffle? ritualistic cannibalism is ritualistic cannibalism.