James Dobson, the fundamentalist who heads up the dominionist movement known as the Family Research Council is pissing me off. Even after I blocked them they still keep on sending me e-mails; apparently Lagos, Nigeria is no longer the world center of spam -
But the Family Research Council sunk to a new low last week with their so called “Values Voter Summit”. One of the groups that opened a booth at the forum began selling “Obama Pancakes”, ostensibly in order to paint the Illinois senator as – like John Kerry before him – a ‘flip-flopper’. However, as shown by this article, most of the box is not dedicated to Obama’s alleged flip-flops, but rather by portraying him as both a Muslim and a stereotypical ‘lazy black pimp’.
But perhaps the most offensive element of these waffles is the context of it all. African-American house slaves have long been ‘mascots’ of food items – just ask Uncle Ben or Aunt Jemima. And to equate them with possibly the next leader of the free world is just demeaning.
This is not to say that James Dobson personally ordered these Obama waffles to be produced or that the FRC even were particularly aware that they were being sold. But I think everyone can agree that they should have known that something like that was being peddled at their forums and done something about it beforehand – ultimately they are responsible for their supporters’ behavior.
Which brings me to the question – are these the people who supposedly have a superior moral compass as compared to the rest of us?
Tracy Kerlee is What’s Wrong About America
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008What do you get when you combine a huge steaming pile of “faith”, sprinkled with a bit of xenophobia and racism? Meet Tracy Kerlee, who is being interviewed in this video by the PBS news show ‘NOW’ -
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Tags: christianity, Election 2008, Fundamentalism, racism, Swing Voters, Tracy Kerlee, Xenophobia
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