The good folks at InfoMania put together this retrospective on Barack-inspired gadgets, dolls, and food products—including our beloved Obama Waffles. It's nice to know that capitalism is still alive and well under the current socialist-leaning administration.
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Actress Angie Harmon doesn't need a teleprompter to know what to say—unlike our current president who relies heavily on a wide-screen version so big it rivals a movie screen. Harmon, who starred in Baywatch Nights and Law & Order, has annoyed her liberal buddies in Follywood by going "off script"—she refuses to tow the party line on Barack Obama's socialist policies. After speaking her mind, the starlet has been blasted as being a racist.
"Here's my problem with this," Harmon said last week in Los Angeles, as reported by FOX NEWS. "I'm
just going to come out and say it. If I have anything against Obama it's not because I'm a racist, it's because I don't like what he's doing as President and anybody should be able to feel that way, but what I find now is that if you say anything against him you're called a racist."
Disagreement is a fundamental right of a free society.
She adds, "But it has nothing to do with
it, I don’t care what color he is. I’m just not crazy about what he's
doing and I heard all about this, and he’s gonna do that and change and
change, so okay … I'm still dressing for a recession over here buddy
and we've got unemployment at an all-time high and that was his number
one thing and that's the thing I really don't appreciate. If I'm going
to disagree with my President, that doesn't make me a racist. If I was
to disagree with W, that doesn't make me racist. It has nothing to do
with it, it is ridiculous."
On Monday, February 23, the Associated Press released a photo by Frank Augstein (see below) featuring a flying "Angel" President Barack Obama hovering over a carnival float in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Evidently, reporter Joan Lowy, whose hit piece blasted us for selling our Obama Waffles with the allegedly racial stereotypes of "popping eyes and big, thick lips" is mum on the parade. If you want to talk about "thick lips" this float takes the cake—and what about that big cheesy, Sambo grin? . . . how about those ears, no exaggeration there, eh Joan?
Maybe the real issue is that, according to progressives on the left, it's okay to use political satire when Obama is swooping down to save the world (notice how he's pulling Europe along for the ride) but not when the political satire points out Obama's waffling on the issues.
It's a mad, mad world and leave it to the folks at MAD magazine to capture the challenges President Barack Obama will face—not in his first 100 days, but in Obama's first 100 minutes. While funny in a sad way, the question persists: does the caricature of President Obama on the cover of Mad represent a racial slur? Or is it fair political satire?
After all, Obama is depicted with bulging eyes and thick lips—which are hurtful racial stereotypes according to Whoopi Goldberg on ABC's the View, at least that was her accusation when she was busy blasting our Obama Waffles.
Where's the outcry, Whoopi? Why aren't you offended by the exaggerated characteristics of Obama on the MAD cover? Or, are you cool with bulging eyes and thick lips as long as they're not on a box of waffle mix lampooning the waffling of your candidate?
It's not the first time Barack H. Obama made MAD. Obama was featured on the September 2008 cover. That time around, MAD depicted him with their famous exaggerated Alfred E. Newman ears treatment. Interestingly, there hasn't been a peep of protest from the left after either edition hit the streets. Can you say "Double Standard"?
Syndicated Los Angeles talk radio host, Larry Elder, who happens to be an African-American, is known to his audience as the "Sage From South Central." When he's not sizzling on air, he's skewering liberal sacred cows with his pen. He latest book is "Stupid Black Men." The following commentary appeared in Townhall on January 1, 2009:
David Ehrenstein, a writer who happens to be black and liberal, wrote an opinion piece in March 2007 in the Los Angeles Times called "Obama the 'Magic Negro.'" He argued that whites, according to sociologists, stereotype blacks as "dangerous." But whites consider Obama accessible, likeable and "benign." This, according to Ehrenstein, explains Obama's "crossover" appeal.
The article insults a) Obama, by virtually ignoring his effectiveness as a candidate, b) whites, by accusing them of voting for Obama merely to assuage their own guilt, and c) Sidney Poitier, the brilliant, groundbreaking actor, for ascribing his success to whites who find him safe and non-threatening. The article produced virtually no outcry.
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh then aired a song parody -- set to the music of "Puff the Magic Dragon" -- called "Barack the Magic Negro."
Happy New Year! Today, we welcome guest blogger Blue Collar Muse who offers this stinging commentary about liberals' double standard over racism in political satire:
Why is it Liberals never have to live by their own values? You’d
think if a particular behavior on the Right is bad, it would be bad if
Liberals do it, too. But you’d be wrong. They destroy Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac but blame Bush and Co for the Housing Crisis. They steal
our money via taxes but pillory corporations for making a profit. And
they call people racist for doing what
they do with no shame at all.
Recently, Liberals again charged Republicans with racism for passing around a parody of a Democrat calling Barack Obama “The Magic Negro”. How ironic the original comment, when printed in the LA Times as
uttered by a Democrat, was not racist. But when Republicans make fun of
them, using their own words, it’s not the guy who made the original comments who is racist. Oh, no - it’s the evil GOP.
We have found a kindred spirit in the arena of political satire, political humor, and the pursuit of clear thinking during these dark political times. Known to the masses as The People's Cube, we salute these Comrades
who have created the Obama "Wealth Spread"—albeit a faux edible election collectible. Nevertheless, their food for thought is worth spreading on thick.
Should they one day actually manufacture and sell "Wealth Spread" it'd be a tasty addition to our yummy—and very real—Obama Waffles waffle mix.
This afternoon Bob and Rush talked for a few moments about the use of political satire under an Obama administration. After relaying our treatment by the women on ABC's The View, and the speed at which we
were branded as racists by the media at large, Rush remarked, "I don't think you should be surprised. This is my point. This kind of stuff is only going to increase. They're going to try to intimidate and shut everybody down that has things like this going on. Satire is not going to be permitted of The One."
El Rushbo did offer one new thought. At the end of the conversation, he suggested, "You should have gone the Mrs. Butterworth's route and done some Michelle Obama syrup." That's an excellent idea.
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Metroland, a liberal-leaning magazine serving the New York capital region, featured Barack Obama slaying a scantily-clad Sarah Palin (no sexism there, right?) on the cover of their Halloween edition. Billing themselves as an alternative newsweekly rag, they engage in "in-depth reporting of regional and national news and politics, provocative commentary" and, according to a blurb on their website, "a strong commitment to editorial and graphic excellence."
Graphic, yes. Excellence? Hardly.
Just imagine the international outcry if a conservative magazine placed Sarah Palin as a vampire driving a bloodied stake through the heart of Barack Obama.
Not a peep out of Whoopi and the ladies on THE VIEW about "hurtful stereotypes"—as they were so quick to do with our Obama Waffles political satire.
If Barack Obama is elected president, we predict a chilling effect on the free expression of political satire, political cartoons, and political humor—especially when Obama is the focus of the critique. No doubt comedian and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham—who is an equal opportunity offender in the following sketch—will be at the top of Obama's black list.
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