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I can't believe people actually take Maulkin seriously anymore. (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24860437/)
Rachael Ray ad pulled as pundit sees terror link
Malkin claimed scarf similar to those worn by murderous Islamic extremists
MSNBC
updated 28 minutes ago
Dunkin' Donuts pulled a television spot featuring talk show host and Food
Network personality Rachael Ray this weekend after a Fox news commentator
associated it with terrorists.
In the ad, Ray is wearing a scarf that Michelle Malkin said in her
nationally syndicated column resembled a kiffiyeh, Middle Eastern garb that
is "popularized by Yasser Arafat and a regular adornment of Muslim
terrorists appearing in beheading and hostage-taking videos."
Dunkin's Senior Vice President for Communications Margie Myers issued a
statement saying the scarf "was selected by a stylist for the advertising
shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended.
"However, as of this past weekend, we are no longer using the online ad
because the possibility of misperception detracted from its original
intention to promote our iced coffee."
In her column, Malkin also noted that it could appear at times that actor
Colin Farrell, rapper Kanye West and Democratic National Committee Chairman
Howard Dean have been photographed in similar scarves that were "distinctive
hate couture."
Alonzo
05-28-2008, 08:31 PM
There's stupid, then there's political pundits.
Drocket
05-28-2008, 10:17 PM
There's stupid, then there's political pundits.
And then there's Michelle Malkin.
Elrathin
05-28-2008, 11:11 PM
Waiting for the conservatives to come to the defense of the ad being pulled.
apdst
05-28-2008, 11:29 PM
Yep, that's a PLO neckerchief alright.
Good thing she wasn't wearing a noose, or displaying a Confederate flag. She would have been in deep shit.
AlanC
05-28-2008, 11:31 PM
Waiting for the conservatives to come to the defense of the ad being pulled.
Do you mean defend Dunkin Donuts decision? Why?
Do you mean defend Dunkin Donuts decision? Why?
I have to agree with you, Dunkin Donuts was nuts to pull the ad because insane Maulikin said it was a "scarf similar to those worn by murderous Islamic extremists"..........but if we're going to lay blame here......I think it should start at the feet of a has been "Fox news commentator" (didn't she get fired?) screaming terrorist because of a fashion trend.
Yep, that's a PLO neckerchief alright.
Good thing she wasn't wearing a noose, or displaying a Confederate flag. She would have been in deep shit.
You guys will fall for anything!:madlaugh:
PostmodernProphet
05-29-2008, 02:21 AM
Ray is an obvious socialist......always trying to get by on only $40 food a day.....it just isn't American.....
cronic
05-29-2008, 02:24 AM
free speech = yanked due to a scarf
Only in America
jafar00
05-29-2008, 09:01 AM
Yep, that's a PLO neckerchief alright.
No it's not. Keffiyah is a square cloth, not a scarf usually folded in a triangle and draped across the shoulders. This just a scarf with a pretty black and white pattern on it. Besides, the tassles are way too long and numerous ;)
What has the US become if someone can't wear a pretty black and white scarf in public without being called a terrorist?
What has the US become if someone can't wear a pretty black and white scarf in public without being called a terrorist?
Michelle Malkin Land.
No matter. Their coffee sucks anyway. I get mine right from the growers in Hawaii; no middleman, better price, superb taste.
Truth_and_Power
05-29-2008, 04:11 PM
Dunkin is part of the liberal conspiracy machine, but Starbucks bombed the towers on 9/11. Either way coffee is evil.
Easy90
05-29-2008, 04:21 PM
I don't know if it's intentional or not...but RR is HOT! But, there's a trend! Here's another photo of her in what many consider to be Islamic attire! LINK (http://doesitallmatter.files.wordpress.com/2007/07/burqa.jpg)
Her pose in this shot could be called reminiscent of the pose struck by Bin Laden or his lieutenant al Zawaheiri when they are in sage mode......
Whatever! How stupid. It's like the days of McCarthy all over again,,,,,,,
Whatever! How stupid. It's like the days of McCarthy all over again,,,,,,,
Read up on the Venona Project, and also the files released by the Kremlin in the mid 1990's. Some interesting reading as regards McCarthy's accusations. BTW...for anyone who didn't understand my last post IT WAS SARCASM!
Alonzo
06-01-2008, 06:57 AM
Rachel Ray is sometimes hot, sometimes average. Her weight fluctuates a lot. Though I was surprised when I first head her voice, it's raspy. I thought it would be comforting or cute, but it's more like a smoker.
But, just to remind people what a tragedy this loss really is:
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x103/dubb33/rachaelray.jpg
She just needs someone to do a voiceover.
Some men think that's a sexy voice. I've had a 'raspy' voice since before I started smoking, and it's always been called sexy. Like Kathleen Turner, I'm told.
Maybe I'm making a bad comparison, though, and you mean something different by 'raspy'.
As for the 'loss', no one can stay young and at their most beautiful forever.....God, women get hosed by y'alls expectations. Men don't look better with age either, it's just that women have slightly different criteria for attractiveness.
It's not fair, but life isn't fair. Oh well :-(
Alonzo
06-01-2008, 07:04 AM
"loss" had nothing to do with age or any change. The "loss" I referred to was Dunkin pulling the ad.
As for the voice, everyone likes different things, just gave my opinion. I didn't mean my comments to refer to anyone else's voice.
"loss" had nothing to do with age or any change. The "loss" I referred to was Dunkin pulling the ad.
Oh, OK, I thought you were adding to the other poster's comments.
Drocket
06-01-2008, 07:21 AM
Are you sure those photos are real? Some of them look like they may have been photoshopped (the second one especially - a stark white face on a tan body is rather odd...)
Could be, but some women don't tan their faces to protect them from speeding up the aging process.....
Alonzo
06-01-2008, 10:02 AM
Are you sure those photos are real? Some of them look like they may have been photoshopped (the second one especially - a stark white face on a tan body is rather odd...)
Magazines
In 2003, she posed for the men's magazine FHM. The New York Times wrote, "The shots feature Ray in short-shorts with an exposed midriff, licking chocolate off a big wooden spoon, eating a strawberry and sitting in a sink, laughing as suds cascade down her thighs."[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachael_Ray#Magazines
preservanation
06-01-2008, 11:25 AM
No it's not. Keffiyah is a square cloth, not a scarf usually folded in a triangle and draped across the shoulders. This just a scarf with a pretty black and white pattern on it. Besides, the tassles are way too long and numerous ;)
What has the US become if someone can't wear a pretty black and white scarf in public without being called a terrorist?I think I agree, except about the "pretty" part.
When did Arafat ever wear paisley?
I think the one who should be in trouble is the designer and the fashion director who suggested she wear that "ugly-ass" scarf to begin with.
She's probably is wearing a pair of Bruno Magli shoes as well.
It is ugly, but the link to 'terrorist' is soooooooo stupid!
Unless they mean fashion terrorist.........and that's the stylist's fault, not RR's.
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