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The Values Of A Good Breakfast

By Kleinheider Posted on September 16, 2008 at 7:38 am

The producer of Steve Gill’s radio program can’t believe that a product featuring this cartoon visage of Barack Obama on a box of waffles would be controversial:

“We are very surprised by the charges of racism for a product based simply on political satire,” said Noelle Federico of Nashville-based Gill Media Inc., which represents Obama Waffle creators Bob DeMoss and Mark Whitlock.

“It is quite unbelievable that people would attack a harmless box of waffles with such vehemence,” Ms. Federico said. “We are not making a statement about anything with this product, we are simply in the business of political satire.”

Mr. DeMoss and Mr. Whitlock were selling boxes of the waffle mix, which featured a caricature of U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for $10 each at this weekend’s Voter Values Summit in Washington, D.C., according to The Associated Press. The summit’s organizers cut off sales of the waffle mix Saturday, the AP said.

Wade Munday, a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, called the novelty item “a classless advertisement.” He said they did not show respect for Sen. Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee.

“Those aren’t the values I grew up with,” Mr. Munday said.

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3 Responses to “The Values Of A Good Breakfast”

  1. Joe P. writes
    September 16th, 2008 9:24 am

    funny that this pure-of-heart satire got the boot from the convention. the back of the box even has a blurb from Steve Gill cheering the ‘product. did Gill and his producers stand to earn money for their support of this product??

    and funny too that picture on the box of Obama in a turban with the heading ‘point box for Mecca for tastier results”, which the makers said was really just because Obama was on a “safari”, adding “everyone in Africa and the Muslim world knows he is a Muslim”, and just so funny how the makers go on to show off a Bill Hobbs-inspired lie that “here’s Obama in full Muslim garb” even though there is a family photo of Obama and family in traditional Kenyan clothing, and the dubious makers of the product like to ignore that nearly 80% of the population in Kenya is Christian.

    ah, those funny waffling racist satires … see a video of the hucksters here:
    http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1463341016?bctid=1790977147

  2. ScottJ writes
    September 16th, 2008 10:20 am

    Not that anyone needed reminding, once again it’s clear that Bill Hobbs is a racist.

  3. thetruth writes
    September 16th, 2008 2:52 pm

    Bill Hobbs shows his true colors yet again. The TNGOP has some good members but Hobbs and Robin are an embarassment. Racist haters… how sad.

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