Monday, February 25, 2008

Barack's Strange Garb - Muslim or Aunt Jemima?

The photo at right was released to the public by someone in the Clinton campaign staff. It shows Barack Obama dressed in Muslim garb while on a visit to Kenya, birthplace of his radical-Muslim father. Either that or he was going to a Halloween party as Aunt Jemima.
For the culturally deprived, Aunt Jemima was the brand name of pancake flour back in the 40's and 50's. It was good stuff. In those days before political correctness, Aunt Jemima was depicted as a lovable, old-fashioned cook. You have to admit, Barack's garb in the photo above is somewhat reminiscent of Aunt Jemima's style of clothing. (Aunt Jemima is the one on the left.)

The Democrats and the Obama campaign are trying to spin the photo as one in which Obama is wearing "African garb." If it were only African garb, no one would care. If it were Aunt Jemima garb, we'd all go down to IHop and order a short stack. However, it is not only African but Muslim as well.

Obama was not happy with the release of this photo and seems unusually defensive about it. Why, if it is only African garb, worn out of politeness to his guests?

We understand that Obama did not take part in the stoning of the adulteress or the beheading of the apostate following the taking of the picture. He thought those festivities might be used "out of context" by the Clinton campaign for purposes of fear-mongering. We agree.

UPDATE: This morning (Feb 26) Obama claimed the nefarious purpose of the picture was to make Obama "look like a foreigner." Nice spin! No, the purpose of the picture was to make Obama look like a Muslim - and that's why the Obama campaign is so upset.

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