So Dunkin Donuts, owned by Carlyle Group, runs an ad featuring Rachel Ray in a Palestinian scarf...

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Conservatives Shocked At Dunkin' Donuts' Terrorist Ties


Masterful bloggers Michelle Malkin and Charles Johnson (of Little Green Footballs) are very outraged by this Dunkin' Donuts advertisement featuring teevee chef Rachael Ray. Can you guess why? No, it is not because the trees look liberal, although they do. Rachael's "scarf" is actually the Palestinian kaffiyeh, and she is supporting Palestinian hate and terrorism by wearing it. Malkin would like to hear more from Dunkin' Donuts before she decides whether or not to boycott the chain, because of the terrorist scarf this chef is wearing.

http://wonkette.com/

[Twillig]

1. Gadzooks She's invaded Oregon!

and is marching on the capitol! (it's behind you Rachel!)

[Blue Belle]

11. I know!

Although if pressed, I couldn't tell you where a Dunkin' Donuts was in Salem.

[Twillig]

12. There used to be on on Rural and Liberty

Or was it Commercial?

Up the road from South Salem High. I know that much!
It could still be there.

[Blue Belle]

13. I think it is a Day & Night Doughnuts now...

I could be wrong.

[stevedeshazer]

45. Holy crap! You're right!

That's Salem! Right down to the cherry blossoms and the Golden Pioneer!

And she's drinking a LATTE!

Latte-drinking terrorists have invaded Oregon!!11!!

Nice catch.

[riverwalker]

2. wait a minute

I am a norwegian grandmother, and I happen to have one of those. Then again, I am a kinda cool grandma...... ;)

[angstlessk]

3. rachel ray, is she the one who used to be fat and discovered if she

just fixed her favorite fattening food with fewer calories and fat she could be skinny and well fed??

[Dr Fate]

20. She was never fat, unless you are going by a "Cosmo" or "Sex in the City" definition.

She was never fat that I ever saw, just a healthy looking, cute girl who isnt skinny.

Having said that, maybe we can agree that if she is not overweight, she is certainly over-exposed!

[Duke Newcombe]

22. Never!

The best 30 minutes spent with a woman besides my wife EVER.

Duke

[angstlessk]

27. no, no, no, no, no, no...I saw a chef on teevee last night looked just like her

and she spoke of how she lost weight by cutting out fat and calories from her favorite foods..and she cooked up some yummy stuff...like potato skins complete with bacon bits and cheese..hey...I am a woman who never achieved a smaller dress size than a 5 (one single dress)..and got a maniquin and dressed her in that dress till it dry rotted..sorry I am no lover of 'no fat chicks' AT ALL!

[Ian David]

4. I've known about Bain Capitol / Carlyle Donuts for over a year. The right-wing JUST caught on? n/t

[Eurobabe]

33. Where's my Krispy Kremes?

Why were they so HOT and all of a sudden they fell off the map?

I hate Dunkin' Donuts. :puke:

[Mountainman]

5. We all should get one and wear them.

[lonestarnot]

50. I think I have 2 or 3 of 'em, but didn't know that's what they are.

Do they come in different colors?

[Bluebear]

6. Malkin calls it "HATE COUTURE" - HAhahaahahahahaha

[Ilsa]

9. LOL. I didn't think Malkin was smart enough to come up with that! nt

[onehandle]

7. Proof that Rachel Ray knows Nothing about good food.

She talks about how good their "bagels" are in at least one commercial.

Worst "bagels" ever. I don't think they're actually bagels.

She would put her name on a dog turd snack if it would make her a buck.

[Bluebear]

8. What I wouldn't give for a real NY water bagel...DD bagels are hockey pucks.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

10. You're not kidding

It's pricey, but well worth it if you really want the best NY bagel available: http://tinyurl.com/3t7a7w

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

25. lol! I feel like taking orders for bagels now! OK? How many poppy do you want?

[Indenturedebtor]

14. Wait a minute... you eat bagels?

Bagels are evil imperialist jewish contraptions that are secretly designed to take over the world :eyes:

This whole Kaffiyeh nonsense is just as rediculous as a lot of the crap you read on DU.

Rachel Ray just endorsed McBoosh too. I'm not watching her show anymore for that reason.

[Eric J in MN]

16. Did she endorse McCain on a cooking show? NT

NT

[Indenturedebtor]

17. No heheh, but supporting facism is a big nono in any forum.

The only power I have anymore is where my "ad dollars" and spending money goes.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

31. She's had Obama on too. She is apparently non-political on her show.

[Indenturedebtor]

39. But she endorsed the Bushler Party Candidate... n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

46. I just looked her up on Open Secrets. She donated $2300 to Hillary Clinton.

http://opensecrets.org/indivs/search.php?name=ray%2C+rachael&state=NY&zip=&employ=&cand=&c2008=Y&sort=N&capcode=r7r67&submit=Submit

[Indenturedebtor]

48. Doh! I was told she endorsed McBush! whoops! n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

49. She seems too nice to be a repuke!

[lonestarnot]

51. Was a puke. Bushitler ass licker!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

60. I think that she is a political idiot and hasn't a clue. Personally I can't understand that

but there are millions like her throughout the country.

[Indenturedebtor]

59. I agree I was pretty shocked! n/t

[Eric J in MN]

15. From wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keffiyeh

"In mid-2000s New York City, non-Arabs tended to wear keffiyehs in one of three ways.<2> Pro-Palestinian activists wore them loosely draped over their shoulders. World-music aficionados wore them as regular, bunched scarves around their necks (as did girls in the 1980s). Finally, hipsters folded them in half to make a triangle, then gathered the scarf around the neck to leave one point facing down in the center of the chest. New keffiyeh designs with Israeli motifs are sold since 2007.<4>"

So maybe Rachel Ray was saying she likes world music, and not necessarily a Palestinian state.

[SmokingJacket]

18. I'd bet ten bucks she just thinks its a pretty scarf. nt

[T Monk]

19. what a lousy cook

[Duke Newcombe]

24. But a damned sight better looking than Anthony Bourdain!

Seeing that slurring sourpuss pontificate on his cuisine bona fides makes me hurl. :puke:

Duke

[GrpCaptMandrake]

35. Yeah

'Cuz we all know that between the two, Rachel Ray is the REAL chef! After all, only REAL chefs say "E-V-O-O" and "how cool is that?"

[NoGOPZone]

21. I should have know something was up when she refused to call them "Freedom Fries" nt

[FreeState]

23. McCain Daughter Dons Islamic Terror Scarf also!

http://gawker.com/5003288/mccain-daughter-dons-islamic-terror-scarf

email tipster discovered John McCain's family blog has been infiltrated at the deepest level by enemies of America. Meghan McCain, daughter of the Republican presidential candidate, is really into the keffiyeh, scarf of Middle Eastern Precious Freedoms Haters, and even wears it on the so-called Straight Talk Express, and also in the presence of her apparent sympathizer mom Cindy McCain! Republicans of course will murder McCain for this horrifying development, because they are fashion whores who know the keffiyeh is so over. Two more shots of Meghan "Mullah" McCain after the jump.

[ColbertWatcher]

41. The scarves are after our children! n/t

[xxqqqzme]

26. I noticed that in the ad but WTF

I'm more concerned about the Michelin tire ads. I've noticed over the years, only white babies were sitting in the tire in that ad campaign a few years ago. Recently I noticed the animated michelin tire guy is all white, although their tires are black. His little animated tire doggy is white as well.

What's up w/ that?

[Chan790]

28. Oh dear...

what will the silly RWers get their fine selves into a tizzy about next?

I might hate DD but probably have a few linen scarves just like that one. Am I a sponsor of terrorism and hate as well? No. It's an ethnic garment...the only way it supports hate and terrorism is if it says "Death to Israel" or "Al Qaeda fucking rules, man!" on it. (It doesn't...it's a traditional pattern.)

Let's follow their lead: The next time I see a little kid coming out of karate class wearing a gi, I'm going to ask him why he supports oppression and human rights abuse by wearing a traditional Chinese garment.

Clearly Michelle Malkin's head is clogged with bong resin and Charles Johnson traded his brain for a Ford Pinto. What other explanation suffices?

(Also the biggest outrage in that post is calling Ray a chef...she is no such thing, by her own admission. I passed high school biology, by the same logic, I'm a doctor of internal medicine.)

[BR_Parkway]

34. Wait till they discover where Persian rugs are made......n/t

[Sydnie]

38. Now you've done it! Let's leave Ruggie out of this, shall we?

[DD Customer Service]

29. Dunkin' Donuts Response

Thank you for expressing your concern regarding the Rachael Ray advertisement. In the ad that you reference, Rachael is wearing a black-and-white silk scarf with a paisley design that was purchased at a U.S. retail store. It was selected by the stylist for the advertising shoot. Absolutely no symbolism was intended. However, given the possibility of misperception, we will no longer use the commercial.

[NuttyFluffers]

32. this is absolutely adorable! i'm going to wear niqab now out of "evil terrorist solidarity"

mwa ha ha ha, fear my face veil! you'll only get to see my eyes!



I AM THE NINJA! BOO!
:silly: :hide:

(the word 'fashionista' is taking on new political dimensions...)

[jmowreader]

56. The kohl is especially appropriate

Desert dwellers use kohl (eyeliner to us infidels) to protect the eyes from the intense rays of the sun. Everyone over there--men as well as women--uses it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

30. I recall her wearing that scarf on her show. Oddly, she wore another similar scarf on the following

show. I think she was wearing them to cover up something on her throat. A hickey? :)

[Canuckistanian]

36. Malkin really is a self-parody, isn't she?

Sometimes, I think she's a liberal plant designed to make conservatives look foolish.

[ccharles000]

37. Compared to krispy kreme Dunkin' Donuts sucks.

[slampoet]

40. I don't know what to dislike more in this whole story.......

Dunkin Doughnuts?
The Carlye Group?
Rachael Ray and her awful fashion even if the scarf didn't mean any thing
or Michelle Malkin and Charles Johnson

There's something to loathe for everyone in this story.

[ColbertWatcher]

42. New Ad!

(This took forever to make, sorry it took so long)

[lonestarnot]

52. LOL

:rofl:

[Elidor]

43. I'm just here for the Rachel Ray flamewar, don't mind me

:popcorn:

[LucyParsons]

44. Um, that's not the nationalistic Palestinian kaffiyeh

It's just a scarf with lots of fringe that happens to have a black and white design.

THIS is the Palestinian kaffiyeh:



http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=75557&rendTypeId=4

[lonestarnot]

53. So mine aren't authentic then. hmmmf.

[distantearlywarning]

47. Would it be better if she included a flag lapel pin?

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

54. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

55. Good one! n/t

[KSinTX]

57. Hope Malkin spends entire campaign chasing her tail on this one

:rofl:

[jmowreader]

58. Looks more like supporting bad donuts, snootiness and awful cosmetics choices

Uh, Rachael? Quit supporting Dunkin Donuts (so called because if you don't dunk them in something they're nearly inedible), tilt your head down just a touch, and go about two shades darker on your browbone shadow. You look like everyone's beneath you in that picture. Cute scarf, though.