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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 11:02 AM
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Do I Have To Take Off My Scarf To Play In The Lounge?
May 28, 2008
Rachael Ray and the Dunkin' Donuts Scarf Nightmare
A seemingly innocuous Dunkin' Donuts commercial starring Rachael Ray has sent the conservative blogosphere aflutter because it appears that Ray is wearing a scarf that looks like a keffiyeh,* which to some is the equivalent of calling for jihad.

At least that's what conservative uber-blogger Michelle Malkin thinks. She refers to Ray's scarf as an example of "jihadi chic." (Looks like ordinary paisley to us, but we're not experts in "jihadi chic.")

She then writes, "I’m hoping her hate couture choice was spurred more by ignorance than ideology."

Clearly, Malkin has too much time on her hands. Keith Olbermann called her "paranoid." But Dunkin' Donuts immediately yanked the ad.

You've never seen Bostonist defend Rachael Ray or Dunkin' Donuts decision to use her as a spokesperson, especially since she is an avowed Starbucks drinker, but this Bostonist is on Ray's side, at least just this once.

*By the way, not everyone who wears a keffiyeh is a terrorist. The kaffiyeh-wearing Bedouin



herders would be pissed to hear that they're now terrorists.









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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-29-08 11:30 AM
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1. yes
and wipe your feet to!!!!

:hi:


:hug:


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