Time to make the Jihad Donuts

I'm not ashamed to admit that I vote Democrat and that I generally follow liberal theory lines. I can also admit that there are a few conservative ideals that make sense to me (though I cannot think of any at the moment).

Both liberals and conservatives supply plenty of WTF moments -- but you have to admit that the scale is tipped heavily toward the Right. Pre-Subway Jared Fogle heavily .

This story isn't helping to ease that weight.

Dunkin Donuts, the greatest donut place on Earth, has removed a TV ad featuring cooking maven Rachael Ray at the implied behest of conservative viewers, led by Ann Coulter-wannabe and O'Reilly Factor guest host, Michelle Malkin.

What could anyone possibly find wrong in a Dunkin Donuts ad?

A scarf.

Yes. A scarf.

There was no jelly on the scarf, no boston creme or custard, not even some powerded sugar. Apparently, what Ms. Malkin saw sprinkled on the scarf was a few dashes of Al-Qaeda with a hint of explosives.

Really. Read this:

Dunkin Donuts has pulled a commercial featuring pitchwoman Rachael Ray wearing a scarf because Michelle Malkin and other conservative observers thought the scarf looked too much like a keffiyeh, what Malkin describes as "the traditional scarf of Arab men that has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad."

I can't make this stuff up, folks. Here's the visual evidence:



Ms. Malkin applauded Dunkin Donuts decision to pull the ad thusly:

It's refreshing to see an American company show sensitivity to the concerns of Americans opposed to Islamic jihad and its apologists. Too many of them bend over backward in the direction of anti-American political correctness....

Was there nothing else going on in the world that was more important than a clearly unintentional wardrobe choice?

Well, actually there was...but why would anyone care about a former White House press secretary who states what many people knew all along -- that George W. Bush is a stubborn blowhard who basically lied to the American public and the rest of the world in his justification for invading Iraq.

But I digress.

So Dunkin Donuts pulled the ad for fear of being betrayed as promoting terrorist-sponsored donuts.

I can't believe I just wrote that sentence.

Somewhere, the owners of Krispy Kreme are looking at their bank accounts and laughing their pastry-filled faces off.