Satire: Forget Rachael Ray! You Know Who Dresses Like a Terrorist? Relatives of Bush and McCain

The whole scarf bit is a bit absurd isn't it? Seriously, who thought it was a good idea to cave on that at Duncan Donuts?

It makes the war on Christmas seem, in comparson, like a minor skirmish in the battle between reality and absurdity in comparison.
I'm very disappointed that DD folded so quickly and so are many others posting in this discussion.
I couldn't believe that the seed at the top of the vine for the week and near the top for the month was about this so-called news.
I love John Cole's concise response to this

This reporter is headed to K-Mart, acting on reports that innocent people are able to
purchase scarfs there, somehow then turning into potential terrorists.
Calvin and Killfile, you'll bail me out if I get arrested for this, right?

Uh, should I wear a scarf or not when I bail you out?

I'd say no on the scarf or else you might get arrested.
I can see it now:
me at kmart: "Madam, I notice you are looking longingly at a scarf. Am I right to assume you're considering joining a terrorist organization
woman: "Terrorwhat?
me: "it's a known fact that only terrorists wear scarfs."
she: "But my daughter wears one."
me: "another one bites the dust. This is a sad for america."
she: "Thank god you're here, mr. security guard, this man is nuts."
me: "Nuts for America, madam. Nuts for America."
I was thinking seriously of trying a photo via cellphone at kmart. I know wal-mart has actually confiscated cameras and cellphones from people before for taking photos without wal-mart's permission.
Wal-Mart doesn't know that my favorite photo ever was taken in their lawn department.

my grandmother wore one of those "Babuska" scarves to church to protect her her hair do. Good thing we didn't have terrorists back then.

Whew! Yes, and Tedd has posted photos of Jackie O wearing scarfs too. Who knew?

Just between you and me and this keyboard I heard Michelle Malkin had a pastor whose sister's wife's brother's niece once wore a scarf.

I'm demanding someone pay for this assault and insult on our nation.

In other news, Ron Paul still has as much chance of winning the election as does Hillary.

In other news General Francisco Franco is still dead.

Yikes. Off to pick up a "Jail for dummies" book.

No worries, we have friends in the DC who we can always wrestle into action.

Good to know. Writes this down for future reference.

Wal-Mart doesn't know that my favorite photo ever was taken in their lawn department.
::looks interested:: Planning to post this?

Yes it's here - #25 and 26. That was rain on plastic.

Rather distasteful to abuse the Bush daughters in this fashion.

Is it now? More or less distasteful than "abusing" Rachael Ray and smearing her name and costing her money?

If anything is being abused it's fashion - I've never been a fan of scarfs.

What's the saying? First they took the french fries and nobody said a thing...

then they took the scarfs....

God knows how many scarfs they wore during that secret wedding.

I'd say it's the moral equivalent of going after other political innocents like the Obama twins or Chelsea Clinton while Bill was in office.

Except I labelled this satire and Malkin was serious

I don't know enough about Rachael Ray to comment about her but if she wants to alienate some of her fans by wearing a scarf, that's her business.

I wouldn't know Rachael Ray from Martha Stewart but I do have a problem with one person making blanket assumptions based on a fashion accessory. I think that's awfully objectionable and I'm ridiculing it through this piece.

Your objection has been noted.

don't think the focus is ridiculing the Bush children, in fact the point is to mock those who think a scarf defines terrorism.

Exactly. Thank you for stating that more eloquently than I was able to provide. I intentionally included Kayne West so it wouldn't be just about the politicans daughters. My point was for the reader to see, "this is ridicilous - every woman - and Kayne West - has probably worn a scarf at one time. Are they all now criminals?"

If Eminem or Ryan were doing the same shocking thing (in this case wearing a scarf as Kayne is known to do) then no it'd be perfectly appropriate.

I almost asked because I was hoping you were kidding.

It does raise the issue of whether Bush's kids are offlimits. I think the comparison to media coverage (or lack of coverage) of Clinton and Carter's kids misses the mark because they were under 18 while his daughters are over 18. One of Bush's daughters wrote a book and McCain's daughter has been profiled for public stumping for her dad. It's hard to argue they are offlimits when they are putting themselves voluntarily into the public eye versus being a public figure just by nature of who your parents are.

I agree Scott.

Good. It's nice to be agreed with.

I'll apologize for this satire piece when Malkin et al apologize for their smearing of Ray.

Morning, Joe and Dennis.

Is Raechel Ray guilty of something?
Yes, she's guilty of making delicious 30 minutes meals.

How dare she! She will pay!

As I told a few friends "if this as fun and weird to read as it was to write you'll either enjoy it or lock me up."

Thanks, Pamela.

Thanks, Steve. I don't think I've ever used the word ass in a story once let alone twice. The joys of being an ex-journalist including getting away with saying this stuff.

That's hilarious!!!!!!!! Thanks for posting. btw...rachel

Thanks!

Just to be clear, Lauren Bush is Neil Bush's daughter; W's niece. A very beautiful woman who is burdened by an offensive last name. Meghan is pretty too

Oops. Thanks for catching that. Just amended the headline.

makeup tips from Avril Lavigne

Uh oh, does Avril wear scarfs too?

Avril can wear anything that Avril wants to, including only a scarf.

Next time I'm reading one of your in-depth polemics I'm going to remember this line and giggle and blush.

That explains why Matt's always traveling around the world. That "where is Matt now?" thing is just a front!

What next? Terrorist panties? Be Afraid, Be very Afraid!

Ooooh, I see a new guys opening line possibility there:
Madam, as part of,er, homeland security, i'm going to need to inspect your panties.

We're still not as far gone as Turkey which has banned scarf-wearing in schools:

ISTANBUL — Turkey's highest court dealt a stinging slap to the governing party of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday, ruling that a legal change allowing women attending universities to wear head scarves was unconstitutional......
In the head-scarf case, the elite establishment contended that allowing veiled women onto campuses threatened Turkish secularism, one of the founding principles of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's secular revolution in the 1920s. Head scarves were banned from campuses in the 1990s.