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    Obama Waffles' featuring racist, stereotyped images sold at Values Voter Summit.» At the Values Voter Summit this weekend, vendors sold an item called "Obama Waffles" featuring a racist cartoon of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on the box front - with "popping eyes and big, thick lips" - and another image of him wearing an Arab-like headdress on its top flap. Its creators, Mark Whitlock and Bob DeMoss, said it was meant as "political satire," and sold the box for $10 from a booth at the Family Research Council event. CNN's Lou Dobbs stopped by the booth and exclaimed, "My wife will love this!" A photo shows Dobbs with a box of the mix in his hand. Lou Dobb's needs to make a personal apology to Senator Obama on his program for such insensitive, if not racist behavior VERY SOON. This post is from the Barack Obama supporter blog. We will be watching. For a racist to say they are not racist is not a test for racist intention. Racism is determined both by the person taking offense to actions or statements and by common perceptions of ethical behavior by the general public. I also have heard good christian white people say bigotry is not a sin, but the root of bigotry is either jealousy or hatred. Both are capital sins. Those good christians who run the Values Voters Summit need to consider their own intentions as well as the intentions of vendors lawfully soliciting at their events. Hiding behind freedom of speech is often a sidestep of good and moral judgment.

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