[Westlander]

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/28/the-keffiyeh-kerfuffle/

[Westlander]

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/05/28/the-keffiyeh-kerfuffle/

[SatinDoll]

Hey, I really like Michelle, but according to Dunkin Donuts a stylist chose the scarf.

Any scarf with a black and white graphical design would be suspect. This has become ridiculous.

[roughman]

I wore many of those kafayas while on combat patrol in A-Stan. Kept the sun and dust out. Millions wear them, they are not all terrorists. This kind of xenophobic overreaction makes us all (Americans) look like asshats.

[TigersEye]

From this post on another thread ... "Keffiyehs can be all sorts of styles, patterns, and colors. Frequently no color, though the pro-palestinian scarf versions are usually black or red with the houndstooth pattern." That pretty much covers any scarf you can imagine.

[Stepan12]

Pam Gellar was the first to break the story

Pamela Geller and Ann Coulter

[Caipirabob]

While I'm certain Rachael Ray completed intended to terrify some random donuts, I don't think it was the message she was trying to get across.

Still, yeah, in a quick spot, the scarf could be mis-identified.

[Shery]

It doesn’t just look like one. It is one! I lived in Turkey 6 years. This is one! I also wrote DD and complained.

[Sgt Joe Friday 714]

Looks like conservatives can be as hopelessly sensitive as liberals, in the right circumstances.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

This is stupid. The scarf is not terrorist garb. Arab men wear it in the Middle East.

[SJackson]

In no particular order I'm adding a couple of my posts from other threads.

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That they're marketed, not all that successfully, as palestinian solidarity and anti-war (Iraq) symbols is beyond question. Did Rachel Ray know that, who knows, but she doesn't strike me as politically aware, so my guess no. The guy at the ad agency who set up the shot, you bet. Similarly, remember the many incidents where corporations are embarassed because suddenly their websites or travel schedules or phone directories no longer list Israel, rather palestine. Same thing, and not an accident.

 

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Looks to me like she bought one of the Urban Outfitters "Anti-War Woven Scarf" scarves at $20 a pop, or a similar product. Wonder if she has all the colors? Had to buy one right away, they pulled them from the shelves after a few weeks.

Or it could be a http://islam.about.com/library/products/aabybpalestinescarf.htm>http://islam.about.com/library/products/aabybpalestinescarf.htm

Matt Lauer was rumored to have one.

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Keffiyehs can be all sorts of styles, patterns, and colors. Frequently no color, though the pro-palestinian scarf versions are usually black or red with the houndstooth pattern. Her's looks like a lousy digital photo of houndstooth to me, but it could be floral. Obviously there's no way of knowing what or why Ray is wearing, these things haven't been stylish for a couple years. I can see them not using the ad and shooting another, I don't think anything should happen to her.

Here's Meghan McCain in one.

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You'll note the comments above about Urban Outfitters who sold the original anti-war scarf. Replaced after the controversy by the trendy Skull Desert Scarf, essentially the anti-war palestinian solidarity scarf with an SS skull.

I thought they quit after that fiasco, but this is still on their UK website, and looks to be what she's wearing, now known as the Lace Print Silk Scarf, redesigned a bit with no skull. I wasn't aware they were selling these in the US, but others do, and the symbolism is clear.

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[EBH]

I have to admit when I saw the ad, it caused me to wonder where in the world Ray was. Yes, Palestine was my first thought, then I realized it was a DD promotion.

Feelings? Naw, it was my first impression and had me wondering even after the ad should have left my mind. And not about Donuts.

[HamiltonJay]

Malkin’s lost her marbles..

Oh no, the chubby annoying chick is wearing a scarf... she must be a terrorist sympathizer....

Uh oh, I better not buy my latte and doughnut from them... or I’m being a bad citizen?

Sorry Malkin, but this grip makes you look like Jesse Jackson.

[SunkenCiv]

This isn’t just an overreaction, but may have been intended to create one, as ‘plausible deniability’ is written all over it.

Dunkin’ Donuts yanks Rachael Ray ad
Boston Globe | 5/27/08 | staff
Posted on 05/27/2008 4:56:44 PM PDT by pissant
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022173/posts