<I>Oh Noes!</i> Is Meghan McCain A Terrorist Sympathiser Too?
By Nicole Belle Saturday May 24, 2008 4:30pm
(h/t Chris)
Well, given that Malkin and LGF are getting their collective knickers in a bunch over Rachael Ray wearing a fringed scarf in a recent ad for Dunkin' Donuts, shall we hear calls from them to boycott the McCain campaign, as it is quite clear from these photos that McCain's daughter and blog-mistress is showing her sympathy for them "terrists" and Ay-rabs like that them Yasser Arafat?
And as C&Ler Sean points out, the "Keffiyeh is also called a Shemagh and is used by almost every military force in the Middle East right now. You can buy it at most Army-Navy stores and is very popular amongst British, Australian, and US troops. It is not only used by the troops to help cover their mouths and faces during sand storms, but worn as a scarf to prevent suburn along the back of their necks during the day."
So what say you, Charles Johnson and Jesse, er...Michelle Malkin? Will you accuse the troops of sympathizing with the enemy and "mainstreaming terrorism"?
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I wonder how hard it is to get on a plane with one of those on.
High terror fashion alert!
"I'm sorry sir, you'll have to remove your terrorist scarf before boarding the aircraft"
Ba ha ha!
Sheesh. Don't get caught up in this idiocy. The right-wing pundits have little to zero to harp on regarding anything of importance so they're trying to draw people into distraction arguments that mean nothing other than downplay the obvious deficiencies, scandals, and horrid hypocrisy in GOP politics.
bilhelm-big-gay-X @ 1:
Probably quite easy if it's your mother's plane. Also, Meghan McCain wearing a dirty terrorist scarf is different, because, um
I've been attempting to discuss this with the rabidly blind commetors on Malkin's website today and they just don't seem to get it. I'm sure they'll love this one. LOL
What is that, a dog collar? Arf!
I just think the whole thing is funny. This will be something that will burden Michelle Malkin for ever.
This is different 'cause Meghan is not endorsing a product . Wait a minute , John McCain IS a product ! Nevermind.........
"And as C&Ler Sean points out, the “Keffiyeh is also called a Shemagh and is used by almost every military force in the Middle East right now."
Good. She should be over there serving then.
michelle malkin has a magnet in the back of her throat and wears metal shoes.
her only value on this planet is to make us laugh at her
Don't feed the dogs.
These kind of requirements don't apply to the aristocracy. Take Mary Cheney has a kid while working for the party that wants to strip the rights of homosexual parents.
Terrorists tend to wear pants too. Should we stop wearing those while we're at it?
The scarf looks good on Meghan.
Where did Malkin learn to "Hate" with such intensity?
Was she abused in some manner as a child? Or just rigidly indoctrinated by authoritarian types? (seems likely at least.) Is it just attention and recognition she desperately seeks through her loony comments and behaviors? Does she yearn to be the next MAnn Coulter (without the Adam's apple)?
And now the Reich thinks she is just a bit off balance, so they're distancing themselves from her and her pathetic antics. But she keeps on going - a little reich-wing energizer bunny - promulgating endless vitriolic hatred - day after day after day.
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sherifffruitfly @ 16:
where is her lapel pin?
15 years ago when I lived in Chicago I loved my keffiyeh. Many, many people wore them. It was so much more comfortable than a typical winter scarf, and could be worn in a variety of ways that looked great and still kept out the chill. I've gotten rid of most of my winter wear since moving west, but still keep that one item because it worked so well. I have to admit that I'm afraid to wear it when I visit my parents in Missouri during Christmas because of idiots like Malkin and her zombie tribe. So it's left for me as just a momento of another time.
L.A. Confidential @ 16:
*bOrk*
Geez...I like how the other pundit doesn't even miss a beat!
Somewhere, David Duke is cheering...
Stranded @ 18:
Wear a red beret and they'll think it's a 82nd Airborne Hat. Or if they say "whats with that French thing on your head" . . just say, "Oh no thats not French what the 82 Airborne wears!"
Then you can go out later and still look cool at the jazz club.
BTW, nice pic of mother, daughter with pillows to remind them of how they need to spell their names.
Trittydi @ 14:
I think it is just posturing so she can make money.
I think it's funny how we never see pictures of the lovely McCain's with their adopted daughter, who was an orphan from Bangladesh - I think. Point being she's not quite white.
These things have been available for decades at every army surplus store out there. I have one in my closet that I bought back in the 80's for when I go 4x4'ing on the beach. A ton of soldiers use them also because they can be bought real cheap and are used for a ton of different things. They are called something different depending on where you are in the world, but are essentially the same thing. I guess our allied troops are all terrorist sympathizers according to those morons.
The right is afraid of scarves now?? Damn those emo and club kids for bringing this style back!!! Those people I went dancing with last night were secret embeds, apparently. If I only knew.
Yep. The keffiyeh is universal in the Middle East. To say that it has anything to do with terrorists is just plain idiotic.
Not that it really changes anything, but I think Meghan's scarf is just gingham.
I read the update on DK's article, and DD has pulled the ad. KKK has won one! I cannot believe that THIS is what get's the right passionate! No wonder our country is in such a horrid state.
The pillow case that says, Cindy, is stuffed full of Oxycontins.
What do you make of an element in society that is so primitive that it clings to the belief that a fringed scarf is so dangerous that it can threaten the very survival of society?
harriett @ 29:
No need to waste money on the ad anymore, once the coded message was received.
There are lots of reasons to hate Rachael Ray. This is not one of them.
This says a whole lot more about Little Green Shitballs and that fucking retard Michelle Milkin than anything else. That she would even bring it up and Little Green Slimeballs would run with it is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard.
Malkin uses these idiotic statements in a desperate attempt to get her mug on the tube. What else would she do with her time?
I was hiding behind my couch watching the food network today and wet my neocon tidy whiteys when I heard someone say, "BAM!"
There out to get us!!!
And she wonders why she doesn't get to come out and play with the big Republicans anymore. I'm sure there was a very stern message on Malkin's answering machine from the head of the Carlyle Group.
John B. @ 33:
Yep.
Megan McCain’s Blog,
Just a quick note to thank Michelle for the scarf. I’ve caught a terrible cold and her thoughtful gift has arrived just in time. When I started sneezing mom freaked and had the pillows monogrammed (see photos above) just to be clear on which one not to use.
I was wearing the scarf to hide my morning hair today when that cute service agent who showed me his gun in Iowa ran up behind me and had his weapon out again. Seems polishing the barrel with these imported scarves is tops.
Thanks also to those campaign doctors for declaring Dad as healthy and fit. I was worried he was really sick there for a few years.
LGF is basically an Islamophobic website. A one-note song. Johnson's crowing that Dunkin Donuts took the ad off the air.
Good time Charlie saves America from the Muslim hordes once again. Bush will be giving him a Medal of Freedom any day now.
I saw a Muslim woman wearing a keffiyeh in my local supermarket this weekend.
She must be a terrorist and so I will be reporting her to Homeland Security.
And that corn meal she bought looked suspiciously like yellow-cake uranium....from Africa.
Since so many Iraqi insurgents wear soccar uniforms, I feel they should be banned from all Nike commercials.
shes a terrorist...quick....[deleted--not even in a joke, Uncle Joe]
Reading the comments at LGF we can distill their basic position on this: Rachel Ray wore a paisley scarf that is fashionable all over the world. This scarf, if one doesn't inspect it too closely, resembles a patterned headgear item that Arafat once claimed symbolized suppoort of the Palistinian cause. Ray undoubtedly doesn't know this, nor do most people who wear such scarves. The commentators basically admit to all these truths. So, logically, we must boycott DD and its parent company because all this PROVES they support terrorism.
Next up: Dr. House's facial hair resembles Arafat, hence Hugh Laurie is repsonsible for suicide bomberings and beheadings.
Though I peruse right wing blogs for the know-your-enemy insight, I don't normally read the comments.
I find it curious that these people seem to have already known about the scarf, eh, Keffiyeh. LGF says something and these folks are experts. How uneducated does a person have to be in order to absorb, on face value, something so patently obsurd? Rachel Ray and Dunkin' Donuts are terrorist sympathizers?
I'm not a fan of Rachel's, but the woman is a poster child for the 'rags-to-riches' story! How American is this?: she had nothing, did in-store cooking demos for a pittance, hacked her way through a crappy local tv gig and now she has two friggin' shows and a piece of cake endorsement - or HAD rather. LGF has an update saying DD is pulling the ads.
If this is the merest thing one has to do, wear a scarf, to get kicked off the 'Love America' bandwagon, then what chance do the rest of us have. There is no reasoning here. Is their world so small or just their minds? I don't have a problem with disagreements or differing points of view, but come on! What the f***! It isn't possible for the human brain to be nothing more than a smooth, gelatinous wad, like a Jujube with the sugar licked off. Now I know how purple band-aids and flag lapel pins become more important than a war, dead people, live people...
This really is earth shattering folks. Some of you have joked about smaller things being labeled terrorist, but this peering into the eyes of the walking dead makes me hold my laughter. Sorry to get dour. How do you fight that? And when Donald Sutherland turns around, points his finger at you and wails, well, what do you do?
she looks so much like dad she should wear a burkha
bilhelm-big-gay-X @ 1:
Piece of cake....when its mommies personal jet.
Yup. I always knew that the reich-wingers would say something bad another an innocuous object, only for it to boomerrang back onto someone they support.
Really Malkin? Is McCrap's daughter a terrorist symphathizer? So she supports Al-Sadr from the campaign trail, huh?
And the number of loonies on their sites supporting her position is ridiculous. They're like lemmings. If she said that throwing yourself off a cliff would win the war on terror, they would be driving off cliffs at full speed, family in tow, in their SUVs. They are naught but lemmings.
No, AgentX, they would be urgin OTHER people to throw themselves off cliffs. The believe that sacrifice is for other people.
El Perro Patron @ 10:
SOB that is funny...Ha!
Is it just me or is Cindy's head a bit on the square side? It looks like a mask on a cinderblock.
Being blindly conditioned into accepting without question hysterical and nonsensical lies is a hallmark of the extreme right. How else can they label torture, murder, war crimes, and a president callously looting the country while sending US citizens to their deaths as deeds that are patriotic and noble? Their existence revolves around fabricating alternate realities in which they really are good people rather than confront the obscene monstrousness of their hate-filled values systems and brutal social ideals.
Why is it that they look mad? Because they are. Insanity defines them and their every waking moment.
jsg @ 40:
That's the biggest kicker in this bullshit... their ignorance was rewarded and the 101st Keyboard Brigade thinks they've scored against the forces of Osama BinForgotten.
This post is relatively young, but interesting the VinceP's and other dolts from LittleGreenFools haven't shown up yet to defend their stupidity after this. I guess they are too distracted doing little victory dances in their Superfriends Underoos in their parents' basements or have their hands over their years going "lalalalalala" if they have seen McSame's daughter wearing the same damn thing.
Oh, they'll say we "hate" them for pointing out their foolishness, but they are sadly just mistaking hate for honest pity. The 23 percenters have so little time left.
the thing i find most annoying about this meghan mccain is that, despite having more money than i could begin to imagine, doesn't seem capable of finding a decent hairdresser/colorist or someone to advise her on those eyebrows that make her look like a $5 hooker (my apologies to any $5 hookers in the gallery).
do i care if her feelings are hurt? no. she chooses to participate in her father's campaign, and as those on the right like to remind everyone frequently with regard to michelle obama, that makes her "fair game" as a target for "helpful advice."
You know what's sad? LGF has over 400 freakin' comments on this! And you know what's funny? They think they've won something by being this socially retarded. It's times like these that make me happy they're "busy saving the country." Tools.
The shemagh which is a favorate in the British army is the sand/purple coloured version, which is used by the Omani special forces
When I think of how much power Israel, and Israel's apologists have, it's sickening.
In all fairness the keffiyeh is the height of street fashion in the US and Europe, along with all the other pop culture things like skulls and knee socks. everyone has one, from Urban Outfitters aficionados to quasi-political teenagers trying to make a statement. Meghan McCain is just wearing what every other 20-something has.
OK....so wearing a swastika during hitler's little adventure that involved gas chambers & world domination was cool...right??!
P.S. to all those here w/out blond hair & very BLUE eyes....hitler wanted to KILL you.
I saw a young woman at the local farmers' market with a scarf like that the other day and almost stopped her to ask if she knew that she as a terrorist sympathizer.
Pleez!! if you are going to try to be funny at least get it right! "...Ay-rabs like that ***THERE*** Yasser Arafat?..." You dilute the meaning and intent when you use "Southern" wrong, not to mention teach the wrong tense and usage to people who won't know any better until they say something embarrassing like the above. Them is used for plural or multiple noun situations and "there" is used in the singular when speaking about one thing or person.
;)
The keffiyeh and the shemagh are two different items. The shemagh is smaller and can be headwear or neckwear by itself. The keffiyeh is larger and is only headwear, and is always worn with the dark rope loop on top to hold it on. The garment dates back thousands of years to when even Hebrews wore it.
British troops fighting in North Africa wore the keffiyeh in WWI and WWII because it protects the head and face from sun and sand (very fine dust, different from beach sand). Most soldiers serving in the desert in the past 20-25 years have had, or at least had access to, the shemagh. American troops wore the shemagh in Gulf War I and still wear it today in Gulf War II.
The shemagh and keffiyeh are desert garments, and are no more terist apparel than military berets are headgear of cheese-eating surrender monkeys, whatever those are.
Yes, obviously the Keffiyahs must be boycotted because ALL ELEMENTS OF PALESTINIAN CULTURE ARE TERRORISM RELATED.
stfu Malkin, your an embaressment.
I better shave my beard ,and get a cowboy suit so I don't look like a terrorist
Stranded @ 18:
I wore one when I lived in Finland. It is, hands down, the warmest scarf I have ever owned! And, that's saying a lot when you take into consideration I grew up near Buffalo, NY and I currently live in Chicago.
I luv it! Such idiocy must be exposed!
Stranded @ 18:
Me too. I have three of them, a yellow and black, a black, and a red one. Excellent and they look cool. I stopped wearing them after 9-11 because I knew then there were a lot of idiots in the US. But man! I sure would like to wear them during winter, or almost anytime. They are very versatile, and again, they do look good and go with anything.
Hey, here's an idea! How about we make these things in your favorite school colors! Or better yet, your favorite pro team's colors! What Chicagoan wouldn't want to wear Keffiyah Kubs neckwear? And I'm just thinking the Yeshiva U crowd might go for a "Shemagh Yisrael" in blue and white.
Not to forget, of course, that a red, white and blue one with the phrase "Support Our Troops" emblazoned on it would be a smash with Toby Keith groupies.
Damn...I'd better file that trademark app before one of you guys actually goes out an does it.
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