Via Jeffrey: You know what would be good right now? Some pro-abortion donuts.
KRISPY KREME CELEBRATES OBAMA WITH PRO-ABORTION DOUGHNUTS
“The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama’s radical support for abortion on demand – including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20.
The doughnut giant released the following statement yesterday:
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to every customer on this historic day, Jan. 20. By doing so, participating Krispy Kreme stores nationwide are making an oath to tasty goodies — just another reminder of how oh-so-sweet “free” can be.
Just an unfortunate choice of words? For the sake of our Wednesday morning doughnut runs, we hope so. The unfortunate reality of a post Roe v. Wade America is that “choice” is synonymous with abortion access and celebration of ‘freedom of choice’ is a tacit endorsement of abortion rights on demand.
We all love donuts, but they take the relationship in a direction that’s eerily close to stalking.
Think about it, you political lefties out there. When you first saw this ad:
…did you immediately think ‘boycott’? Did you throw your DVD player out the window, and organise a protest? Probably not, because you have a functioning mind and aren’t always trying to be outraged over manufactured controversy. People at the ALL don’t have the benefit of this.
There are two lessons here.
One, if you are a donut maker, do not capitulate to crazy people. Remember the flap over Rachel Ray’s scarf? She wore one in a Dunkin’ Donuts commercial, and the wingnut-o-sphere went berzerk, and decided that the ad was a coded message of support for Palestine and terrorism or something. Incredibly, Dunkin’ Donuts pulled the ad. But the Religious Right weren’t satisfied. Now, they have decided to attack donuts — again.
Two, the Christian Right has the collective brain power of a ten-dollar Mixmaster. And it’s always stuck on high.
18 January 2009 at 5:17 pm
I don’t get it — was there a boycott of LG? Does their logo look too much like a doughnut?
18 January 2009 at 11:35 pm
Maybe they can partner up with clinics: a free doughnut with every abortion!
19 January 2009 at 12:05 am
They do offer those controversial ‘morning-after donuts’.
19 January 2009 at 2:53 am
C. L. — Their slogan has the word ‘life’ in it, you know. As in ‘pro-life’. To arms!