Americans received a good dose of conservative idiocy over the weekend.

The dose, which almost defies belief, involves noted conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, who got upset with a television advertisement by Dunkin Donuts that featured 30-minute chef Rachel Ray.

The reason for Malkin’s distress over the commercial? The war on terrorism, a war that excites conservatives even more than the war on drugs, the war on communism, or the war on immigrants.

Malkin went ballistic because in the commercial Rachel is wearing a scarf that bears a resemblance to a kaffiyeh, a traditional scarf worn by Arab men, which apparently some people in the Middle East view as a symbol for Palestinian independence and Islamic radicalism.

I have watched Rachel on the tube and I can say that she is too worried about making lots of money, to be making any type of political statement.

Rachel should be ashamed of herself (sarcasm intended) , she should have known better, but beyond that the fact that Dunkin Donut caved to a pack of whackos does say much for Dunkin. These types of people have nothing better to do than waste time and money sowing the seeds of fear and loathing.