In the interest of providing a space for measured debate about a hot topic, I thought I'd post a little background information on the noble (and not-so-noble) history of pies ... and pieing!
From Wikipedia:
The pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians from 2000 B.C. At some point between 1400 B.C. (Greek settlements) and 600 B.C. (the decline of Egypt), the pie is believed to have passed on to the Greeks by the Egyptians.
So pie was not originally an all-American food. But it came with the first English settlers, so it has been with us since before the country was founded. Good enough for me.
But lest this topic become too serious, it should be noted that the history of pie has been interwoven with the history of humor since at least 1927. Again, from Wikipedia:
Throwing pies as a comedy staple came into its own in the Laurel & Hardy classic short film, "Battle of the Century" (1927) which, according to legend, required four thousand pies.
But what about the intersection of pie and politics, a topic dear to the hearts of Kossacks everywhere?
The probable originator of the pieing as a political act was Aron Kay [2], a Yippie, who pied singer and anti-gay-rights activist Anita Bryant in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1977 (audio footage of the incident is included in the Chumbawamba song Just Desserts, a homage to the concept of pieing).
There are, in fact, entire groups dedicated to engaging in the art of political pieing ...
The anonymous Biotic Baking Brigade has pied, among others, conservative pundits Ann Coulter and David Horowitz; Green Party politician Ralph Nader; and Fred Phelps, the controversial leader of the Westboro Baptist Church. The Canadian group the Entartistes, founded by Rhinoceros Party founder François Gourd, has also pied many, including then–Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien.
But where am I going with this? Surely, that should be obvious ...