WOW, click on the thumbnail to get the full view of this front cover… Note Osama in the picture, the American Flag burning in the fireplace and just check out the clothes they are dressed in and the gun over Michelle’s shoulder.
Ya think the New Yorker is full of Hillary Clinton supporters? It surely is not a Republican leaning news source that’s for dam sure. I can only imagine what this pic will bring out in the next few days.
Ya can’t make it up (New Yorker Obama Cover)
The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.
At a press availability Sunday afternoon in San Diego, Senator Obama was asked, according to the diligent Maria Gavrilovic of CBS News: “The upcoming issue of the New Yorker, the July 21st issue, has a picture of you, depicting you and your wife on the cover. Have you seen it? If not, I can show it to you on my computer. It shows your wife Michelle with an Afro and an AK 47 and the two of you doing the fist bump with you in a sort of turban-type thing on top. I wondered if you’ve seen it or if you want to see it or if you have a response to it?”
Obama (shrugs incredulously): “I have no response to that.”
Priceless stage direction by Maria.
The magazine explains at the start of its news release previewing the issue: “On the cover of the July 21, 2008, issue of the The New Yorker, in ‘The Politics of Fear,’ artist Barry Blitt satirizes the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama’s campaign.”
I’m sure Senator Obama is oh-so appreciative for The New Yorker’s help.
1 user commented in " Ya can’t make it up (New Yorker Obama Cover) "
Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackI was just sent this, apparently I have a spam filter running that won’t let some people post. I have done everything to find any spam filter and there is none I can find, somethings wrong…
“I truly cannot believe how many people actually think this is a hard-hitting depiction and either a) feel sorry for Obama or b) think this is the work of HRC’s people behind the scenes.
Please get with it.
The advert, profile, focus group, and image people working for Obama live and usually work within walking distance of the cartoonists, writers and editors for the New Yorker. They go to the same parties and have drinks (and sex) with each others wives and/or boyfriends. This cartoon is part of the makeover Obama is currently enjoying by virtue of his — completely unchallenged — move to the center. This cover will generate gazillions of dollars in free publicity and was undoubtedly timed to go on sale and was thoroughly vetted and coordinated by Obama’s people. The best thing you could do is ignore it. It’s not a cheap shot at Obama. It’s the furthest thing from that. It’s also not simply making fun of people like us. It’s an attempt to draw the uncommitted into the “kewl kidz kamp” by getting them to identify with how ridiculous it is to portray these nice middle American folks as leftists or race baiters.
Its all part of the BIG SHOW.”"
Makes a good point here… I stand corrected.
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