Now, that's funny!

I'll admit.

I laughed as soon as I saw it.

Yo mamma wears combat boots

I can't believe they thing that conservatives see Michelle Obama as a terrorist. Where did that idea come from? No one I know.

Wow.

That's so deep, I don't even have a clever metaphor to describe it.

It's stupid.

I think that Obama would be a disaster for this country, but that cover is just stupid.

That was a parody?

hmm, that fact was lost on me.

/s

I vote for "stupid like a fox". Taken on its face, it's stupid. But I think the point of it is to rile up the left-wing base.

It may be parody, but I believe the subliminal image will remain in the sub consciousness. Ironically, not so much Barack, but his wife.

And as someone who badly wants to see Obama defeated, I cheer them on.

New Yorker Cover: Clever or Stupid?

The word "Cover" in the above sentence is unnecessary.

Meh. This is the same magazine that had a GWB statue being pulled down after the 2006 "thumpin'" election. If you read Hertzberg & co.'s "Talk of the Town" editorials, they're obviously pro-Obama.

So much truth spoken in jest. They think that's we think, but they've illustrated what has to be the anxiety of much of mainstream America too.

re: #6 Syrah

This cover just toasts Obama politically even more.

He's toast

Flag in the fireplace - nice touch.

I think Michelle Obama is supposed to be dressed up like Angela Davis

I understood the point of the cartoon immediately, but I thought the lady was supposed to be Angela Davis, not MO.

re: #4 vxbush

I can't believe they thing that conservatives see Michelle Obama as a terrorist. Where did that idea come from? No one I know.

Note the over-the-top afro too.

re: #12 Ojoe

He's toast

And yet the MSM continue to butter him up, regardless of what a jam that puts them in.

re: #12 Ojoe

This cover just toasts Obama politically even more.

How? Who of the New Yorker-reading crowd will look at this cover and say "wow, I can't support Obama after this"?

This gives Barry the opportunity once again to play the victim. He's loving it.

anyone with access to the KOs kids blog...it might be fun to post comments in support of the clever and revealing cover...lol. THat should get 1 or two responses.

re: #14 Kenneth

I think Michelle Obama is supposed to be dressed up like Angela Davis

Dang! I knew she reminded me of someone!

;-)

re: #15 gutta percha

No, that is definitely Michelle's face, but with Davis' hair & clothes.

re: #17 JamesTKirk

And yet the MSM continue to butter him up, regardless of what a jam that puts them in.

Stop that. You're making me hungry.

re: #13 debutaunt

Flag in the fireplace - nice touch.

Is that arugula on the mantle?

re: #14 Kenneth

I think Michelle Obama is supposed to be dressed up like Angela Davis

WAB's afro is nicer.

re: #18 Occasional Reader

Plenty of regular folks will walk past the newsstands and see this.

Plus it is all over the net.

Ka-pow

Parody? I saw this last night and thought it was great. Perhaps I'm a living parody, but I was happy to see such a magazine as the New Yorker, with its prominence and reach, give voice and legs to many of the 'conservative memes'. I was shocked actually at seeing the cover, but then when the newscaster said the New yorker stated it was a joke, it made sense. But they screwed up.

Rove you magnificent bastard?

re: #23 NJDhockeyfan

Is that arugula on the mantle?

I think it is.

The artist must read LGF.

Damn, it took Obama 6 months to swing to the right and New Yorker 6 minutes...
/

re: #21 Kenneth

No, that is definitely Michelle's face, but with Davis' hair & clothes.

Okay, but is the rifle an AK-47, AK-74, or AKM? That's the really important question.

re: #18 Occasional Reader

How? Who of the New Yorker-reading crowd will look at this cover and say "wow, I can't support Obama after this"?

I get the New Yorker, but my mind was made up already.

Do I spy $600 earrings on MO's ears?

The cover is obviously a moonbat parody of what they think are right-wing ideas about their messiah. But they got so meta with it, they ended up wrapping around and making themselves look stupid.

From what I've heard and understand, The New Yorker is more pro-Hillary, and not very fond of Obama.

Here's a link to the article in the issue of The New Yorker:

Making It: How Chicago Shaped Obama

One day in 1995, Barack Obama went to see his alderman, an influential politician named Toni Preckwinkle, on Chicago’s South Side, where politics had been upended by scandal. Mel Reynolds, a local congressman, was facing charges of sexual assault of a sixteen-year-old campaign volunteer. (He eventually resigned his seat.) The looming vacancy set off a fury of ambition and hustle; several politicians, including a state senator named Alice Palmer, an education expert of modest political skills, prepared to enter the congressional race. Palmer represented Hyde Park—Obama’s neighborhood, a racially integrated, liberal sanctuary—and, if she ran for Congress, she would need a replacement in Springfield, the state capital. Obama at the time was a thirty-three-year-old lawyer, university lecturer, and aspiring office-seeker, and the Palmer seat was what he had in mind when he visited Alderman Preckwinkle.

re: #19 danrudy

anyone with access to the KOs kids blog...it might be fun to post comments in support of the clever and revealing cover...lol. THat should get 1 or two responses.

You mean something like this?

"This is the Obama I want to vote for, not the one who's pandering to the j000z!"

/Only the Left needs to attack opposing blogs with Moby posts; we don't have to do it to them because they're more than capable of shooting themselves in the foot.

It is seriously ironic that humor-challenged lefties have managed to turn this strawman against its creators.

Think about it folks -

Had this been made about McCain or some other Republican, Democrats would have been all over this thinking it was right on the money. It's the old saying of they can dish it out but can't take it."

But you have to wonder if the New Yorker magazine which by no means takes conservative views is beginning to wonder about Obama.

Fake but accurate?

re: #27 ploome hineni

...the most stupid thing about this issue, is McCain personally condemning it

He wants to lose, and he's trying his damnedest.

re: #18 Occasional Reader

How? Who of the New Yorker-reading crowd will look at this cover and say "wow, I can't support Obama after this"?

This gives Barry the opportunity once again to play the victim. He's loving it.

It might give some the chance to dig a little bit and ask questions.

Does Hillary have friends at the New Yorker?

"That is not the Michelle that I knew and I never noticed that picture of osama on the wall. Oh, the burning flag in the fireplace just goes to show you how patriotic I am, I mean who else could get away with burning a flag like that except a true patriot!" (*handler mummbles to obambi) "Oh. it was just a joke! Okay, well than, Hope and change everybody!"

re: #32 Bobblehead

Do I spy $600 earrings on MO's ears?

LOL!

re: #26 soccerdad

Parody? I saw this last night and thought it was great. Perhaps I'm a living parody, but I was happy to see such a magazine as the New Yorker, with its prominence and reach, give voice and legs to many of the 'conservative memes'. I was shocked actually at seeing the cover, but then when the newscaster said the New yorker stated it was a joke, it made sense. But they screwed up.

Rove you magnificent bastard?

No. I think several lizards concluded that since The New Yorker is behind Hillary it should be ..Hillary you magnificent bitch.

I think Michelle Malkin put it best when she pointed out all of the political cartooning against Bush and Condi that THEY don't whine about.

Can you imagine if Bush reacted to every cartoon against him the way Obama does?

re: #12 Ojoe

This cover just toasts Obama politically even more.

He's toast

I hope so but I have my doubts.

That cover is so over the top that it will work to make any attempt to question the Obama's fitness to occupy the oval office based on their history and/or their character seem just as rude and stupid as that cover.

It is fitting though that it was drawn and published by moonbats.

I wonder if it is more of a reflection of their fears about the Obama campaign then ours.

re: #25 Ojoe

Plenty of regular folks will walk past the newsstands and see this.

Plus it is all over the net.

Ka-pow

See ploome's link in #27:

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.”

The medium is the message. "Any criticism of Barry is just the politics of fear."

re: #40 SpartanWoman

Does Hillary have friends at the New Yorker?

Yes, apparently the editorial board is on her side.

re: #37 Dar ul Harb

Fake but accurate?

Not until we get a throbbing GIF!

One need only look at this "classic" cover to see The New Yorker's view of America.

I have no use for these people...

I do like Michelle's Angela Davis afro.

The only thing missing is aChe Guevara flag hanging on the wall.

re: #15 gutta percha

I understood the point of the cartoon immediately, but I thought the lady was supposed to be Angela Davis, not MO.

That was my thought too. It looks more like Angela Davis than it looks like Michelle Obama.

OK - This just BEGS for a lizard caption contest! I'll start:

In This Week's Issue - The Politics of Fear - Why do Liberals Think Joe America Can Only See Characatures?

re: #44 rlevitin

I think Michelle Malkin put it best when she pointed out all of the political cartooning against Bush and Condi that THEY don't whine about.

But neither of them is the Mahdi; it is not haram-scaram to mock them.

If I was an educated democrat, I would love this cartoon. People who can't make fun of themselves are dangerous. period. Remember the Hillary laugh? Marxism has never been so fun!
barf

It's left v. far left, and it's up to the readers to figure out. They want to blame it on the right wingers. They need to blame it on the right wingers, but the truth hurts - practically every smear on Obama has come from the left, whether it is Hillary's shills, lackeys or other Democrats.

Cover artlessness. The story doesn't help him either.

re: #48 JamesTKirk

Not until we get a throbbing GIF!

Does giving the Obama campaign a throbbing headache count?

I vote stupid.

re: #50 Ringo the Gringo

I do like Michelle's Angela Davis afro.

The only thing missing is aChe Guevara flag hanging on the wall.

Too close to reality.

re: #50 Ringo the Gringo

I do like Michelle's Angela Davis afro.

The only thing missing is aChe Guevara flag hanging on the wall.

Yeah. I wonder why it's not there. Is it because the artist doesn't want people to look into that issue 'cause it's true?

re: #45 Syrah

That cover is so over the top that it will work to make any attempt to question the Obama's fitness to occupy the oval office based on their history and/or their character seem just as rude and stupid as that cover.

Bingo. You said it better than I did. And it's of a piece with Barry's own "they'll try to scare you... 'and by the way, did I mention he's black?'" guilt trip message. Any criticism of Barry is a) racist and b) just a cartoonish right-wing expression of fear of turrurrists. So get out there and support Barry, that's the only way to prove you're not a no-good troglodyte. Etc.

re: #51 Syrah

That was my thought too. It looks more like Angela Davis than it looks like Michelle Obama.

The eyes belong to WAB.

I just ventured over to Kos -- someone spray me.

They had a poll with about 7 answers, ranging from "I'm so mad at the NewYorker that I'm cancelling; to a more restrained "let's just wait and see what happens." I couldn't resist tweaking them with: "what about option 8? I like what they did and hope they do it again. check"

Can't wait to venture back and see how bad they blast me.

Genius.

If FOX News had produced this cartoon the screaming would be heard into the next century. We should thank The New Yorker.

Can the Obama cartoon riots be that far off?

Did the New Yorker just say "Bawack Hussein Osama?"

re: #45 Syrah

I hope so but I have my doubts.

That cover is so over the top that it will work to make any attempt to question the Obama's fitness to occupy the oval office based on their history and/or their character seem just as rude and stupid as that cover.

It is fitting though that it was drawn and published by moonbats.

Based on that, it IS clever, not stupid. Because coming from Moonbats, they've shielded their candidate from criticism.

The Osama picture over the fireplace is a nice touch; a Che poster would have clashed with the decor.

Add a box of dynamite by the door with a label "For Ayers and Dohrn".

re: #38 JamesTKirk

[McCain] He wants to lose, and he's trying his damnedest.

I don't think anyone sane wants to be president right now.

re: #63 NoSubmission

Can the Obama cartoon riots be that far off?

Heh.

Calling Rage Boy... come in, Rage Boy...

I know its suppose to be satire, but when you have to explain a joke it’s too complicated. (By the way, did you notice the OBL picture hanging on the wall?) I'd bet that a majority of the people who see the cover think there is some truth to a few of the points raised.

re: #63 NoSubmission

Can the Obama cartoon riots be that far off?

ROFLMAO.

re: #66 Kosh's Shadow

The Osama picture over the fireplace is a nice touch; a Che poster would have clashed with the decor.

Add a box of dynamite by the door with a label "For Ayers and Dohrn".

A Che poster would have been harder to portray as satire... its too accurate.

NOW WAIT A DAMN MINUTE - Kos hisownself said "FUCK OBAMA" and FUCK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY" because of Obama's flip flopping on FISA, gun control, Iraq, and a whole host of other issues as he "tries to move to the center, forgetting that we (i.e., the "activist base of the Dem Party, according to Kos) mad it possible for Obama to get the nomination!
In fact it was soooo good (or bad, depending on your pov) that Charles had a thread about it!
Now he's back to fighting for Obama?!

re: #50 Ringo the GringoThe only thing missing is aChe Guevara flag hanging on the wall.

re: #58 JamesTKirk

Too close to reality.

re: #59 MandyManners

...Is it because the artist doesn't want people to look into that issue 'cause it's true?

Great minds think alike...

...and so do ours.

Pretty much as soon as I saw this, I think last night, I gave it a hearty "ha-HA!" and then proceeded to enjoy the ensuing madness and panty bunching that occured amongst the bleeding hearts. ;o)

Frankly, the most damning picture of Obama is him standing with hands clasped, while the anthem is played. in front of a flag, while others stand with their hands on their hearts.

A picture is worth a million words.

I think the New Yorker cover is stupid on an epic scale.

Here's why:

First of all, it will piss off the blindered Kos Kids Krowd, who stubbornly refuse to see the irony-within-irony humor of it.

Secondly, it will piss off a lot of political-junkie Obama-dislikers, because it misconstrues and mocks our real reason for disliking him.

But most importantly, it will awaken new-found fears in people who don't really follow politics and who aren't plugged into the rumor-a-minute scandal mill. They'll look at that cover, and for the first time ever, they'll get the message that at least some people think Michelle Obama is a black revolutionary, that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim, that their victory will be seen as a Manchurian Candidate-style seizing of the White House by radical Islamists.

And even though the average nonpolitical person will likely dismiss such notions at first, I suspect the image will stay in the backs of their minds, rankling and festering, and creating great deep-seated fear.

The guy in the painting on the wall doesn't look so much like Osama bin laden as he does Ernest Borgnine.
/no disrespect to Mr. Borgnine intended.

re: #63 NoSubmission
Hey No Sub - 10 updings if I could for that "cartoon riots" comment!

re: #72 realwest

Now he's back to fighting for Obama?!

Exactly.

That was the purpose here (or part of it).

re: #76 zombie

Everything that is bad for Obama is good for Obama.

Something like that?

"Let's ask Osama bin Laden... er, Osama... Obama."
--Teddy the K

I don't think it will make anyone change their minds about how they are planning to vote.

re: #78 realwest

Hey No Sub - 10 updings if I could for that "cartoon riots" comment!

Updings? I got updings? whoo hoo. Haven't had that feature turned on in the longest time.

Thanks friends!

Poll now added above...

re: #76 zombie

But zombie - don't you know that none of that matters? - It's the NUANCE - the NUANCE!

re: #77 NoSubmission

The guy in the painting on the wall doesn't look so much like Osama bin laden as he does Ernest Borgnine.
/no disrespect to Mr. Borgnine intended.

Marty for President!

re: #66 Kosh's Shadow

The Osama picture over the fireplace is a nice touch; a Che poster would have clashed with the decor.

Add a box of dynamite by the door with a label "For Ayers and Dohrn".

Well, that and the historical fact that the Che flag REALLY did happen, unlike that other dreck.

But two thumb up to cartoon WAB for choosing Comrade Kalashnikov's ever-reliable Moscow Typewriter. She obviously knows more about eeevil gunz than cartoon Obamessiah.

/ps where's his halo?

re: #76 zombie
"First of all, it will piss off the blindered Kos Kids Krowd, who stubbornly refuse to see the irony-within-irony humor of it."
Uh, kindly see my #72 above!

re: #69 FredWM

I know its suppose to be satire, but when you have to explain a joke it’s too complicated. (By the way, did you notice the OBL picture hanging on the wall?) I'd bet that a majority of the people who see the cover think there is some truth to a few of the points raised.

I think so as well.

re: #72 realwest

NOW WAIT A DAMN MINUTE - Kos hisownself said "FUCK OBAMA" and FUCK THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY" because of Obama's flip flopping on FISA, gun control, Iraq, and a whole host of other issues as he "tries to move to the center, forgetting that we (i.e., the "activist base of the Dem Party, according to Kos) mad it possible for Obama to get the nomination!
In fact it was soooo good (or bad, depending on your pov) that Charles had a thread about it!
Now he's back to fighting for Obama?!

real, to be a LLL you must be in lockstep. Get out of step and see if Drill Instructor Sgt Kos is not all over your shit in a heartbeat.

re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

Can we add a "crazy like a fox" or "false flag op" category?

re: #65 rlevitin

Based on that, it IS clever, not stupid. Because coming from Moonbats, they've shielded their candidate from criticism.

You may be right.

If it successfully inoculates the Obamas from any criticisms of their history and their character, it will end up being a brilliant masterstroke.

Obama is the ultimate tabula rasa candidate. An empty canvas that people can project their "hopes" onto without having to cite any facts.

This cover could well work to that end.

re: #80 NoSubmission

Everything that is bad for Obama is good for Obama.

Something like that?

He is the postmodern turtle, after all.

re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

Charles can you clarify perspective... stupid for the New Yorker to have published as a moonbat magazine... meaning an Obama attack = stupid?

Everyone knows, Michelle would never be caught dead in those shoes!

re: #87 OldLineTexan

Well, that and the historical fact that the Che flag REALLY did happen, unlike that other dreck.

But two thumb up to cartoon WAB for choosing Comrade Kalashnikov's ever-reliable Moscow Typewriter. She obviously knows more about eeevil gunz than cartoon Obamessiah.

/ps where's his halo?

Halos are a symbol of racist patriarchal Christianity.

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re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

The second and third choices are synonyms.

re: #61 MandyManners

Que WAB?

re: #96 CIA Reject

Halos are a symbol of racist patriarchal Christianity.

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Understood. Is an aura too New Age-y?

/

re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

That's why I love this place...Ron Paul is tied with Stupid!

Bush is lifting the ban on offshore drilling by executive order. WOOOOHOOOO!

re: #88 realwest

Yes, it's interesting -- they're so conflicted about Obama, they don't know what to think.

Basically, the Kossacks feel free to criticize him, but as soon as anyone else does, they rush to his defense!

re: #84 Charles - I'm at least partially with O.R. on the poll in his #91 ; false flag op should be added as a category I think

It's almost a dead heat between 'stupid" and "Ron Paul". Coincidence? I think not.

One thing that hasn't been pointed out (or I didn't see in the comments) is that the Obamanation and MichelleO, are stepping on a carpet with an American Eagle on it (stepping on the POTUS seal?)
And perhaps that isn't arugala on the fireplace but pot, again referring to the 'conservative meme' that the Obamanation was a pothead?
Third, is that OBL in the painting over the mantelpiece of Mohammad(HBUH)? The New Yorker better hope that people see it as OBL rather than Mohammad, otherwise, the New Yorker will be in a heap of trouble with those peaceable muslims throughout the world.

As for everything else in the photo, it contains more than a hint of truth with respect to each item, Obamanation's muslim background, his wife and his support of urban terrorists (both Pali and Weather Underground types) and their membership in anti american anti white church for twenty years. That their ultralib politics directly embrace the burning of the American flag (again through their unrenounced associations with notorious USA haters) and his refusal to wear the pin prior to the end of dem primary season.

re: #98 Syrah

Que WAB?

Who or what is WAB?

I'll probably actually buy it, mount it under glass and put it on the wall. Unread, of course, because I'm confident the article is full of the usual gooey Obama fructose. But as for the cover: Art is the lie that helps us to see the truth. Picasso said it, I believe it, that settles it.

re: #101 iChef

Bush is lifting the ban on offshore drilling by executive order. WOOOOHOOOO!

Gazillion updings!

re: #100 rightwinger3

That would be because Ron Paul DEFINES stupid.

Caption #2:

No, Seriously - We Had To Do This To Pave The Way For Next Week's "McCain Having a Heart Attack" Cover.

re: #101 iChef

Bush is lifting the ban on offshore drilling by executive order. WOOOOHOOOO!

O.O Linky?!

I printed it out and pinned it up in my cube at work. :)

Must.get.t-shirt!

The poll needs a fourth option: All of the above.

re: #100 rightwinger3
Uh, that could be because the two are one and the same?!
Just saying.............................!

American flag burning in the fire place and Osama bin Lyings picture over the mantle..

you racists bastards.

/heh.

Bill Clinton's picture should be on the mantle staring at Mrs. Obamas boots..

re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

lnɐd uoɹ is kicking butt.

re: #106 VegasRick

Who or what is WAB?

Whiny Ass B*tch (Michelle)

re: #99 OldLineTexan

Understood. Is an aura too New Age-y?

/

LOL! Maybe not New Age-y enough!

The look in Obama's eye is priceless.

I can't decide if this is good for Obama in that it gives him the opportunity - once again - to "prove" his patriotism; or bad in that it makes you wonder - once again - why there would be a question about a presidential candidate's patriotism.

re: #102 zombie

Yes, it's interesting -- they're so conflicted about Obama, they don't know what to think.

Basically, the Kossacks feel free to criticize him, but as soon as anyone else does, they rush to his defense!

"He may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch!"
-another Democrat

re: #115 ibmkeyboard

American flag burning in the fire place and Osama bin Lyings picture over the mantle..

you racists bastards.

/heh.

Bill Clinton's picture should be on the mantle staring at Mrs. Obamas boots..

Boots?

re: #106 VegasRick

Who or what is WAB?

Whiny A$$ Bi***

I think it's hilarious - except I think Angela Davis - oops - Michelle - should be wearing a Che shirt

This is pretty mild when you consider how many vitriolic cartoons the left-wing have published calling Condi Rice the n-word, or variations on that theme.

They had better learn to get used to it.

re: #117 Occasional Reader

Whiny Ass B*tch (Michelle)

I like it! Thanks!

re: #109 thedopefishlives

That would be because Ron Paul DEFINES stupid.

Roger. That he does.

So how come The New Yorker isn't being called racist?

re: #122 MandyManners

Boots?

Well yeah, you polish them enough and they "reflect up".

re: #107 Pullus Iulius

because I'm confident the article is full of the usual gooey Obama fructose

It's not - I'm reading it now - Obama isn't coming off too well

I think an interesting feature is the look that Obama has, rather sly looking.

WAB's hips are not that tiny IRL.

re: #111 Fat Jolly Penguin

ask and you shall receive!
Bush Lifts Ban

Can't believe they left out the big Greyhound
bus......

re: #27 ploome hineni

...the most stupid thing about this issue, is McCain personally condemning it

OMFG -- McCain camp is SO STUPID!

UPDATE to the UPDATE -- McCain spokesman Tucker "Outward" Bounds quickly e-mailed: "We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”

re: #115 ibmkeyboard
"Bill Clinton's picture should be on the mantle staring at Mrs. Obamas boobs..
There, fixed that for ya!

re: #87 OldLineTexan

But two thumb up to cartoon WAB for choosing Comrade Kalashnikov's ever-reliable Moscow Typewriter. She obviously knows more about eeevil gunz than cartoon Obamessiah.

Of course, cartoon WAB is also using a sling for the AK that appears to be designed for holding loose shotgun shells. But maybe we're overanalyzing here.

I wonder what James Thurber would have drawn instead.

On the one hand, Obama has a way of inspiring extreme opinions on both sides. On the other hand, you only get flak when you're over the target. What are the Obamatons so insecure about?

The cartoon is clever, but putting it on the cover was stupid. The cover is where you catch the buyer's eye, true, and you want something a little bit outrageous there, but it's also where you advertise your content and somebody who doesn't know any better, people who have no rational thought process (cough*OBAMAVOTERS*cough cough) might think your magazine is tastelessly anti-Obama.

re: #132 MandyManners

WAB's hips are not that tiny IRL.

You little devil, you!

Well, since Luap Nor has been mentioned...

re: #130 wahabicorridor

It's not - I'm reading it now - Obama isn't coming off too well

You have GOT to be kidding.

Has the New Yorker found its own Karl Rove? Is their purpose to create an appearance of cracks in the MSM Obamalovefest? My brain hurts...

re: #133 iChef

Bush Lifts Ban

If only the moonbats would lift some Ban from time to time.

re: #112 NoSubmission
Hey No Sub - where'd you get a large enough, clear enough copy to print out?

re: #63 NoSubmission

Genius.

If FOX News had produced this cartoon the screaming would be heard into the next century. We should thank The New Yorker.

Can the Obama cartoon riots be that far off?

Cartoon Riots ! LOL.

Ooh ee, ooh ah ah, bing, bam, Obama-rama ding dong

re: #132 MandyManners

WAB's hips are not that tiny IRL.

One saucer of milk. Will there be anything else, madam?

/

This Is Spinal Tap:

It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever.

I think they did a ok job on the art-work and the cover is reasonably clever.

Not George Will clever, but clever non-the-less.

re: #138 jemima

I wonder what James Thurber would have drawn instead.

Just be hope we don't get to see what Ted Rall would draw instead.

re: #138 jemima

I wonder what James Thurber would have drawn instead.

Or Normal Rockwell.

re: #107 Pullus Iulius

I'll probably actually buy it, mount it under glass and put it on the wall. Unread, of course, because I'm confident the article is full of the usual gooey Obama fructose. But as for the cover: Art is the lie that helps us to see the truth. Picasso said it, I believe it, that settles it.

Actually, the article inside isn't at all kind to Obama. Per HotAir:

Obama’s relations with some of his black colleagues from Chicago were dreadful from the beginning. On March 13, 1997, Obama introduced one of his first pieces of legislation, a modest bill to make a directory of community-college graduates available to local employers. There was a response from Rickey Hendon, a state senator from the West Side of Chicago who had been close to Alice Palmer. After Obama explained his bill, Hendon, who has dabbled in film and television work, earning him the nickname Hollywood, rose to ask a question, and the following exchange occurred:

HENDON: Senator, could you correctly pronounce your name for me? I’m having a little trouble with it.
OBAMA: Obama.
HENDON: Is that Irish?
OBAMA: It will be when I run countywide.
HENDON: That was a good joke, but this bill’s still going to die. This directory, would that have those 1-800 sex line numbers in this directory?
OBAMA: I apologize. I wasn’t paying Senator Hendon any attention.
HENDON: Well, clearly, as poorly as this legislation is drafted, you didn’t pay it much attention either. My question was: Are the 1-800 sex line numbers going to be in this directory?
OBAMA: Not—not—basically this idea comes out of the South Side community colleges. I don’t know what you’re doing on the West Side community colleges. But we probably won’t be including that in our directory for the students.
HENDON: . . . Let me just say this, and to the bill: I seem to remember a very lovely Senator by the name of Palmer—much easier to pronounce than Obama—and she always had cookies and nice things to say, and you don’t have anything to give us around your desk. How do you expect to get votes? And—and you don’t even wear nice perfume like Senator Palmer did. . . . I’m missing Senator Palmer because of these weak replacements with these tired bills that makes absolutely no sense. I . . . I definitely urge a No vote. Whatever your name is.
Although the exchange was part of a longstanding tradition of hazing new legislators, the tensions between Hendon and Obama were real. On another occasion, Obama voted—a parliamentary error, Obama says—to block funding for a child-welfare facility in Hendon’s district. Hendon rose and criticized Obama for the vote. The two men became embroiled in a yelling match on the Senate floor that looked as if it might become physical; they were separated by Courtney Nottage, then the chief of staff for Emil Jones. Nottage led Obama off the floor to a room that legislators used to make telephone calls. “It looked like two men that were having a serious disagreement and they had walked up to one another really close,” Nottage told me. “I didn’t think anything good could come of that.”

Hendon told me, “He’s the one that got mad, because he said I embarrassed him on the Senate floor. That’s when he came over to my desk.” Before Nottage broke them up, Obama, who had learned to box from his Indonesian stepfather, supposedly told Hendon, “I’m going to kick your ass!” Hendon said, “He said something like that.” He added that more details will appear in a book that he’s written, entitled “Black Enough, White Enough: The Obama Dilemma.”

re: #111 Fat Jolly Penguin

Linky.

re: #122 MandyManners

Boots?

I didn't want to turn it into a tits thread

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re: #137 Occasional Reader

Of course, cartoon WAB is also using a sling for the AK that appears to be designed for holding loose shotgun shells. But maybe we're overanalyzing here.

Her grenade launcher is obviously out for repairs, or maybe a nicer stock.

re: #135 soccerdad

OMFG -- McCain camp is SO STUPID!

Disagree. What would you have McCain do? "Oh, yeah, I think Obama's a terrorist"? This whole point here is to make conservatives look like nutjobs. McCain has to distance himself from it - it's the smartest thing to do.

re: #91 Occasional Reader

Can we add a "crazy like a fox" or "false flag op" category?

"False Flag" is lefty / loose change terminology, IMHO.

two funnies here - the stupid cover and the ron paul vote button.

re: #125 calcajun

SPOT ON POST. Thank you for that.

Clever? I keeeeeel you!

It should be obvious that this is satire. If it were for real, there would be a big honking red flag standing in the corner!

re: #154 Occasional Reader

Disagree. What would you have McCain do? "Oh, yeah, I think Obama's a terrorist"? This whole point here is to make conservatives look like nutjobs. McCain has to distance himself from it - it's the smartest thing to do.

The smartest thing to do is keep his trap shut and ignore it. It has nothing to do with him, and there's absolutely no reason why he should have to comment on it. Obama isn't asked to comment on every anti-McCain slur (if he was, he'd never have time to finish his waffles).

Clever cover but a mistake. Feeds into an already deep dislike of Michelle O.

I love how they unwittingly bombed their candidate by painting him as a divisive figure, an image the Obamessiah has been trying to buck for months now.

Or was it unwitting? Maybe subconsciously they want him to loose. I know liberals and they're very racist deep down. They consider blacks to be exotic pets to be taken care of and sicked on evil whitey conservatives when necessary. But putting one in charge? That's a bit much for them.

I think they'll all vote for him and secretly hope he looses. Then they can get back to seething at the guys in charge, about the only thing they know how to do.

re: #130 wahabicorridor
{wahabi} - he isn't? In the New Yorker Obama isn't coming off too well?
Geez, this coud be a flying pigs moment Charles!

They both look very comfortable that way.

re: #150 vxbush

No love for Obama here, but that Hendon person sounds like a condescending, smarmy jackass. I would not have invited him outside to whip his @ss, but I would have verbally excoriated him on that point alone.

re: #155 MajorPribluda

"False Flag" is lefty / loose change terminology, IMHO.

Actually "False Flag" is a valid counterintelligence term that has, unfortunately been hi-jacked by the troofers

re: #140 NoSubmission

You little devil, you!

I have no idea what got into me.

re: #150 vxbush

Then I'll start polishing up this here trophy of a blind squirrel finding a nut, and get it right off to the New Yorker. Gave one to the WaPo last week - I'm starting to run short.

Ron Paul!

Oh, crap.

I think I accidentally voted for Pat Buchanan.

re: #37 Dar ul Harb

Fake but accurate?

The winnah!

I really, really have to wonder about the "parody" claim. Really.

I think what we see is more an *exaggeration* or caricature, than parody. It can still be funny, but it can also show truth.

re: #134 Jed 1899
No room in the area alloted (though a peek out a window at something with the word "Bus" on it woulda been a nice touch!)!

re: #167 MandyManners

I have no idea what got into me.

Do not turn this into another penis thread.

Ok - So where is the joke?

Eustace Tilley - You magnificent bastard!

re: #155 MajorPribluda

"False Flag" is lefty / loose change terminology, IMHO.

It's got a much longer pedigree. It's a useful term, I refuse to cede a monopoly on it to the Loose Change crowd.

re: #146 OldLineTexan

One saucer of milk. Will there be anything else, madam?

/

Some cat-nip, please.

re: #154 Occasional Reader

I think you might be putting up a bit of a strawman there. I don't think anybody would say that McCain should come out and blatantly support what the New Yorker has done. But he could say something like the following: "I disagree with the expression of this cover and the implications thereof, and I condemn it. But let me add that there are still serious concerns with candidate Obama that he needs to address. Here is what I have to say to Mr. Obama..."

re: #105 eaglewingz08

See, I have to agree with this notion. First and foremost, when I have been engaging in debates regarding Obama's HIGHLY questionable past and affiliations, I find that the more the libs have to defend against these points (ineffectively, might I add) that the sort of "viral marketing" of these ideas reiterrates that some of these insinuations should be pondered. Henceforth, people perhaps not participating in the discussion that prefer to just remain spectators will begin to have the veil lifted off of their eyes and research some of the facts for themselves, as opposed to of course, refering to the actual Obama site and/or Moveon.org. Actually, I find it rather amusing when I engage in political debates that they actually site Obama's site as a source of "fact"...bwwwaahaahaa! :o)

I can't stop laughing at that picture.

re: #177 MandyManners

Some cat-nip, please.

Balled, or loose?

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re: #151 lawhawk

Expect the Democrats to complain bitterly over the move, particularly New Jersey Democrats Gov. Jon Corzine, Sen. Bob Menendez, and Sen. Frank Lautenberg who all think that offshore drilling with destroy the Jersey Shore tourist economy. They also all ignore the fact that to get people to the Jersey Shore requires oil refined into gasoline, and if the prices are sufficiently high, tourists will seek other venues to spend their money.

All the energy used by the Democrat heads a' popping could fuel my car for 10 years.

re: #152 ibmkeyboard

I didn't want to turn it into a tits thread

/

Lizards and tits? Neverrrrrrrrrrr.

re: #139 Pawn of the Oppressor

The cover is where you catch the buyer's eye, true, and you want something a little bit outrageous there, but it's also where you advertise your content and somebody who doesn't know any better, people who have no rational thought process (cough*OBAMAVOTERS*cough cough) might think your magazine is tastelessly anti-Obama.

The cover of The New Yorker has never (I can't remember in recent times) had anything to do with the content in the current issue.

It's not like the cover of a book. I'm more like the first article in the magazine.

Obama did the right thing by denouncing it, because it will cause more ruckus which bring more light to the fallacies the cover is addressing.

Those "OBAMAVOTERS" you refer to will be enlightened.

And the McCain campaign had three reasonable alternatives:
1) say nothing
2) support obama's position
3) step in front of this an say "yeah, that's a good cover, I hope everyone understands the reason why that cover was made,
straightens up and votes for me because of issues, not because
they believe any of those things"

I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! The Harpy does wear the pants in that family.

re: #150 vxbush

The article could be much better, but as to be expected, New Yorkers have a very steep learning curve when it comes to Chicago politics. At least it names the names and doesn't hold much back.

re: #181 OldLineTexan

Balled, or loose?

/

Was that a Jesse Jackson reference?

re: #69 FredWM,

Doesn't Rush say that there is truth behind good paradoy? Something like that. Yeah, while there's a lot of hyperbole here, there's also the grain of truth. But I bet you WAB doesn't even know the end of an AK-47 to point at the people you intend to kill.

That is, after all, what one has servants for.

re: #166 CIA Reject

Actually "False Flag" is a valid counterintelligence term that has, unfortunately been hi-jacked by the troofers

I'll take your word for it, but they got it and we lost it. We're not getting our colors straightened out ever again (Republicans are BLUE and Democrats are RED RED RED, FFS), so they got "false flag" as well. It may have a fine pedigree, but it sure smells bad now.

re: #84 Charles

Poll now added above...

I need another option: "too close to call".

Please notice the rifle MO is carryng is a RUSSIAN MAKDE AK - Geeze - what ever happened to buy American !

re: #173 JamesTKirk

I just choked on my juice.

re: #14 Kenneth

I think Michelle Obama is supposed to be dressed up like Angela Davis

According to that link, Ms. Davis is apparently Professor of the "History of Consciousness" at the University of California.

Really.

Is this what liberal professors do when they're not bright enough to excel in an established field of study? Just make something up and proclaim themselves the head of it?

re: #182 ibmkeyboard

particularly New Jersey Democrats Gov. Jon Corzine, Sen. Bob Menendez, and Sen. Frank Lautenberg who all think that offshore drilling with destroy the Jersey Shore tourist economy.

At least it won't spoil Ted Kennedy's ocean view.

re: #183 MandyManners

Lizards and tits? Neverrrrrrrrrrr.

Why do I hear a dog chanting in my head?

/kibbles and bits and bits and bits

re: #181 OldLineTexan

Balled, or loose?

/

Loose, please.

*purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

I think it's hilarious on every possible level.

The New Yorker, snide and arrogant, has fubar'd itself by this caricature; the loony libs are seething like Muslims in the Netherlands; Obama, snide and arrogant, is having a whole herd of goats over it; and all this seething and broohaha is OVER A CARTOON.

To me the irony is self evident and worth sitting back and having a good laugh while eating some Netherland grocery products.

re: #162 docremulac

Or was it unwitting? Maybe subconsciously they want him to loose. I know liberals and they're very racist deep down. They consider blacks to be exotic pets to be taken care of and sicked on evil whitey conservatives when necessary. But putting one in charge? That's a bit much for them.

Oh shit.

NAACp on line 3

It's definitely clever!

But Obama, and Obama supporters, sure are thin skinned. If he's elected are we going to have every cartoon about him vetted? Oh, that's right, we'll have the fairness doctrine to protect him.

Too bad it went to press before they could get a pair of $600 earrings on her.

re: #187 NoSubmission

Was that a Jesse Jackson reference?

*snort*

re: #142 OldLineTexan

You have GOT to be kidding.

Nope. I wouldn't call it a hit piece but he doesn't get a free ride either.

Ivory Mitchell, the ward chairman in Obama’s neighborhood, says of Obama that “he was typical of what most aspiring politicians are: self-centered—that ‘I can do anything and I’m willing to do it overnight.’ ”

Nice info on Chicago politics, too

re: #187 NoSubmission

Was that a Jesse Jackson reference?

Since you would have to 'splain that to me, no.

WAB? Explain.

"Stupid" seems to be overtaking "Ron Paul". It's a pity. The New Yorker isn't worth expenditure of the epithet.

re: #189 MajorPribluda

so they got "false flag" as well

Let's take it back.

Charles:

You should add "too clever by half," to the choices in the poll.

If I could vote more accurately, I would say "too clever by half."

Ron Paul, definitely.

re: #195 OldLineTexan

Why do I hear a dog chanting in my head?

/kibbles and bits and bits and bits

LOL!

re: #192 MandyManners

I just choked on my juice.

IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE----

Oh, wait, you said "juice". I thought...

Never mind.

re: #178 thedopefishlives

Why does McCain need to say anything so elaborate? It's a cartoon!

re: #199 DeafDog

It's definitely clever!

But Obama, and Obama supporters, sure are thin skinned. If he's elected are we going to have every cartoon about him vetted? Oh, that's right, we'll have the fairness doctrine to protect him.

Well, who's going to vet the vetters?

re: #191 donbmcd

Please notice the rifle MO is carryng is a RUSSIAN MAKDE AK - Geeze - what ever happened to buy American !

You can get yourself a nice American-made AK with only a smattering of foreign (usually Romanian) parts.

The New Yorker's mistake is that in order for this to work—for it to be truly ridiculous enough—the image must maintain a certain distance from reality. Unfortunately, I found myself saying... " I'll just bet Michelle had a poster of Angela Davis on wall of her college dorm!"

Isn't The New Yorker traditionally a lefty publication? No wonder the Kidz are shocked.

re: #210 JamesTKirk

!

That not The New Yorker I knew.

re: #201 MandyManners

re: #187 NoSubmission

Was that a Jesse Jackson reference?

*snort*

No no no... "snort" is an OBAMA reference, sheesh, keep it straight!

re: #210 JamesTKirk

IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE----

Oh, wait, you said "juice". I thought...

Never mind.

Funny. You don't like juice.

re: #199 DeafDog

If Obama's elected, no one will dare criticize him, or draw funny cartoons of him.

Another reason to vote for McCain. No one has any qualms criticizing, or making fun of, him!

re: #203 OldLineTexan

Since you would have to 'splain that to me, no.

I was talking about last week's Jess Jackson comments about cutting Obama's nuts off.

re: #150 vxbush

The two men became embroiled in a yelling match on the Senate floor that looked as if it might become physical

Excuse me, but this sounds funny. Have you seen a closeup of Ears's wrists? Maybe in one of those pictures with the halo where he's got his hand under his chin like he's thinking about something? Skin, tendons and skinny bones! I don't think those hands have lifted anything more substantial than a latte in a very long time.

Not that I need a candidate to be a governator before I'll vote for him, but man! this guy's only male because of an accident of anatomy -- and I think his wife's got those bits hanging on her keychain!

re: #200 MajorPribluda

Too bad it went to press before they could get a pair of $600 earrings on her.

That would be too close to the truth.

re: #165 OldLineTexan

No love for Obama here, but that Hendon person sounds like a condescending, smarmy jackass. I would not have invited him outside to whip his @ss, but I would have verbally excoriated him on that point alone.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Illinois and Chicago politics. You have just stepped through the looking glass, into a world where there is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call Springfield.

re: #218 Occasional Reader

No, snort is a Marion Barry reference.

re: #217 Anthony (Los Angeles)

That not The New Yorker I knew.

Under da bus with it!

re: #210 JamesTKirk

IT'S ALL THE FAULT OF THE----

Oh, wait, you said "juice". I thought...

Never mind.

HA!

I'd have some respect for Michelle if she really did sling a gun and ammo with military garb. that would be cool.

Michelle appears to be standing on the right wing, and Barry on the left wing and neck of the bald eagle symbol. Or is that a duck?

Has pretty much everything already been said?

I thought it a remarkably clueless cartoon. It's as if they're personifying - and confirming - every negative about the Obamas.

re: #221 NoSubmission

Hey-he's only HUMAN! Just a servant of G-d who sometimes makes mistakes!

re: #218 Occasional Reader

No no no... "snort" is an OBAMA reference, sheesh, keep it straight!

Oh, that's right. He snorted it. He didn't smoke it.

re: #220 TalkinKamel

If Obama's elected, no one will dare criticize him, or draw funny cartoons of him.

Not with his Civilian Decency Corps standing on corners and peering in windows.

I won't vote for her, but I think Hillary is still in the running. Apparently Lady Clinton has fans at the New Yorker. This is cover aimed at fickle super delegates. BTW, the New Yorker is a liberal mag.

Satire: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly

First, You got to love the fact that this cover will be adorning news stands and elitist coffee tables for the next weeks.

Second, the uneasy humor about the image is that it is not that far from the realm of possibility, at least on a subconscious level.

Third, there are already photos of BHO wearing such muslim grab.

Four, Middle America will not be amused, and not because they thing BHO and Michelle ma belle are being treated unfairly. They will not be amused at the image that is conjured up. They will be terrified.

Finally, nice ears.

the footwear alone in hilarious.

re: #216 WriterMom

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re: #154 Occasional Reader Oh yes, I agree completely O.R. - McCain really had no choice and I give him kudos for doing it so quickly. Looks like McCain's camp is getting MUCH better at quick and good responses to all things Obamish!

And the crowd goes wild....!
Obama slams Muslim portrayal

re: #215 FrogMarch

Isn't The New Yorker traditionally a lefty publication? No wonder the Kidz are shocked.

Worse than "lefty".
The New Yorker is traditionally "Manhattan".

/'nuf said

re: #227 MandyManners

Hey, juice an be deadly stuff!

I always avoid it myself in the morning, until I've guzzled down my A.M. quota of caffeine!

There's a flag in the fireplace.

re: #225 WriterMom

No, snort is a Marion Barry reference.

The bitch set him up.

re: #229 abolitionist

Michelle appears to be standing on the right wing, and Barry on the left wing and neck of the bald eagle symbol. Or is that a duck?

Obama's left foot is planted squarely on the American Eagle's neck.

re: #225 WriterMom

No, snort is a Marion Barry reference.

Actually, I think it would be "puff". And he only smoked the crack because the hooker asked him to...

re: #211 DeafDog

Why does McCain need to say anything so elaborate? It's a cartoon!

I think that McCain's best response would be "The cover of the New Yorker? You mean to say that there are people out there who still take that magazine seriously?"

re: #234 MajorPribluda

Vote for McCain! He has no Civilian Decency Corp!

(And, even if he did, they'd probably make fun of him, too!)

re: #221 NoSubmission

I was talking about last week's Jess Jackson comments about cutting Obama's nuts off.

See? Go away for a week, and you completely get lost.

I was enjoying the scenic beauty of the Texas Hill Country and the Guadalupe River in bustling downtown Hunt, Texas.

No internet.

No TV.

No newspapers.

Heaven, I tells ya.

Lemme see.
Clever?
Stupid?
Charles says ''stupid,''
So what to do?
If I were a voting woman on frivolous things like this I'd have to go with "Ron Paul."
I'm truly peeved that the Tour de France is full of doped-up riders.
Robs the joy of watching it at all.

Hey man, I'm just glad to see the return of an LGF Poll. Seems like I haven't voted for Ru Polo for ages. Feels good.

re: #239 JamesTKirk

OHNEVERMIND.

re: #238 FrogMarch

the footwear alone in hilarious.

yes it is! every inch of that cartoon speaks volumes.

I think that it is cute that the New Yorker editorial staff thinks that libs get satire.

How many times can I hit "Ron Paul"?

re: #225 WriterMom

LOL! 'Morning, WriterMom!

re: #234 MajorPribluda

If Obama's elected, no one will dare criticize him, or draw funny cartoons of him.

Not with his Civilian Decency Corps standing on corners and peering in windows.

250,000 critics with machetes and mallet clubs.

re: #171 itellu3times
Yeah, I think I'd have to go along with you on the "caricature" part.

Michelle Obama wears combat boots!

re: #256 MajorPribluda

How many times can I hit "Ron Paul"?

I think it'd only take one.

For all of you that were hesitant to read the piece and may not be now - here is the link.

re: #224 Honorary Yooper

Had to ding ya up just for the prose.

And I thought Austin sucked (and smelled funny, except next to the BBQ joints).

Where's the waffle?

Geebus this thread is really racing along (shakes fist at Ajax!).

re: #212 MajorPribluda

Who will be the thought police? I think gives us a clue

Barak's Civilian National Security Force

"Que es mas macho?"