re: #328 mich-again

OTOH it was perfectly acceptable to photoshop George W. Bush’s face onto a monkey for laughs. One example here…

But obviously the rules of what is acceptable satire are different now. I’m not sure if there are any non-human life forms that would be acceptable to use in presidential satire photos these days.

The National Review cover featuring a picture of 0 dressed as a doctor, snapping on a latex examination glove and saying “Now just relax…” with a big grin was hilarious, and didn’t fasten on to any stereotypes. A depiction of him as a Medieval physician directing his assistants to apply bloodsucking leeches to a hapless patient (and perhaps their wallet) wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. Casting him as Doctor Marvel, the snake-oil salesman from The Wizard of Oz, would also get across a critical point without racial offense. And those are just a few that come quickly to mind without any real effort.