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But this one, The New Yorker's Obama terrorist cartoon, goes to the bottom of the pile.
That spot's currently held by Radar magazine, which plastered a bare-butt Obama and a horny-looking Hilliary on the cover last year. (Beware of slide 13 in the gallery)
First off, I'd never be caught dead reading a copy of the latte-drinking-elitist-mag that is The New Yorker. And if Obama was really a latte-drinking-elitist (like some of his white supporters are) he would not have come out with an ultra-sensitive response to The New Yorker's "The Politics of Fear" cover story. ...
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Oct. 23, 2006
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Obama's response was to call the piece "tasteless and offensive."
Exactly, tasteless and offensive are the first two considerations magazines make when deciding what goes on the cover. The third consideration is "What's Britney Spears doing?"
Crazy magazine covers always remind me of how much the business is hurting, especially those publications in the high-brow, New York-centric political-culture and commentary genre.
On the one hand, Obama pictured as a flag-burning-turbin-wearing-fist-jabbing-Muslim-terrorist is satire, meant to be funny, but true, and bring home the Right's ridiculous view of presidential hopeful "Barack Hussein."
The cover "combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them (the images) for the obvious distortions they are," the magazine's editor said.
This is the sort of news latte-drinking-elitist readers thirst for.
On the other hand, when will this Obama Muslim terrorist satire/joke get old?
Well, don't judge a book by its cover, says a Midwest blogger who actually read the story published in the New Yorker.
New Yorker writer Ryan Lizza eloquently demolishes Obama's oft-stated contention that he's a change agent.
"...He has always played politics by the rules as they exist, not as he would like them to exist," Lizza writes. "He runs as an outsider, but he has succeeded by mastering the inside game."
The cover is satirical and will receive most of the attention, he said. The article is a detail-filled piece on Obama's political skills and should get the most attention.
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By: Tony on 7/14/2008 3:34PM
OMG! Why does this surprise anyone! This is America after all. Ug! How do I get out of this country!
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By: Tesi on 7/14/2008 3:56PM
New Yorker are concerned and are true americans who believed that electing Hussien Obama to the highest office in the country and around world is a danger to America. He is connected to people who hate Americans. His characters are questionable with people he has connection with, besides his too inexperience, lack integrity and good judgement. Is he born in Hawaii as claim to be the president of this country? There are too many questions about this man. He came this far because he was buying and still buying his way to the White House. Hussien Obama should give up this forcing to be president. He is not gonna win.
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By: omar on 7/14/2008 3:26PM
This is Slander he should sue them and use the money for the campaine. One, the man is a Christian and they need to stop looking at all Muslims as terrorist. Muslims are Americans too. God bless America and all His people.
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By: Elsie on 7/14/2008 3:27PM
This is a desperate attempt to draw citizens into a divide over race. What a ridiculous waste of journalistic freedom. Those who do not go beyond the cover will linger there and react as planned. When will the press stop treating everyone as if we cannot think or reason? It's time to say enough is enough. Get over your need to tell us what to think.
A tree is known by the fruit it bears. Tnis depiction of the Obama's is not who they really are. What is it about them that makes some Americans sink to such lows as this? What is this need to spark fear in the minds of some in order to move a political agenda forward? This is more of the "Bush Era" politics - Use fear to encourage irrational behavior.
Some of us are just SICK OF THIS MADNESS!
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By: don b. on 7/14/2008 4:24PM
the more things change ,the more they stay the same ....
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By: ahmad on 7/14/2008 4:08PM
These images are distaseful in nature and sadistic in spirit. This is a man that is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party for President of the United States of America. Is not there an editorial board or manager that could reject this non-sense it reminds me of the images on Golf Magazine of the Noose with a feature story of Eldrick "Tiger" Woods this in the words of the Great Michael Gerald Tyson is ludicrous!!! Remember the Willie Lynch Letter on the banks of the James River in 1812 he said I have a fool-proof methods keeps the slaves in check for at least 300 years dont fall for the ok-key-doke. Get the lecture The God at War The Future is All About the YouTh. Peace and Paradise
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By: Joe moore on 7/14/2008 3:38PM
We've already had a terroist in office for eight years,what the hell you call BUSH
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By: Botofyah on 7/14/2008 3:48PM
FOR ROSIE,
It is no coincidence that Blacks were taken into the "Four Corners of the World" to be Slaves to heathens. It is no coincidence that Blacks serve the White man's god. Read Leviticus 26th and Deuteronomy 28th Chapters and learn the true identity of the Biblical Israelites and what happened to them and why. Also...
THUS SAITH THE LORD
A Book on the “Old Testament”
by
Tziona Yisrael
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By: death on 7/14/2008 3:53PM
Well, the truth of the matter is, if you cannot sell newspapers or magazines without employing misleading information than it would only indicate that somewhere in the business of reporting data they've lost the true nature of practical, responsible reporting, As far as freedom of speech, I rather refer the satirical items as a freedom of ignorance.
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By: TANK on 7/14/2008 3:43PM
HOW DOES IT FEEL???
Do you want to know how it feels to be disrespected in public by a public figure who seemingly has little or no regard for you? Then check out Barack Obama's reaction to the cover of "The New Yorker" magazine. He said;
“It is tasteless and offensive.”
Yes Senator and so was your quip “Black men are acting like boys.” Do you see how we do things here in America? Respect others and you might be respected back. Disrespect others and you will be disrespected.
HOW DOES IT FEEL???
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