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On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:01:22 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
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If the cover art floating around is real, wait 'til the latest "New
Yorker" comes out...or, if you can't, do a Google search: Obama Michelle
terrorists...this oughta be interesting...
"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us,
that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator
Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers
will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."

Michelle has a huge Afro, ala Angela Davis, and an automatic weapon
and she is giving the terrorist fist dap to Obama who is dressed as
a sheik with a turban. A portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs over the
fireplace where an American flag is burning.

Is this so over-the-top so as to be ridiculous ? Sure it is. But
are there millions of Americans stupid enough to think that it's
for real ? Sure enough.

I think The New Yorker is being too cute by half by publishing a
recruiting poster for the dumbass right-wing. If I didn't enjoy the
magazine I'd seriously consider canceling my subscription. ;-)

Um...Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription...as it were...

"...too cute by half...?" If it is real, I don't think the word "cute"
need be anywhere near this monumental ****up...

Oh, it's real alright.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-t...ve_new_yo.html

If it had a witty caption, ala an editorial cartoon, it might have
worked but as it is it just ain't funny. And for something like that
to work it has got to be funny.

The real pity is that this cutesy magazine cover is deflecting
attention away from an important editorial in today's Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/opinion/14obama.html

I think Obama has hit the nail squarely on the head in this piece
but unfortunately it won't get the coverage it deserves because of
a stupid brouhaha over a silly magazine cover.

--
Ken Fortenberry