Posted on 07/13/2008 4:50:34 PM PDT by XR7
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.
UPDATE -- Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton says: “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."
UPDATE to the UPDATE -- McCain spokesman Tucker "Outward" Bounds quickly e-mailed: "We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”
UPDATE to the UPDATE -- McCain spokesman Tucker "Outward" Bounds quickly e-mailed: "We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”
You never attack jokes as tasteless unless they're true.
Danielle Allen, White Courtesy Phone.
What a f****** doofus!
also, Osama’s pic on the wall, and our flag in the fireplace.
I get it but I won’t vote for him anyway.
The Left will see that and say “Gee, Obama really IS our kind of guy”.
Exactly but this cover of odumbo will hurt him with joe 6 pack though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rufWDdAX3C4
This youtuge vid assets that BHO is the antichrist. Could be right.
Ya can't make it up (Obama in turban and Michelle w/ Afro toting AK-47 on The New Yorker cover)
Scare Tactic — Obama Slams Muslim Portrayal [New Yorker]
Ya can't make it up (New Yorker Obama Cover)
He looks smooth comfy in those sandals. Her Angela Davis Hive looks pretty sweet too.
Are Clinton’s fingerprints all over this one? It’s right up their alley.
I also picture her carrying a Tokarev in the small of her back underneath her shirt, and a butterfly knife in her pocket. She is the perfect blend of a Stalinist secret agent and a Black Panther street thug.
Nasty to the core.
I keep feeling something tingly in the back of my head. It’s either a hangover or suspicion there’s quite a few folks out there willing to throw themselves under the bus for the Obamas.
Let’s just say it might look to an outsider like Jesse, Bernie Mac (my man) and this rag are more than happy to set em up so Barry can knock em out.
Let's keep getting the word out about the nasty racist and her idiot husband.
"Get Whitey! Fight the powers that be!"
"You know it, sistah!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGBikSDv4nM
Yep those were telling of his handlers and supporters........good point !
This terrorist loving POS NOBAMA needs too be back in his role as Calypso Louies step and fetch it versus any elected office in the US ........including dog catcher.
LOL!
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