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Who knows if they'll get this in Dubuque , but they sure aren't going to like it in Chicago: This week's New Yorker cover features an image of Michelle and Barack Obama that combines every smeary right-wing stereotype imaginable: An image of Obama in a turban and robes fist-bumping his be-afro'd wife, dressed in the military fatigues of a revolutionary and packing a machine gun and ...

Originally Posted by Emeraldinlays I suspect we'll be mostly divided here between Obama supporters and Obama haters. I think it's funny as satire, but not a good idea for the cover, as most people will probably think it's an actual statement ...

I suspect we'll be mostly divided here between Obama supporters and Obama haters. I think it's funny as satire, but not a good idea for the cover, as most people will probably think it's an actual statement against Obama. I mean, the public already knows from all those email forwards that he's a Muslim terrorist/spy for the Canadians/fanatic Elvis lover/alien abductee mutant telepathic ...

Let me see if I got this straight: When it comes to Obama, we're supposed to ignore his background, the fact that his dad really is a Muslim from Africa, the fact that Muslim groups around the world like the guy, the fact that he really did go to a Muslim school, and his associations, even the recent ones, with really shady characters because he is just your average, run of the mill Democrat ...

Originally Posted by Christopher Let me see if I got this straight: When it comes to Obama, we're supposed to ignore his background, the fact that his dad really is a Muslim from Africa, the fact that Muslim groups around the world like the guy, ...

...pretty much. I don't think he's a hack though.

that could be the most accurate picture of obama and the creature he is married to that we have ever seen.

Is it the New Yorker 's job to write uniformly flattering profiles of Obama? Do they have a duty to avoid controversial imagery that plays off the most dogged and damaging campaign smears? What political orientation does the New Yorker come from? Who is the majority of the readers of...

Originally Posted by Christopher Let me see if I got this straight: When it comes to Obama, we're supposed to ignore his background, the fact that his dad really is a Muslim from Africa, the fact that Muslim groups around the world like the guy,...

And, to think pubs didn't want to vote for Kennedy because he was Catholic. I think this is one side not happy about a portrayal wether it was done to actually laugh at conservative loonies trying to hang Obama with the Muslim rope.