About That New Yorker Cover...

If you were one of those who thought the Right couldn't possibly look at the New Yorker cover and see it as an accurate or even semi-accurate representation of the Obamas, I give you G. Gordon Liddy:

"I don't suppose you've, by any chance, have seen the cover of the latest issue of the New Yorker magazine, which is, you know, a huge thing. It's got Obama in his Muslim dress with a turban, and he's there with his wife. His wife has a "mad at the world" afro, circa 1968, she — she's got bandoliers and an assault weapon, and there in their fireplace is burning the American flag. The New Yorker finally got it right."

When the cover came out, I was largely dismissive of the controversy. America needs to get a sense of humor. But I'm changing my position. G. Gordon Liddy knows the cover is satirical, knows it is hyperbole, even knows it is intended to make fun of people like him. But that isn't going to stop him and those like him from using it as anti-Obama propaganda.

Do these people make a mockery of themselves? Of course. Do they vote? Absolutely.

Comments

Sure Liddy knows, but the people who listen to him don't. it is fuel the white backlash which I fear is coming. i just hope they stay home in Nov.

Posted by: Just A Thought on 07/16/08 at 5:40 PM Respond

Imagine the New Yorker running a front page cartoon of Israel detonating a "-----" bomb with the caption;"If they won't let us steal it then no one I mean no one can have it for a thousand years!" pretty bad taste- satirical right! There is a right time and a wrong time,for expression- this cover was not funny and it was a bad time for it to be published. I am suspect of the motive. expression hmm unless

Posted by: marc on 07/16/08 at 11:32 PM Respond

So we either have to dumb everything down to the point that idiots can't possibly misrepresent it, or find some way to keep the idiots from voting? The terrorists won.

Posted by: Bill on 07/17/08 at 8:19 AM Respond

Hey People,

LIddy is jsut telling it like MILLIONS of americans already think..
obama and baby momma are closet thinkers. You people made the biggest mistake in years when you threw hillary under the bus.. hahahaha
The more obama opens his mouth, the more average Americans think he is a urban whack job. And by the way, his wife is being hidden so whe can't say naything more to hurt her baby daddy.

Bill

Posted by: Bill Nigh on 07/17/08 at 10:15 AM Respond

NEW YORK TIMES HATE-BAIT LEADERS ATTACK OBAMA, THE LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE AMERICA PEOPLE

The notorious systematic "anti-Semitic" baiting, "racist" baiting, "Muslim" baiting, and "extremist" baiting; the standard Podhoretz Neo-Con and Leiberman Neo-Lib hate-baiting tactic in the American Cultural War, does more damage to the treacherous reputations of these Crypto- Neo-Marxists than to the trustworthy reputations of Obama and his supporters. Obama is known throughout the World to have earned broad support among Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and Humanists of all races. Such desperate attempts at the intimidation and slander of Obama, by these hate-baiters, shall be severely punished by the American People in the course of the Cultural War.

Posted by: Jeugenen on 07/17/08 at 12:07 PM Respond