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 Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:49 pm
It's satire, and Obama himself has no comment. Leave it be.
Every nation has it's demons. Every country has people they want to hide.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:33 am
It's absolutely satire and New Yorker readers like myself see it easily unlike, it would seem, the humourless Obama staffers.
Hell, I bet they wouldn't even get the cartoons in the New Yorker either.
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults," - Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:05 am
I actually thought it was funny. Satire=Awesome.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:21 am
Same here.
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults," - Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:00 am
Dont worry its satire the New Yorker staff is a exstention of the Obama campaign staff.
Just like all of the other media outlets are also.
I am in favor of making a thorough trial for peace, and if we fail in this and our state is invaded, to defend it with terrific resistance. "Deo Vindice"
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:14 am
Mr_Canada wrote: It's satire, and Obama himself has no comment. Leave it be. Not true, did you even read the article?  Quote: The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “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."
I am in favor of making a thorough trial for peace, and if we fail in this and our state is invaded, to defend it with terrific resistance. "Deo Vindice"
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:14 am
ManifestDestiny wrote: Mr_Canada wrote: It's satire, and Obama himself has no comment. Leave it be. Not true, did you even read the article? Quote: The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “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." Indeed. Obviously, someone over there in the Obama cult were un happy. (fistbump)
Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders’ dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We’ve taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep In Flanders’ fields.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:06 am
ManifestDestiny wrote: Mr_Canada wrote: It's satire, and Obama himself has no comment. Leave it be. Not true, did you even read the article? Quote: The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “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." His spokesman, yes. But if YOU read what I wrote (I said Obama HIMSELF, not his "people") and what the article said: Quote: “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, shrugging incredulously: “I have no response to that.” Like I said. Obama himself has no comment.
Every nation has it's demons. Every country has people they want to hide.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:06 am
New York votes Democrat. Satirical or non-satirical 'issues' notwithstanding. 
I wish all my exes lived in Texas.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:34 am
"The best social program is still a job"- Stephen Harper
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:57 am
I've seen the image. I don't understand what's funny about it.
belittle and dehumanise that which you do not understand
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:42 am
What's funny is that it contains all of the baseless smears the right have trying to pin on Obama and his wife for some time now. It's funny because the caricature shows just how silly those attempts are.
From left to right:
1. His wife is a militant black nationalist
2. Fist bumps are actually terrorist greetings
3. Obama is a secret muslim
4. Obama hates America (hence the flag in the fireplace)
5. Lastly, Obama sounds a lot like Osama which, in the minds of the right, means they're one and the same.
"The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults," - Alexis de Tocqueville.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:27 pm
It might be easy for the Obama supporters to simply dismiss this but for many others, these are still important questions and this may have played into their hands. It's a provocative cover and maybe just too provocative? The cover artist was canadian too. Here's the first counter-cartoon I've seen. 
Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders’ dead.
The fight that ye so bravely led
We’ve taken up. And we will keep
True faith with you who lie asleep In Flanders’ fields.
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 11:13 pm
Well, obviously it was offencive. But really, it just shows how offencive the extreme right in America are being and it's bringing light to the ridiculousness of their claims.
I'm not really sure what to say about it. I think it's fine. Not really funny, but I understand what they mean by the cover.
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