Sunday, July 13, 2008

"The Incredible Cover": The New Yorker's Explosive New Cover


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From ABC News
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/07/new-ironic-new.html

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Obama Camp Hammers New 'Ironic' New Yorker Cover Depicting Conspiracists' Nightmare of Real Obamas
July 13, 2008 5:46 PM

The sophisticates at The New Yorker have come up with a cover that is sure to get the magazine a lot of attention. Negative attention. From their friends.
An illustration by Barry Blitt depicts Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and his wife Michelle in the Oval Office, revealing their "true" selves: Michelle is in full revolutionary garb, an enormous afro making her look like a millennial Angela Davis, holding an automatic weapon and wearing military pants.
In the cartoon Michelle is giving dap, or fist-bumping, with her husband who is wearing a turban and is dressed in garb perhaps more appropriate for a madrassa in Lahore than the Oval Office.
A painting of Osama bin Laden hangs above the fireplace, where the American flag is being burned.

ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports that when he was asked about the controversial cover during a press avail today, Obama shrugged and then said, "I have no response to that."
His campaign had a response later in the day on Sunday.
Said Obama spox Bill Burton: "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."
Knowing the liberal politics of the magazine, I believe the magazine's staff when they say the illustration is meant ironically, as a parody of the caricature some conservatives (and some supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.) are painting of the Obamas.
But it's still fairly incendiary, at least as these things go. I wonder what the reaction would be were it the Weekly Standard or the National Review putting such an illustration on their covers.
Intent factors into these matters, of course, but no Upper East Side liberal -- no matter how superior they feel their intellect is -- should assume that just because they're mocking such ridiculousness, the illustration won't feed into the same beast in emails and other media. It's a recruitment poster for the right-wing.
"This is as offensive a caricature as any magazine could publish," says a high-profile Obama supporter, "and I suspect that other Obama supporters like me are also thinking about not subscribing to or buying a magazine that trafficks in such trash."
But I would assume over at the Conde Nast building, they think it's droll.
I cannot imagine there aren't some angry, angry people in Chicago right now wondering if they should ever even talk to the New Yorker again.
- jpt

A note from Radarsite: If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this incredible cover from The New Yorker is worth an encyclopedia. Whatever their original intentions, whatever their motivation, whether ironical or not, this caricature hits the proverbial nail on its proverbial head. No single illustration could more perfectly convey the legitimate -- I repeat, legitimate -- fears and concerns that so many of us have about the prospects of an Obama Presidency. An Islamophile and a racist. What a great prospect for America's future.
We can only hope that this shocking New Yorker cover takes on a life of its own, and is seen by millions of potential Obama supporters. Maybe, just maybe, where our thousands of words have failed, a picture can succeed.
An Obama White House is the very worst thing that could happen to our already vulnerable nation. We can only hope that this one inflammatory picture will help to seal his political doom. - rg

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9 comments:

  1. For all the claims from the left that the covers is actually an anti-conservative cover, they sure are up in arms over it.

    Sorry, but all those who have laughed and portrayed President Bush as a Chimp and dullard the last 8 years have no right to express outrage at this cover.

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  2. Sure they do Lew! After all...they are the ONLY ones allowed to act in such manner!

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  3. We know, because of Michelle's comments, that she is an America hater. We know,from her thesis, that she is a racist.

    We know, from Barack's 10 year association with an America hating racist preacher, that he does not object to America hating, black liberation theology.

    We know, from his long association with Islamophiles, terror supporters & terrorists that he has no substantive objections to terrorism.

    We don't know if he is still Muslim, but we know that he was born and raised Muslim and that he likes the sound of the Adhan, which he has memorized and can recite.

    We know that Muslims, including terrorists, assume that he is Muslim and will implement policies favorable to their goal of reconquering Israel.

    If the Senator is not Muslim, he needs to make an explicit statement renouncing Islamic Jihad, terror & genocide and the Koran verses & traditions that sanctify & exemplify those horrific practices. My blog post, "Specifically, Senator" makes this challenge explicitly, in detail. Why won't he meet that challenge?

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  4. You got quoted by Stop the ACLU. Good for you.

    Debbie Hamilton
    Right Truth

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  5. Hey guys, thanks. And a special thanks to Snooper for the original heads up.
    rg

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  6. To my buddy Deb -- they didn't really quote me there. I'm one of their contributors now. lolol.
    Roger

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  7. If this was an attempt at sarcasm it didn't work. If it was an attack on the right it won't work. It was done in poor taste by a magazine that is liberal.

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  8. Considering the "New Yorker" cover; the editorial staff probably thought it was a compliment.
    In their black hearts they were projecting their wishes.

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  9. The editorial staff of the "New Yorker" were most likely projecting, from the black hearts, their dreams.
    For me, of course, it's a prevailing nightmare.
    Missing; Patty Hearst and Cinque.

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