New Yorker Magazine Depicts Obama In Turban With Burning American Flag

  •  July 14, 2008

The folks at the The New Yorker are saying this is “satire,” but I’m not getting the joke.

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I guess the “satire” is that this is the conservative view of Obama. The problem is that this is over the top even for most conservatives. Not to mention the fact that boiling the right’s objections to Obama down to something as silly as the Muslim thing is a straw-man argument so dumb as to not even be worth addressing.

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  • http://magyartruth.blogspot.com/ Chief RZ

    Unbelievable.

  • http://proof-proofpositive.blogspot.com/ proof_positive

    In the Oval Office, no less! Wishful thinking!

  • Neiman

    How about this as a possible interpretation.

    Obama the Osama candidate!

    Michelle heads the new Civilian, brown shirt, security forces.

    Obama will wear his pajamas in the Oval Office for all state visits.

  • http://www.pal2pal.com/BLOGEE Pal2Pal

    I'll say here what I said at Althouse, the cover to be realistic would have a picture of Lenin, Trotsky or Alinsky rather than Obama. Otherwise, I'd say the artist pretty much nailed it.

    Now is it over the top, yeah, too much honesty leaves open too much room for backlash.

  • http://www.pal2pal.com/BLOGEE Pal2Pal

    oops, rather than Osama

  • http://www.dartemis.net/blog/ sayanything-42

    Rob,

    You overlook the portrait of bin Laden over the fireplace.

  • robert108

    Obviously a Freudian slip, or wishful thinking, or both.

  • MikeAdamson

    What's with that terrorist fist jab thing? Funny cartoon.

  • http://claude.betancourt.us/blog/ Claude

    You gotta love the commie rifle (AK-47) on Michelle's back.

  • http://ndgoon.blogspot.com/ goon

    I am confused I thought the new yorker was a left leaning rag, but it does look semi accurate.

  • http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

    Just as I suspected!

  • robert108

    BTW, the drawing of Michelle looks a lot like Sixties vintage Angela Davis. Right On!

  • sayanything-2407

    ….and the American flag in the fire.

  • RebTex

    What?!
    He's actually an arab/American & she seems to be a real militant chick.

  • http://www.valleydeals.com/cgi-bin/board2/YaBB.pl Kevin

    There's Phil Gramm's "out;" he can just claim he was being satirical and all will be forgiven!

  • docdave

    The portrait of our next president. Depressing.

  • Dan

    Judging by the quality of posts on this comments page that straw man argument has a vital, beating heart.

  • http://sayanythingblog.com robport

    A blog comment section is hardly the bellwether of the conservative movement.

  • robert108

    A blog comment section is hardly the bellwether of the conservative movement.

    Especially the comments by lefties.

  • robert108

    There's Phil Gramm's "out;" he can just claim he was being satirical and all will be forgiven!

    He can claim he was just joking; yeah, that's the ticket!

  • http://insanereindeer.blogspot.com/ Kenny

    A blog comment section is hardly the bellwether of the conservative movement.

    Shrug, you're just too nice Rob. The rest of us see it and say "Huh, that's spot on." and say so.

    Anti-Americanism? Check. Dealing with militant radicals? Check. Pandering to bad guys? Check. Minus the turban…it's not a bad call.

  • Mickey

    Not a very accurate depiction at all…Michelles ass is much larger than that.

  • ollie-B

    The magazine explains at the start of its news release previewing the issue: "On the cover of the July 21, 2008, issue of 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

    Now tell me. What about the cartoon is an inaccurate depiction of the future of America, according to conservatives, if Obama is elected?

  • robert108

    Now tell me. What about the cartoon is an inaccurate depiction of the future of America, according to conservatives, if Obama is elected?–

    It came from the mind of a leftie political cartoonist. It shows the leftie mindset, not a conservative mindset. We expect any President to follow his Oath of Office.

  • http://freedatingtoday.free-forums.org/ Linda Eaton

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