Obama: Attempt at satire not quite successful

If you find the satire missing and the cartoon intentionally mean-spirited and demeaning, as I do, I say rip off the covers of the magazines wherever you see them in the stores. Make them unsellable.

Hit these AIPAC types right in the financial gut.

None of the dummies who wouldn't get that cartoon even know what the New Yorker is.

Obama in '08!

To the self-ordained satire experts -- You should learn a bit about the history of the form before constructing an opinion and looking like an idiot in public...

This New Yorker cover is a Disney cartoon compared to the biting political satire of the 1970's, a la Ralph Steadman, etc. Satire is not intended to be inclusive and safe...it's supposed to have a target, be biting, and shock you out of your stupor. Thank you New Yorker for having the guts and sense of humor necessary to run this! It was hilarious...but not even remotely funny as all the "offended" people screaming like idiots out there.

To Comment #1 aka Christie,

What does this have to do with hitting "these AIPAC types right in the financial gut."

I guess that it takes someone who is anti-Israel (and probably also an anti-Semite) to confuse the issue and turn the idiocy of the New Yorker cover into both an anti-Obama and anti Israel statement.

What I find deeply disturbing is the underlining message: this is satire, and we can laugh at this false depiction of Senator Obama: he is, after all, not Muslim. Phew!

But what if he were Muslim? As millions of Americans are?

You see what I'm saying...

You MA liberals get so SELECTIVELY incensed!

Didn't hear a peep from you when Bush, Regan, Romney, W. Bush and other "balanced: politicians were lampooned????

Hey, when your running for President you open yourself up to anything, why do you pandering milktoasts feel the need to rise to the Muslim's defense?

Obama even said.. it is a cartoon. Dont be a whinner! Obama was seen before wearing that kind of outfit. So what is the big deal! Shame of him that he is not proud of his roots. Next, Michelle is proud of her country for the first time. That is why she is depicted "NOW" as the protector/fighter of our country - perfect uniform for her - good way of blending to the people of our enemy. Since they know we wear caps and shave our heads... why not follow her lead? Dont cry or mad over a drawing, my god.. there are more things to worry. In short, my fellow Americans.... be proud of who we are and we need to stay the same course with iraq to complete our task and bring back our soldiers and thank them and TLC THEM! I AM BREATHING THE AIR THEY GIVE ME... IT IS CALL " AIR FREEDOM".

So you would penalize the stores that sell the magazine?

The most offensive thing to me in this brouhaha is the attempt to tailor the electoral process to a very unorthodox candidate. Let's face the fact that power is very dangerous and let's face it America in all its glory isn't heaven. People even of very homogenous societies can be categorized in a spectrum ranging from good to outright evil, individually as well as institutionally.
And Obama wants to be the president of all those people! Now you tell me,
Is someone naive here?

Yes. Let's do. And while we're at it, why not just take the magazines out of the stores and burn them along with "Satanic Verses," and Elvis and Beatles records.

Yes do that, and enjoy a nice prison cell for a few nights after you get arrested for destruction of property.

Who needs cartoonists to link Obama to terrorist interests, when he has supporters (see "Christie" in reply #1) who advocate the malicious destruction of the property of those whose political statements they disagree with?

While the New Yorker cover purports to be one of those cute New Yorker covers, and everyone wants to dismiss it as satire, I think there is an element of hostility there. It's sort of like doing cover of Adlai Stevenson dressed up like a Russian holding a hammer and sickle flag during the Joe McCarthy era and then saying it's just satire.

it's just an attempt for the new yorker to sell magazines, quite frankly, i don't care about the new yorker and wouldn't buy a copy anyways.

I, a Christian, registered Republican, and frequent New Yorker reader, fully understood the satire of the cover.

What I wonder about is the damage the cartoon may have had for our nation's view of our Muslim fellow Americans, many of whom put their lives on the line for all of us, serving in our military and our domestic police and firefighters.

Having a treasured First Amendment right to publish almost anything does not mean our public cannot react with disgust to what is published.

This cartoon is an act of terror. The New Yorker should be punished and should retract and apologize. To depict the Democratic nominee for president with the American flag burning and a picture of Osama Bin Laden on the wall of the Oval Office is a terroist act, terrorizing the world, using fear for TERROR. It reinforces the message of fear and TERROR that misrepresent the truth of Barack Obama. How would the Neocons respond to McCain depicted in KKK attire with a Nazi swastika?

"It's sort of like doing cover of Adlai Stevenson dressed up like a Russian holding a hammer and sickle flag during the Joe McCarthy era and then saying it's just satire."

Only if there was an attempt by his opponents to spread canards about Adlai Stevenson being a Russian communist.

Barach Hussein Obama does have problem(s).One is the inability to look into the eyes of those he is talking to- this suggests a deep seated inferiority complex and or mistrust of those who he does not explictly understand.

Yes Christie & Ben and the rest of you pinko commies, while we're at it let's have a book burning bonfire and roam the streets with torches to lynch anyone who disagrees with you. The further left you Democrats go the more Nazi-like you become.

Where were you when President Bush was satirized or is it only evil and unfair when your Messiah is on the cover?

You are the real internal Terrorists that we Americans have to worry about.

he is a muslim , they are not aloud to change their religion, and even if he did, that should be a disgrace to muslims, and he is surely one to christians, promoting anti white anti american,,, and funding that church to do it! with our tax dollars is obsence to say the least! not to mention him giving grants to resko, the slum landlord....look at what obama didnt do to chicago slums,,is that what we can expect america to look like should he become the pres? he is merely a car salesman, who soros, pelosi, reid, kennedy gore dean all hope to use..for their agenda against america! dont tell americans to drop dead pelosi! i hope you are tried for treason,,,,,drill here now! stop holding america hostage, you know darn will iran is waiting to attack, us, ive seen them yelling it on the news..but it quickly got hushed, death to americans! yeah go ahead dems...surrender us to them..or to the commys you love to be in bed with!