Again, people, let's understand the satire and stop whining...

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Yet online discussion boards from coast to coast overflowed with anger and despair that the image of the golden young senator from Illinois had somehow been taken in vain.

A grass-roots organizer in Chicago named Mark S. Allen made his complaint to one of the Chicago Tribune's blogs.

"I will NEVER purchase or read The New Yorker Magazine again!!" mewled Allen. "I found your current cover on the Obamas extremely insulting, hurtful, racist and not worthy of the reward of my continuing to purchase The New Yorker."

That was mild compared to the shame that Chuck-in-Wichita heaped on the New Yorker via his comment to the Los Angeles Times' politics blog, Top of the Ticket. Chuck failed "to see the humor in that rag they call a magazine." Not content to merely boycott the magazine, he pledged "to never even visit New York, let alone live there."

But it was not only the general public that fumed. Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks, running for L.A. County supervisor, woofed on cable TV about the outrage of it all.

Chicago Tribune columnist/blogger Eric Zorn gave notice that he is waiting for the magazine to launch an equal-ink takedown depicting John McCain as "about 150 years old and spouting demented non-sequiturs in the middle of a violent temper tantrum while, in the corner, his wife is passed out next to a bottle of pills."

I'm still embarassed that so many on the Left just....don't.....get.....it.

Granted, McCain's side has been playing the 'we're shocked, SHOCKED by this behavior!' game, too. Political correctness affects everyone. But still....

that we covered this yesterday Horus.

Ok here's the deal: for satire to be funny, there must be a kernal of truth. e.g. Grandpa McSame is old satire is funny because.. he's old.

Because there was no truth in the drawing, while clever; many found it offensive and failing the basic test of satire.

It would have been fine as an editorial cartoon on page D22 of your local newspaper.. not as front page on a national publication.

Low information voters (13% believe Obama's a Muslim and 25% believe he went to school in a madrassa) will pass by a newstand and have every one of their false beliefs reinforced.

Therefore, the cover failed on mulitple levels..

The problem with satirical art is that everyone doesn't get it. For every person who does get it, there will be five who take it literally. Right wingers know that and will use that image to their benefit. For that reason, I can understand why "Obamistas" would be less than pleased with it.

Agreed

so Horus, how do you feel about the latest cartoon? Same way?

I can't seem to get any liberals to join in on this thread....why?