Comments on: Furor Swirls Around Liberal New Yorker’s Caricature Of Obama Cover

By: pressdigital

pressdigital — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:54:11 +0000

There you can support the most outlandish claims imaginable about Obama and Michelle. Where you one of the people who believed Larry Johnson that the infamous "Whitey" video would be released in days?

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By: new yorker cartoon

new yorker cartoon — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:16:02 +0000

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By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:59:04 +0000

I actually enjoy the cover- great satire! While I do worry worry about misrepresentations of Obama in the press and how some people believe trash, I don't see why there can't be satire, etc. out there that appeals to me and others who appreciate this. Some people get it, others don't.

By: DLS

DLS — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:01:44 +0000

To date the furor remains childish.

Too childish and probably intellectually challenged [tm] to get past the cover…

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/0...

By: jdledell

jdledell — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:13:13 +0000

Silhouette – Your trash about Obama, Sinclair etc belong on No Quarter where you can commiserate with fellow Hillary supporters who refuse to believe that she lost. There you can support the most outlandish claims imaginable about Obama and Michelle. Where you one of the people who believed Larry Johnson that the infamous “Whitey” video would be released in days?

If no such bi sexual revelation is ever made by reliable sources will you come on this forum and apologize? If it proves true, I will come here and apologoze to you.

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:35:20 +0000

ChrisWWW said: "If the masses are as ignorant as you as both think, then there is little hope for our country anyways."

The masses have always been information/comprehension challenged to various degrees, but that doesn't mean they should be encouraged in that direction.

Silhouette: All that impending Obama scandal "research", as exciting as it may seem, sends my crap detector into the redzone. I'll start taking it seriously when reliable sources do.

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new yorker magazine obama cover — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:04:15 +0000

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By: Rambie

Rambie — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:31:31 +0000

Ah Sil, another consipiracy theory. If I put up a YouTube video saying I'm McCain's illegitimate child will you believe it too?

There was nothing in that first article about a polygraph where did you pull that out from? The second link in a message forum talking about the YouTube video from the first link. Anyone can put a YouTube video up.

I wouldn't put it past anyone in this political environment to try and use this, so you may be right on that account. As the article stated, they used a similar tactic against the Clinton's for years.

By: spooey

spooey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:56:52 +0000

Hillary did it.

By: slapper58

slapper58 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:38:53 +0000

I understand that there’s a lot at stake in this upcoming election but to ascribe nefarious motives to Barry Blitt for what is clearly a satirical sketch is missing the point. When Obama became a serious contender for the presidency it was easy to foresee racism eventually rearing its ugly head but who could have figured on the insidious and ridiculous series of incidents: the lapel pin, the misquotes (whitey??, ashamed to be American??etc.), the photo of Barack in Muslim-ish garb, his name lovingly inflected by so many talk radio hosts; Barack HUSSEIN Obama, a “terrorist” fist bump. This crap has been going on for months now but this drawing has succeeded in raising the ire that those other examples failed to do.
This is satire and it speaks to a truth that is the baseless insinuations raised by those opposed to Obama. It’s so much easier to focus on this meaningless surface stuff than the real issues as though this drawing will change peoples minds when push comes to shove.
All the racist assertions Blitt has depicted are already out there, even in mainstream media pulpits, and the cover merely groups them together as if to shine a bright light on the lunacy that too often goes unnoticed.
I’m sure Obama gets this as do those responsible for the website he set up to fight such underhanded attacks.
Blitt was defending the Obamas and mature political discourse. Everybody should ease up on the vitriol and start focusing on the important matters that concern us all.

By: mrs candy

mrs candy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:55 +0000

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By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:29 +0000

Guerrilla, sorry.

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:12 +0000

“I especially liked Michelle Obama a la Angela Davis, complete with an early 70s radical 'fro.”

I liked the guerilla gear and the Castro-like fatigues.

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:28:14 +0000

"They missed the flag pin."

Look in the fireplace. [grin]

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"I'd be funny if next month they do one on McCain. I'm sure DLS and others will think it's just as funny then too. "

I would. Looking in a mirror and seeing Bush; a stereo playing Bomb Iran; I can't think of anything else offhand.

By: new yorker obama

new yorker obama — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:21:07 +0000

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By: katiec

katiec — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:41:34 +0000

The New yorker went over the line. This is not funny and not entertainment.
The problem is too many idiots and radicals will wallow in this
mudslinging.
With the importance of this upcoming election an extreme of this kind
is not only horrible but irresponsible.
One thing they did was manage to get attention. Maybe that is what
they were after.

By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:18:35 +0000

I subscribe to TNY & not just for the cartoons—-Gopnick, Packer et al. are among the best & Hertzberg has e-mailed me over an issue. But this cover demonstrates that the Upper West Side is occasionally clueless about the great unwashed majority out there who will see the cover on cable & network news & simply say to themselves that Obama rhymes with Osama & Michelle is a closet Ayers.

I want to see Remnick on Olberman explaining this one away—-that will be a classic.