The cover of the newest New Yorker Magazine is drawing a lot of attention. At first glance, you might think the magazine is making fun of Obama and his wife, Michelle, but that is not the case. According to the New Yorker, the cartoonist was actually making fun of the crazy accusations the "right" makes about the Obama's, and their position on terrorism (The Guardian).
Funny though, most people who see the magazine cover will never know what the intent of the magazine really was, they will simply have the image of the Obama's in the White House with a portrait of Bin Laden as the focal point of the Oval Office. So, when they go in to vote, they won't picture a noble President Obama sitting with the faces of all those dead, white guys we call the founders sitting over his shoulder. No, instead they will see Bin Laden.
The next time the New Yorker wants to point out the misguided ideas of those on the right, they might want to leave their guy out of the picture. Sometimes a little help from your friends can actually hurt.
1 comment:
This stuff was just too funny. I am not familiar with the New Yorker -- is it generally conservative or liberal? I have no idea... but I see that cover and I crack up because it's so true!! Michelle and the Rambo gun, the burning flag in the fireplace, Barack in his goofy turban, and Bin Laden on the wall. What a hoot...
Should be interesting come November!
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