[Rhodes22-list] Political Satire

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Tue Jul 15 07:56:10 EDT 2008


The recent "flap" over the Obama New Yorker cover is one of the most amusing
events I've witnessed in over four decades of closely following politics.
Of course, the New Yorker cover was supposed to be making fun of barely
educated rednecks like me living in fly-over states (despite the fact I was
a subscriber for over ten years).  They got a little too clever for
themselves.  The burning flag in the fireplace did remind me of  the photo
of Bill Ayers standing on the US flag, the Bin Laden portrait of the fact
that Hamas did endorse the Chocolate Baby Jesus, and that Michelle with an
AK-47 is certainly hostile about a lot of issues.  What's lost in all this
is what was inside the cover - it's worth reading and you can here-

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza


If you read the links I posted a couple of weeks ago from a self-described
liberal who watched Barry rise in Chicago politics, you'll understand more
about some of the concerns expressed in the New Yorker article by some of
his former comrades, er, fellow political pols.

It could have been worse.  Here's some covers that got rejected-

http://www.collegeotr.com/georgetown_university/rejected_new_yorker_covers_9944

If Obama wasn't such a snob, he'd have a good laugh about this and stick in
everyone's eye.  He needn't worry about Jesse Jackson cutting off his
'nads', he have to grow a pair first! I'm tellin' ya, this is more fun than
the dog track!

Brad


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