Closing Arguments: Politics of Fear

The last time I checked, we still had freedom of speech and freedom of expression in this country. If the Obama robots don't like it, they can find another country to hoodwink...America needs to wake up now! Obama is a fraud. No matter how much of a feel-good or novel choice he may be, he is the WRONG person at the WRONG time!

Well, it is inappropriate. The picture above the mantle should have been Ahmadinejad, not Osama. Silly New Yorker.

BHO just can't shake the terrorist connection. And, for good reason. The roots just run too deep!

This goes to the Rove tactic of blowing smoke. Tell outlandish stories as way of brainwashing people. It doesn't matter that they make no sense. The message is inside the story: example "birth certificate" means "not one of us", as does "Hussein Obama". "Wh*tey Tape" means "untrustworthy", as does "under the bus ".

Repeated like a mantra, the messages soak in - how else can you explain the chorus of "THAT'S HIM!!!" in response to the New Yorker cover?

Enough smoke and people believe in the fire. In military parlance, it's called 'preparing the battlefield'. When the Swift Boats arrive, they swallow every drop.

BTW - my last (10:39) post is quoting myself on the current 'Image' thread. I copied and pasted because I think it's relevant here.

Snarxon

Boy do you ramble! What are you drinking tonight?

The cartoon doesn't work as satire because it isn't over the top enough to be obviously satirical and feeds into the ugly lies that have been spread about this candidate. It is also too much to expect or hope that the kind of person who is likely to buy into the smears and also has limited critical thinking skills would get the "joke."

your asses at abc know it not spam its your way of censorship, maybe i need to contact the aclu

yes we do have freedom of speech but that cover was wrong there were other ways to use satire the fact is a lot of people still think obama is muslim AND HES NOT thanks to fox news karl rove oh and lets not forget drug addict limbaugh we can thank them but you know what true obama supporters know who he is and the cover of new yorker is definatley not him

On the one hand, I see the satirical work in the cover. This, of course is my "idealistic" hand, that believes that people see this for what it is. Satire. As in NOT TRUE.

On my other hand, my "rational" hand, I believe that is extremely offensive and only perpetuates the notion that is founded in many low info voters. My point is actually validated in some of the comments found on this board and others.

OH Dear, is Obama whining and complaining that the New Yorker cover is grossly misrepresenting him? Hmmmm.... considering how he misrepresents other people, he really shouldn't be complaining. He misrepresented Bill Clinton, one of the best recent presidents, someone who advanced the cause of minorities tremendously......Obama made Bill to be a racist. So, how does it feel, Obama, to be misrepresented? You can dish it, but you can't take it, can you? Sorry, I have no sympathy for Obama. He tosses the race card when someone stands in his way, but he whines if he is made to look negative. This is called....divine justice. Deal with it, BHO.

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for your information he is not whining he has made no comment about it his camp has the media has as well as his supporters do you not watch tv and as far as obama making bill clinton a racisit i belive bill made himself look that way remember the sc and jesse jackson statement come to think of it i wouldnt put a past bill or hill being behind this cover of new yorker

BHO should stay out of the kitchen if he cant take the heat. Who does he think he is? POTUS? Lol.

Aston: You're a paid stooge. Admit it.

Aston: A smoke-blower, you are. Traitor.

angie -- kindly tell me how comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson, who proclaims himself to be a good friend of Obama's, as racist???? THAT, my dear, is the race card, calling something racist, when there is none. Bill has done so much for all minorities, he is the least racist person around. And Obama and his campaign IS whining about this cover. Deal with it, you can't take the heat, get out of politics. It is very witty satire, and that cover will be a collector's item.

Now now now ... Barak Hussein Obama should run for the presidency of Iran, not the USA. The picture depicts him and Ms Hussein Obama in the Iranian oval office. You see, over here we pray to God and the Bible, not allah and the ignorant koran. By the way ... all of this must be president Bush's fault, as usual. In GOD we trust.

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once again obama is not whining the campaign is even mccain said how distasteful it was as far as bill clinton is concerned the statement he made when obama won the sc primary about jesse jackson winning there was racisit but it was ok when hillary was whining sexism right it was wrong didnt see any of her supporters telling her if she couldnt iake the heat get out of the kitchen you hillary supporters are such hipocrites

As I lifelong Republican, I find this cover not even close to freedom of speech...Just offensive!

A picture is worth a 1,000 words and, unfortunately, the words inside the New Yorker will not be what people remember.