Political Punch

"Is Obama really an American citizen?"

Unfortunately, yes.

good one soetoro no! i love the picture!!!!!!

Hilarious...curse those Republicans at New Yorker!

I have cancelled my subscription to the NY. The editors are morons if they still do not understand that the citizens who voted for Bush do not get satire and that the cover is both a smear and a Murdoch-driven ploy....Morons do not deserve my money.

Pretty accurate portrayal, imho.

The New Yorker - read it don't just look at the pictures!

"I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia. Apparently that is in reaction to the Czech's agreement with us concerning missile defense, and again some of the Russian now announcement they are now retargeting new targets, something they abandoned at the end of the Cold War, is also a concern."

Czechoslovakia, of course, hasn't existed in over 15 years. Not the hugest deal, of course, but McCain keeps making this mistake.

LOL keep defending mccain soetoro

LOL

Obama: "Uh, What was it you want me to say, uh OK uh I'll say it. Uh, thanks!"

joey

Well said!

Love the cover... Five months from now Obama is really going to regret hanging out in the shadows and ducking the tough questions about his past, his beliefs, his associations with questionable people and he's definely going to regret some of his comments he's made about the behaviour and opinions of ordinary everyday Americans who make up the voting base of BOTH parties.

This was his election to win and look at him.... He's choking on every other word that leaves his mouth and stumbling around in his own tracks, trying to figure out where he should stand. It's too late for that now...

McCain... Ughhhh.

Vote Third Party and leave these GOP and Dem fools behind

Charlie: Secular history (Roman, Egyptian, etc) tells us that the Jews have lived in that land since 1378 B.C.E. and that Jerusalem has always been their capital. There were not one but two temples that were destroyed before the Muslims built the dome of the rock (built on lies I might add). That was Jewish land a full 2,000 years before Islam even existed. There is already a Palestinian Arab home land it is called Jordan. There isn’t any such thing as ethnic Palestinians there never was. Their claims to that land were false to begin with and they lost that disputed land in not one but three separate wars fail and square. Whether you believe in the Zionist movement or not it’s impossible to dispute that that is their land and it has been for over 3,000 years. The Arabs that call themselves Palestinians should just accept defeat and move on with their lives for the sake of their children.

Was there such a furor when a New Yorker cover portraying Hillary Clinton as a Central Park tourist with Rudy Giuliani as a menacing mugger behind her was published?

I don't think it a good cover. I didn't think the fist bump was a smart move by the Obamas. One way or another, Obama needs to own up to the facts that the rumors this cover satirizes come incidents in his own past that gave the rumor mill something to work with.

This is the Big Game. As you like to tell the rest of us, "get over it". The longer you yell, the more the cover cycles and like the TUCC speeches, the more damage is done.

Spimewrangler

The comparison: Bush is proud of America. Michelle isn't. Pretty clear distinction, don't you think? Oh yes, Michelle wouldn't have gotten into college without affirmative action. You can look it up!

"nick you say legitimate,well i say fraud,busing activists to caucus states ,no checking ids,bullying and intimidation,yea the caucuses were real representative,baloney"

I know this isn't really a point of argument, but I don't understand why many people on the internet think it's okay to not use proper grammar. It makes it hard to read and take the posters seriously.

I would like to see what evidence you have of any of that. Caucus-goers have to be registered just like anyone else. I think you're confusing Clinton's remark about activists being more influential in caucuses with something actually fraudulent. The activists lived where they caucused. If you had evidence of such obvious fraud, you should have presented it to the various Dem. committees.

And even giving you any of those points, you can't say that the Clinton campaign was innocent in any caucus problems, particularly in Nevada.

@alli:
"Love the cover of the New Yorker Magazine!

And how about Michelle's comment, "this Ivy League degree makes me credible." ?!? Didn't Bush go to Yale?"

Yes, Bush went to Yale. For undergrad. He was then rejected by the University of Texas School of Law. Then his dad got him into Harvard Business, which is awesome, no doubt, but he didn't do all that well.

Mrs. Obama has a doctor of jurisprudence from Harvard. (She's a lawyer). Not sure there's much of a comparison there.

Darrell: Yes, one of the PUMA'S in the "Denver" project. Will do nothing including splitting this party apart to get back at preceived injustices against Hillary.All you will accomplish is show what a bunch of cry babies you are.Is that why Hillary hasn't released her delegates? I'm sure she'll deny having anything to do with this group.If you guys are SO united and strong how come Hillary is up to her eyeballs in debt? How is she going to run for anything when she can't pay her bills now.

nick you say legitimate,well i say fraud,busing activists to caucus states ,no checking ids,bullying and intimidation,yea the caucuses were real representative,baloney,this dem for 37 years is working for a full roll call vote in denver and a floor fight.there is no way i will give a penney or lift one finger for a fraud and a closet marxist.hillary now or 2012 mcain 2008 go puma.

Oh, and the New Yorker cover.

It's called satire. Yes, it's ballsy, and perhaps incendiary, but clearly you guys haven't seen many New Yorker covers over the years. In fact, I'm willing to bet less than 5% of you have touched and opened an actual issue of the magazine.

The point of the cover was to illustrate how ridiculous the beliefs are about Barack and Michelle that are being spread (mostly by people on teh intarnets like us) and that people are dumb enough to believe.

You guys are hilarious. I love you.

"America does not need an indecisive leader like Obama who change stances with the wind,"

You mean like McCain, who has changed his position on many issues over the last 8 years without much explanation?

"Finally Obama needs to stop whinning and complaining everytime a statement, article or magazine photo ptrays him as a Muslim"

You'll notice that the campaign actually refused to comment.

"Anyway, it’s time to see what a woman can do as President for a change, it’s always been a man in the White House it’s time for the government to be a true equal opportunity employer and let a woman have the keys to the Oval office"

That's a nice facade you've put up. I thought women were equal to men in every way (according to feminists) and yet it seems you think that a woman would provide a completely different point of view, or more different than the difference between McCain and Obama. Yes, it'd be great to have a woman president, but it doesn't have to happen now. Please substantiate your objections.

Obama is Rev. Wights protege, taught, mentored and instructed 20 years to be made into the smooth talking clone of Rev. Wright.

Obama has borrowed, taken or stolen everyones policies and issues, He only has topics no real concrete plans on any of it.

Obama promises everyone, everything. Mission Impossible. When his own Personal goals are all he cares about.

Michelle Obama might have a ivy league education, that does not make her credible.

Obama is a Chicago politician and always will be. Making false promises to get a vote to get elected.

Obama is no door opener, He would have to show up for work and actually do the work for that to happen. He does neither.

He has had 1 bill of his pass, his only other experience is running for office, he has spent more time running for offices than he has been in the office doing the work.