Obama got screwed over by that cover. It was offensive.

==It was offensive.==

We'll just bet that you got no prob when Christians are offended, huh.

A great piece and food for thought!

"Obama has been plagued by smear campaigns "

no more than any other candidate.. but he's a professional whiner

==I'm glad the New Yorker produced that cover. The depiction of Obama and Michelle is exactly how millions of Americans view them. This cover has done damage to Obama and will continue to do so. ==

Libs like to tell the rest of us that, when we are offended by, say, a teevee program that features offensive material, we should turn the set off, or change the channel.

Well, I say to them not to lookit the mag cover and/or don't buy the mag.

When you have no substance, you simply criticize your opponents, accusing her or him things they never said or did. They have to defend themselves, and by the media cycle finished that round, they forgot what the original question was and a new subject will come along.

NewYorker fuels misconception - so said 0bama. Now you know, NewYorker was probably correct since 0bama is shifting blames.

That's how a phony does his business to deceive you.

This cover actually succeeded in doing what it intended to do. It simply proves how ignorant those are who WANT to believe the Obamas are Muslims, terrorists, unpatriotic, etc. You don't even bother to read the caption "The Politics of Fear", which is meant to disprove riduculous assertions. But, hey, who cares about the truth, right? Just keep on believing hate-filled falsehoods. Good luck come November!

==Obama has been plagued by smear campaigns ==

Dems like Bonior, Gephardt, Begala and Carville wrote the book on smears.

==Good luck come November! ==

McCain isn't even campaigning in earnest yet, and, still, he is even with Obamarama.

So, yeah, good luck come November.

...we've got the First Amendment." - 0bama
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He just voted to allow the government to spy on you at any time in any place without check and balance, before you even get a chance to say it in public.

He only shifted his emphasis to deceive a few voters, abandoning priciples and your Constitutional Rights for political pandering.

HRC voted against that bill as promised. So did McCain.

So, where's the cover depicting McCain as a Manchurian Candidate? Oh, wait a minute, that might not be satire...

==He just voted to allow the government to spy on you at any time in any place without check and balance...==

Not true. Government may NOT spy on anybody without a check and balance. The FISA court is still in bidness.

==It's clear that John McCain is the clear choice for POTUS.==

No prob. McCain is even with Obamarama, even though McCain has yet to campaign in earnest. When angry evangelicals come out da woodwork, they will trend to McCain and that will be that.

People are responding to the NYer cover with "THAT'S HIM!" because they've been brainwashed by Karl Rove's Marketing Department tactics.

The stories are INTENTIONALLY ludicrous, otherwise they wouldn't get attention. They are easy to dismantle logically, so liberals are suckered into refuting them, and repeating them in the process. The Republican response? REPEAT THEM AGAIN.

Logic has nothing to do with it - it's about repetition. In marketing that's called BRANDING. It worked against Al Gore, it worked against John Kerry, and it sold us the Iraq war - how many people in this country STILL believe Saddam was involved in 9/11?

Studies show that FEAR is the primary driver in decision making - it even trumps DESIRE. Obama is attempting to sell DESIRE. Karl Rove knows it's much easier to sell FEAR.

Unless Obama catches on and fights fire with fire - it's not like the Republicans aren't SCARY ENOUGH - I'm disheartened to say, I'm afraid he's toast.

McCain supporters are desperate. He had four months of campaigning under his belt before Obama got the nomination. And McCain is still either behind or barely even with Obama. How do you figure that? The debates haven't even happened yet until after the conventions. After the debates, McCain will be way down. Get used to it people - OBAMA, the next POTUS!!

There has to be some truth to that cartoon and to the rumors about him. Why is so difficult for him to just "brush it off his shoulder"? His background, his name, his associates..everything about the man is strange.He's too much of a risk for the country.

Obama votes present on important issues.

McCain does not show up in Senate on the day two important issues went to vote.

Between these two, we are totally screwed.

==...they've been brainwashed by Karl Rove's Marketing Department tactics.==

Yeah, uh huh, that's it! We've been brainwashed. Yeah, dat'sright, dat'sright.

Those who do not recognize it as satire are those for whom it is not absurd, but rather hits too close to the bone in a way that disfavors Obama.

Obama, realizing his attitude was too similar to those who want to ban Huck Finn from libraries and Muslims who rampaged against cartoons of Mohammed, has now - too late to be noticed - corrected his humorless self-righteousness. He recognizes that, indeed, some jokes about Obama must be permitted or his supporters will start looking like nanny-state Comintern members.

An unremarked-upon but active aspect of this cartoon that also hits too close to the bone is that Obama is wearing a dress and his wife a phallic symbol.

As always, Obama's reaction was gracious, appropriate and gave The New Yorker the benefit of the doubt--at the same time underscoring the importance of one of our most cherished national liberties. I will be the PROUDEST I've ever been of my country when he is our president.

Michelle Obama is ugly? Barack is strange because of his name? This is really what you people are concerned about?

Wake up and realize what the real issues are here.