Okay, what do we do about this? I want suggestions. This is what we have to
deal with in America, as Democrats. A liberal media that bends over so
far backwards to be "fair" that it becomes just as bad as FOX News. A
liberal publication like the New Yorker thinks it's funny to make Mrs.
Obama some radical black panther, Barack Obama basically a terrorist
(you'll note that he looks just like Osama bin Laden on the wall), and
they're even burning the American flag in the Oval Office (that's
supposed to be the White House, get it?). They put Osama bin Laden on
the wall of the Oval Office. And this is funny? Is the New Yorker so
out of touch that they don't realize that much of America, or at least
too much of America, harbors these very concerns about Obama and his
wife? I'm sure the New Yorker thinks they're actually poking holes in
the myth by making light of the stereotypes. Yeah, and tell us how this
pokes fun at the stereotype? It reinforces it. And yet again, you'd
never see them try anything like this with John McCain. God forbid you
even ask a question about John McCain's experience, the media will
destroy you. But paint Obama and his wife as America-hating
flag-burning violent terrorists, and it's funny. I can't wait to hear
what Mrs. Greenspan and Bob Schieffer over at NBC have to say about
this. Somehow I'm betting their outrage won't be as great as when
anyone questions Saint McCain.
More from Jake Tapper at ABC:Knowing
the liberal politics of the magazine, it's without question that the
illustration is meant ironically, as a parody of the caricature some
conservatives (and some supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.) are
painting of the Obamas.
But it's still fairly incendiary, at
least as these things go. I wonder what the reaction would be were it
the Weekly Standard or the National Review putting such an illustration
on their covers.
Intent factors
into these matters, of course, but no Upper East Side liberal -- no
matter how superior they feel their intellect is -- should assume that
just because they're mocking such ridiculousness, the illustration
won't feed into the same beast in emails and other media. It's a
recruitment poster for the right-wing.
"This is as
offensive a caricature as any magazine could publish," says a
high-profile Obama supporter, "and I suspect that other Obama
supporters like me are also thinking about not subscribing to or buying
a magazine that trafficks in such trash."
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