You're going to hear a lot of blather over the next 2-3 days about how outrageous this New Yorker cover is -- from pro-Obama types and mainstream media fuddy-duddies, about how this is a shameless ploy to sell magazines, yadda, yadda, yadda. I disagree -- I think this is great satire (that's what New Yorker cartoons are, remember?) of how absurd our political discourse has become, showing just how ridiculous the Obama slurs are by taking them all the way over the top. Do you honestly think there's one American who was planning to vote for Obama who will see this, say "Oh my God, they're terrorists!," and change his or her vote?
If there is, God help us.
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Ok, where are xi, oc, bon, etc who will believe that this cover is an actual depiction?
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I don't think anyone truly believes that Baraq Hussein Abdul-Mohsen ibn Obama is a terrorist.
Obama says he used "poor phrasing" on Jerusalem ########
Reuters, by Staff
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Sunday he used "poor phrasing" in a speech supporting Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel. "You know, the truth is that this was an example where we had some poor phrasing in the speech. And we immediately tried to correct the interpretation that was given," he said in an interview aired on Sunday on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria -- GPS." ########
Like Roseanne Roseannadanna of Saturday Night Live - ''Newermind''.
Another ACORN Scandal######
New York Post, by Staff ########
The folks at the far-left radical activist group ACORN are embroiled in a financial corruption and cover-up scandal that they managed to keep hidden from their donors and political partners for eight years. Now their deception has been uncovered for all to see. But is ACORN's leadership apologetic? Not in the slightest. "We did what we thought was right," said the group's president, Maude Hurd. ########## Back in the '80s and '90s, ACORN's tactics included trespassing, illegal seizure of private property, physical harassment, intimidation and outright extortion. ###########################
When obama was part of the group he somehow managed to come up with $111,000 as a down payment for a condo while owing a very large student loan. I don't think his income exceded $50k. In short he did what he thought was right and embezzled the money
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Here's why toes are turning blue at Shore#############
Philadelphia Inquirer , by Jacqueline L. Urgo ##################
ATLANTIC CITY - The temperatures may be steamy outside, but, baby, it's cold in the water. Just ask Melinda Castile, down the Shore for a week from Brooklyn, N.Y., and determined to go in the ocean no matter what the temperature. She bought a wetsuit."I know it looks weird, but too bad. The water's freezing," ########################
''Global Warming'' indeed! Al Gore could use Shore to baptise his ardent followers @ $5000 PER WEEK TO RENT GARBAGE OVER PRICED SLUM.. si se puede
Yeah, I always carry around the New Yorker in case I'm at a boring party and I need to liven things up. Their satire always brings the house down.
How Chuck Schumer Caused the Second Largest Bank Failure in US History############
CNBC, by Jerry Bowyer######################
Federal officials aren’t supposed to cause bank runs. In fact, much of the New Deal bank regulatory apparatus was set up for the purpose of eliminating such panics. When FDR was hit with a massive set of bank runs shortly after taking office, he gave an address in order to calm terrified depositors, assuring them that the banks would reopen shortly, and that everything would be fine. But Chuck Schumer is no FDR. Perhaps this might help answer the question: Indymac has been under attack from the hard left. The Center for Responsible Lending issued an attack on Indymac within a few days of Schumer’s letter. CRL is part of a small army of left of center ‘research’ groups, community organizers, and public interest law firms who make their living accusing home lenders of racial redlining and predatory lending. On June 20th the Center accused Indymac of unfair practices regarding minority borrowers.################# gotta love those lawyers and garbage libs
Michelle as "Professor" Angela Davis? Barack Hussein as Bobby Seale? ###############
The problem? #############can't say his ears are big.. can't say he hangs out with anti american terorrists .. can't say he's a liberal..can't say he's a flipper..can't say his minister was his minister for 22 years. etc etc etc Sen. Dick Durbin (D-ill-mannered) compared US soldiers to Nazis. John Murtha (D-blowhard) compared Republican Congressmen to Nazis. Muslims hate critical cartoons about themselves. Somewhere Hillary is cackling.
Oh, I think there are PLENTY of people that will see this and think he's a terrorist. Don't underestimate the stupidity of anybody...
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The gentle libs and leftist comment on Snow's death.###############
. Because there obviously is no god, nor heaven and hell, I’ve always adhered to the idea that if you are saddned by the deaths of your friends and family, you should equally be gladdened by the deaths of people you hate. Tony Snow was a professional liar and willing member of the most notorious administration in this country’s history. I didn’t know him personally, but professionally he was a BS artist extraordinaire. This was the best cancer since Lee Atwater’s brain tumor.
Submitted by: Shaun Mason
4:02 PM PDT, July 12, 2008
If this cover was on The Weekly Standard, Will "The Shill" Bunch and his Husseiniac buddies would be going apesh*t. But since it's on a liberal mag, it's just fine - in fact, I'm betting it is a coordinated effort between the Obama campaign and the liberal magazine - that's the Democrat-Media Complex at work.
Will, I agree with giamatt - there are plenty of people who might have voted for him who will look at this and think again. Can you imagine a cover satirizing McCain by depicting him as an exhausted old baffoon, or whatever? That wouldn't happen, right, so why is this okay?
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