Responses to the New Yorker's "satirical" anti-Obama cover

I thought that a joke was supposed to be funny. If you have to explain it...
I agree with most of the comments on the "BagNewsNotes". If we see a cartoon with McCaine and Cindy rolling in money and he is calling Hillary a bitch, maybe it would be fair and equal news/humor.

One of the commentaries suggested that a t.v. be added, with Michelle and Barak and their two adorable daughters, sitting in the "all american apple pie home", watching this drawing on the news. Now THAT"S funny...
Sheryl

The original drawing may have been funny had the Obamas been properly dressed while doing the knuckle bump. I think the knuckle bump is cool! But, I love the commentary Sheryl passed on!

How about a drawing of Cindy running her fingers thru John's hair while he calls her a "c....."? That's real life.

Keep on hoping!
Miriam

My problem with the cover is that it doesn't exaggerate or offer any commentary on the smears against Obama. It's just a collection of them. I guess we're supposed to see all those smears in one place and say "wow, how ridiculous." But the right-wing radio dittoheads would see that cover and say "yup, that's Obama." Which is the point made by the Tom Toles cartoon, which I thought was the most effective of the three. Horsey is a fantastic cartoonist, but with his cartoon you still have to work to "get" some of the commentary -- namely, that right-wing mags like National Review would never, ever help propagate negative storylines about their candidate (McCain as old and senile, his wife as a pill-popping addict, etc.).