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Grow a pair, Obama

By Michelle Malkin • July 14, 2008 05:26 AM

Barry,

So, you found this satirical New Yorker cover art “tasteless and offensive.”

Welcome to public life.

Guess what? In Washington, political cartoonists and caricaturists spare no one.

*Update* Chris at The Hot Joints reminds me of this truly disgusting cartoon run in the Obama-worshipping Rolling Stone magazine last month:

Here’s a reminder of the crap Condi Rice has had to deal with over the years:

1. The buck-naked bigotry of Ted Rall:

2. Jeff Danziger’s Condi-as-Prissy cartoon:

3. Pat Oliphant’s exaggerated-lipped parrot caricature:

Much more here.

But hey, that’s nothing compared to the assassination chic targeting President Bush:

Oh, and if you’re going to echo your wife’s claims of special victimhood and decry the satirical “attack” on her, go buy a copy of the Laura Bush-bashing novel, “American Wife,” read what they said about her trip to Afghanistan, and check out the diatribe published by the San Francisco Chronicle smearing her as a “docile doormat” and much worse.

Then, when you’re done digesting all that, wipe your nose, grow a pair, do your little Jay-Z dance move, and take your own advice to your daughters:

No whining.

It clashes with your glow.

***

Much more from Doug Ross and Rick Moran, who says: “Man up.”

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#1

On July 14th, 2008 at 5:37 am, graysonret said:

The Left certainly knows about “tasteless and offensive”. They’re experts at it.
#2

On July 14th, 2008 at 5:41 am, maine yankee said:

All this talk of growing a pair is like asking john kerry for an origial thought- is just ain’t in the jeans.
#3

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:01 am, Lincoln said:

You simply don’t understand. Obama is the Chosen One. He simply cannot be besmirched the way us mere mortals are, lest we face eternal damnation in the flames of California.
#4

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:18 am, localmalcontent said:

Both Obama and the Left in this country intend to catagorize any criticism, any caricature of him as ‘racist’. To force across their wild, socialist agenda on the people by putting everyone on a guilt trip.
Such a lame attempt, hiding that neither has real solutions to America’s threats or problems.

Oh, Barry- at least they hid your big ears.
#5

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:33 am, fluffy said:

President Bush has endured slander of the worst kind without a sound. Senator McCain got the living snot beat out of him for 6 years at the Hanoi Hilton. I’m sure either of them could call the wah-mbulence for you, Senator.
#6

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:34 am, thutmose18 said:

Obama is whining if he calls ugly rumors and stereotypes of himself and his wife tasteless and offensive? just because idiots outside with stupid signs and tshirt makers in their basement create the same garbage doesnt balance it out and make it right.
#7

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:36 am, zorro said:

Excellent post Michelle.

It never ceases to amaze me how vicious the left can be. If Obama wants to step into the arena, he really does need to grow a pair.
#8

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:43 am, ajmontana said:

Wait a second, Obama has the biggest pair I have ever seen. ears that is.
as for the other kind, they just don’t grow on trees you either have em or you don’t. Just on his non voting to not show his hand on anything it’s obvious he does not have a pair.
#9

On July 14th, 2008 at 6:43 am, Lifeofthemind said:

Bush keeps moving on because he is focused on results. He doesn’t sweat the small stuff. Obama and the Moonbats focus on grievance and display because that is all they have. The cornering of the term Move On by the left was brilliant because that was the one thing they can not do. Results are meaningless to them. All they can do is attack those who create and build and solve problems. If Obama didn’t have non-issues to agonize over, like someone insulting him, then he would have to talk about the substance of an issue. Now Obama gets to talk about the appearance of substance. The hate filled thugs that attack Condi Rice are not an aberration, they are Obama’s core constituency.
#10

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:03 am, ajmontana said:

Note to Obama: don’t go near Jesse (the race baiter) when he’s holding a pair of scissors.
#11

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:06 am, Jarhead said:

If Barry grows a pair & that is a BIG IF, didn’t Jesse call dibs on them with scalpel in hand.
#12

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:15 am, Jon Brodin said:

To the liberal mind, an individual’s personal character is solely defined by his/her racial or gender identity. This is the reason that they don’t cry foul when similar attacks are launched against conservates who happen to belong to a racial minority. Afterall, if conservatives remained “true to their identity” then they would not be conservatives. Therefore, it’s only racist if you attack a liberal in this manner because such an attack is a personal attack upon character.

This is truly the most backward thinking movement that I have ever witnessed - and they call themselves “progressive”. Quite mindless if you ask me!
#13

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am, GaMidnightRider said:

I like it. I think it shows excatly who these people are.
#14

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:36 am, Lockstein13 said:

This cover’s biting criticism of The Obamboozler reminded me of the fabulous film by Billy Wilder, “One, Two, Three.” I highly recommend it as good inspiration in describing Obama and his “people’s vision” (see Buchholz in film).
#15

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:37 am, Barry F. said:

…wipe your nose, grow a pair, do your little Jay-Z dance move, and take your own advice to your daughters:

No whining.

But…but…but…it’s just all a distration from change.
#16

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:39 am, Rob said:

My young college Obamamaniac has a big sticker on her laptop that says, “God hates George Bush’. She works at a public school and the laptop and sticker are visable in the classroom everyday and no one has ever told her to remove it. But I will bet this cover would sure be yanked pretty damn fast.
#17

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:40 am, Barry F. said:

Ooops..~~distration~~ distraction.

I guess its too early yet for me.
#18

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:47 am, Rob said:

When I said “My young college Obamamaniac” I should have added co-worker.. she is NOT my child.
#19

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:58 am, Mixer14 said:

Don Imus had no comment.
#20

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:59 am, 30 pcs of silver said:

“tasteless and offensive.”

But it sho is funny.
#21

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:00 am, Rob said:

“We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive,” McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said in a statement.

Jesse wants to cut off Obama’s… but I think McCain left his in Vietnam. He just doesn’t want to win this, does he?
#22

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:01 am, tre said:

So Barack HUSSEIN Obama can’t take the heat? Yet another reason he’s not ready for the Presidency.

For some reason, it’s racist to use his middle name, but saying George DUBYA Bush is okay. Pointing out where his wife put her foot in her mouth is racist, but attacking Laura Bush or Condi Rice is okay.

Ya can’t have it both ways, Barack HUSSEIN Obama!
#23

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:07 am, twiggman said:

This would not help Michelle’s kids…
#24

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:14 am, irving said:

The irony is that long before the campaign is over, the left will be pointing to this particular attack and others like it as evidence of right wing hate mongering.
#25

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:17 am, JDinTX said:

Now if Obama would just show us he can walk on water, then we would know he is the chosen one. Racism and being insensitive comes in all colors and it doesn’t matter if you are a Dem or Rep. But only a Dem can get away with it.
#26

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:27 am, meatpieandtatters said:

Barry Obama the media phenomena have thee no stones? Smooth talking when reading from cards, but without look-out, he’s a one-hit wonder with nothing to show for it…but a media fixation that is what he is and nothing else.
#27

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:32 am, beenthere said:

The cover was intended as a satire on how the Right views the Messiah. For heaven’s sake, it is impossible to conceive of the New Yorker doing anything else. The Obamas being the urban sophisticates that they claim to be certainly should know that, or does irony completely escape them?

As for McCain, he thinks irony is something the laundry does to his shirts. If he does win, I can well am imagine him spending election night repeatedly apologizing. Like Bush he appears to have two modes: placating the left and attacking the right. Why didn’t these men switch parties decades ago? They could have spared us so much.
#28

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:39 am, A Typical Patriot said:

George Bush’s answer to the satire and caracatures of him was that they were exibiting the right to free speech. Senator Hussein has a list of things we aren’t supposed to talk about, meaning anything derogatory or concieved as negative by him. Unbelievable.
#29

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:41 am, TypicalWhite said:

MM said: “No whining. It clashes with your glow.”

Great image, Michelle! BHO is definitely having problems keeping his shine. Maybe, just maybe, enough voters will see the tarnish by November!
#30

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:49 am, ajmontana said:

Dang, I think the artist forgot to put the Parrot on his shoulder.
#31

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:52 am, ThatSamIAm said:

Typical socialist liberal democrat. They have no problem with the crude and inappropriate handling of Republicans and conservatives but they cry foul when the exact same things happen to them. Cry baby, B. Hussein!

I think B.H.O. is worried. Despite his camp’s self proclaimed savior status he is tied in the polls with a guy the MSM’s tries to tell us nobody wants and nobody agrees with.

Maybe that explains Hussein’s daily flip flop on issues from his extremist left wing anti-American views to more conservative stance.
#32

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:56 am, MikeOK said:

There’s also this classic Bush montage.
#33

On July 14th, 2008 at 8:58 am, Chesapeaekegal said:

Yep…me think that there is a Freudian slip here at The New Yorker..what they meant for satire…well….maybe it’s true.
#34

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:06 am, MtsEdge said:

James 1:8: “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” (KJV)
#35

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:09 am, henryinga said:

It boggles my mind that so many lame people want this whining, sniviling, cry baby as the leader of the greatest Country on God’s Green Earth. Absolutly mind-boggling.
#36

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:11 am, ajmontana said:

ditto that henry.
#37

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:13 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

Most excellent all! Bro Obama can quit his whining yesterday if Sista Michelle (the other Michelle) would release his Pair from the Lock Box. She learned that Lock Box thing from Mama Hillary, the other Liberal Whiner in the race.

Now I need to dig out my 2000 Left/Right flip flop beach shoes.
#38

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am, Red State Skeptic said:

With due respect, this is one of the most oblivious blog posts I have ever seen. First, the issue isn’t Barack Obama. The issue is Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and all the other demagogues who have taken the opportunity at every chance they get to play on Americans’ bigotry by calling him Barack Hussein Obama (what’s John McCain’s middle name? I don’t know either because it’s not important unless you have roots in an unpopular ethnic group).

And the issue is Michelle Malkin for taking on Mrs. Obama for being a strong black woman — dare I say a typical strong black woman — who has the nerve to say what she feels is wrong with this country.

For once, it’s the Republican who has left his cripple wife for a young, beautiful, rich heiress — and then lying about the adultery. This time, it’s the Democrat who is the pillar of family values, but it doesn’t matter. It’s always something, and it’s always personal.

Moreover, either condemn all bigotry or excuse all bigotry. You can’t spend your whole life whining about the Ted Ralls of the world, and then say “get over it” when liberals are exposed to equally offensive hatred. Condemn the Curious George shirts. Condemn the Obama “assassination chic.” Don’t play the conservative grievance card and then tell Obama to “grow a pair” when his camp (not really Obama, who just shrugged and had no comment when told of the story) takes offense.
#39

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:19 am, bit_boy said:

Obama is a mix of rube and urban, that’s a Ruban. When a candidate for POTUS lacks the ability to understand why much of the world speaks English rather than Ghetto he’s a relic of the far, far left. A carbon unit that will amount to very little unless initiated and fostered by the courts. He clearly is in a race with McSwish for stupid.
#40

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am, Christian Soldier said:

Johnny Mc and his retinue have come out against the New Yorker cover.

I don’t know–I LIKED it!!!

Stop playing NICE Mr Republican!!!!!

http://neveryetmelted.com/?p=4067#respond
#41

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:31 am, Speakup said:

Militant Michelle O, accurate and scary.

Would she become the future reparations queen?
#42

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:31 am, tarpon said:

Looks like Barrack Hussein Obama doesn’t like his life’s choices … well Barrack Hussein Obama, you should have done some things differently.
#43

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:36 am, gator said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 7:03 am, ajmontana said:

Note to Obama: don’t go near Jesse (the race baiter) when he’s holding a pair of scissors.
I think Jesse already got them. He really does have to grow a pair!
#44

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:37 am, RobM1981 said:

Obama is often compared to JFK, and for many good reasons. They are (were) both young and charismatic senators. It has been pointed out several times that Kennedy was a terrible president for many reasons, not the least of which is that he was nowhere near bright or experienced enough to handle the job.

But, although he was a cretin, there’s no denying that JFK had a pair. Aside from his psychotic womanizing, he was a man’s man. That was actually his aura - much of it faked, given the reality of his frail health, but his “pitch” was “here’s a man’s man.”

Obama has JFK’s look, but beyond that he’s 100% Phil Donahue.

The press will make a meal of Oboohoo for 4 years. It will make the Carter years look like a love-fest.

This will be the one high-point in what will otherwise be a miserable 4 years…
#45

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:42 am, wighttrasch said:

I heard James Carville laughing about the cover on TV this a.m.

That’s a scary sound.
#46

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:44 am, swmbo said:

Guilt Trip, can’t afford the gas so I’m not going.

Obama’s Big Black Suburban needs a sign in the window “Baby on Board”
#47

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:47 am, ajmontana said:

it might be fun to tune into “the spew” today just to see the fake outrage. Bash a General good, Bash Obama bad, and oh the pukey sweet Michelle when she made her appearance was enough to make a a garbage disposal barf.
#48

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:48 am, dan708 said:

Those “Kill Bush” signs are a stark reminder that American society is falling steadily down to the level of a third-world country. Frightening!
#49

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:51 am, josetheguerilla said:

Good post MM!!!!!!!!

Then, when you’re done digesting all that, wipe your nose, grow a pair, do your little Jay-Z dance move, and take your own advice to your daughters:

lol
#50

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:54 am, nhpatriot said:

Well, you can’t blame the poor man for being upset about this… only conservatives/Republicans are supposed to be critized and made fun of, not liberals! Oh, the audacity of The New Yorker for playing fair.
#51

On July 14th, 2008 at 9:59 am, Gabe said:

So, you found this satirical New Yorker cover art “tasteless and offensive.”

Welcome to public life.

The cover is accurate in its representation of Barack Hussein Obama and his wife. If he disagrees, it’s called freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

No doubt if this were his country, the first “change” would be to get rid of anything criticizing him or the revolution and to place his picture everywhere like in 1984.

The revolutionary aspect of the cover is dead on:

The Muslim and Stalinist Obama actually wants a civilian corps of Obama “youth,” just like in 1984, that is LARGER and more POWERFUL than the military. This is straight from the horse’s mouth on July 2. He actually wants a gang of La Raza style youth going around in guns to “secure” the country:

http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/007818.html

The above was a headline on Hot Air. Is there any wonder that the MSM does not want to advertise it?

Barack Hussein Obama IS a Muslim and he and his wife ARE communist revolutionaries. What Obama is upset about is the fact that the cover of the mag is going to draw attention to the evidence supporting it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042459/posts

http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12745.htm
#52

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:01 am, tropicalwave12 said:

Ahh! But Hope and Change. I hope he can change his pants after (if) he is elected because I’m sure he will get the crap kicked out of him in the cartoon arena.

BUT! He isn’t the same ol’ politician is he?
#53

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:06 am, Chesapeaekegal said:

To Red State Skeptic…how refreshing…a troll. It seems that you are no longer just a skeptic but kool-aid drinking left winger Obamaniac.
#54

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:07 am, sonofdy said:

Over on huffpo they had a picture of bush with a bone through his nose for days. They laughed it up, but just ry doing the same for Obama. I sugest we do exactly the same thing to Obama that was done to bush.
#55

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:10 am, bayou22 said:

Wasn’t the original Messiah also blasphemed and treated quite poorly by cultural elites? Oh, that’s right. He’d know that if his church for 20 years actually preached biblical material.

BTW, if he won’t grow a pair, perhaps he can borrow Hillary’s.
#56

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:10 am, bayou22 said:

…or better yet… “Just words.”
#57

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am, sonofdy said:

Red State Skeptic,
After 8 years of such attacks from the left on the right, do you really expect us to just play nice? You seem to think making bush look like a chimp is ok but somehow obama can’t have the same treatment? Go to hell.
#58

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:12 am, sonofdy said:

If he grows a pair, don’t let jessie jackson anywhere near him!!!
#59

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:12 am, Henry said:

LOL! That’s a great New Yorker cover.

Screw him if he can’t take a little ribbing. What a wuss!
#60

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:13 am, rambler said:

BO & MO really wanted a cartoon depicting them as the new camelot white house. The the cartoon hit a nerve because it is the truth. The left has to make-up stuff about the right and the right just has to expose the truth about the left.Add JJ to the mix and it produces one comedy act. BO needs to realize that if he gets the WH he can expect more nasty cartoons when he screws up!BO is too thinskinned to be POTUS and MO is not a strong woman!
#61

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:13 am, ajmontana said:

The only bummer about the cartoon is the American Flag burning.
is that a Obama bong on the mantel next to the pot plant?
#62

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:15 am, foxforce91 said:

BTW, if he won’t grow a pair, perhaps he can borrow Hillary’s.

LOL!! Best post of the day! I’ve thought many times that Obama will not be the “uniter” his people think he will be merely because I am angry about the 8 years of tantrum throwing the left has had over Bush and I intend to give it back 10-fold. They think we’re mean? Let’s show them just how mean we can be. We are better at it and we’re smarter than they ever thought of being.
#63

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:15 am, nyk said:

I like it. I think it shows excatly who these people are.

The irony of this statement, of course, is that the cartoon is meant to make fun of how absurd these right wing slurs are (as well as the people who make and believe them. In other words, The New Yorker isn’t laughing with you, it’s laughing at you). The artist is quoted as saying the cover was created to “show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.”

With due respect, this is one of the most oblivious blog posts I have ever seen.

Really? I kinda think it’s par for the course around here.
#64

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:16 am, TheSageOfSedgwick said:

It has had some competition over the years, but this blog has got to be one of MM’s all-time best - served up cold with a perfect garnish of vitriolicly dismissive disdain.

Eat ‘em up, Michelle!
#65

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:18 am, sonofdy said:

The irony of this statement, of course, is that the cartoon is meant to make fun of how absurd these right wing slurs are (as well as the people who make and believe them. In other words, The New Yorker isn’t laughing with you, it’s laughing at you). The artist is quoted as saying the cover was created to “show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is

Yes I know what they intended, but they actualy managed to paint a somewhat accurate picture. Except Obama is not muslim (sorry guys, he isn’t)
#66

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am, Paul-Cincy said:

I don’t know if Newt has weighed in yet, but if he does be sure he’ll mention the 1994 Time (with Newt as Scrooge taking away Tiny Tim’s crutch) and Newsweek (with Newt as Dr. Seuss’s Grinch) covers in 1994 after the Repubs took over the House. And the sick thing is, they were SERIOUS. The most popular weeklies out there, not some crappy little New Yorker mag. Gingrich is still steaming about those covers, 14 years later.

Obama, stop whining? Who would he be without his whining? He’s like the Jackie Chiles character in Seinfeld — saying “I am outraged!” at the slightest provocation. You upset about my racial reference? Stuff it.
#67

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am, wighttrasch said:

Really? I kinda think it’s par for the course around here.

But yet you keep coming back…Solomon said ‘like a dog returns to his vomit’.
#68

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:21 am, pueblo1032 said:

If he grows a pair??? I don’t think MO has room in her purse for another pair. She already has his in check, in case she needs them…
#69

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:24 am, MtsEdge said:

In other words, The New Yorker isn’t laughing with you, it’s laughing at you).

We got that already. The point is, many a truth is said in jest.
#70

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:24 am, DBNinKY said:

“…these right wing slurs are (as well as the people who make and believe them.”

NYK, I live eastern KY, a.k.a., Democrat Central, and believe me, it is not right wingers who are saying those thing, the “slurs,” about BHO but the base of the Democrat Party.
#71

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:26 am, chep said:

I think it’s a great cover for the magazine. The american white voter should not be forced to vote for Obama because he or she is guilty of being born white. They should not vote for that clown and his angry wife because they are bad for our country.

The Obamas spent 25 years or however many going to all black anti white church ceremenonies. I’d say that is out of touch with most Americans. If McCain went to an all white church which spewed out anti black sermons every week he’d be on a grill for it. But he’s white so the rules are different…

The news media wants us all to think that Obama is the only one running for president. They never give McCain any air time up here in Seattle.
#72

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:28 am, Goldwater Knight said:

nyk said:

The irony of this statement, of course, is that the cartoon is meant to make fun of how absurd these right wing slurs are (as well as the people who make and believe them. In other words, The New Yorker isn’t laughing with you, it’s laughing at you). The artist is quoted as saying the cover was created to “show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.”

Another demonstration of Nyk’s integrity and supreme lockstep intelligence.
#73

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:29 am, dadmin said:

I agree with McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds that the cover graphic was “tasteless and offensive”, but the SCOTUS has not reached the point of regulating “tasteless and offensive” speech from the first amendment. Elect BHO, though, and a future generation of justices will surely discover that Congress’ making no law “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press” does not apply to “tasteless and offensive” speech for certain classes of people.
#74

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:31 am, englishqueen01 said:

The irony of this statement, of course, is that the cartoon is meant to make fun of how absurd these right wing slurs are (as well as the people who make and believe them. In other words, The New Yorker isn’t laughing with you, it’s laughing at you). The artist is quoted as saying the cover was created to “show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.”

Then the oh-so-brilliant Obamas missed the memo. If they felt it was a portrayal of the “fear-mongering rediculousness that it is”, they’d embrace it - you know, great for the campaign and all.

However, methinks they doth protest too much, which means the “right wing fear-mongering” is probably closer to the mark than the Obamas wish to acknowledge.
#75

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am, Red State Skeptic said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:11 am, sonofdy said:
Red State Skeptic,
After 8 years of such attacks from the left on the right, do you really expect us to just play nice? You seem to think making bush look like a chimp is ok but somehow obama can’t have the same treatment? Go to hell.

I’m a Democrat, so hell is a given. It’s not OK to make Bush look like a chimp, and it’s not OK to make Obama look like a chimp.

I would love conservatives to at least be self-aware enough to see the irony of telling liberals to stop complaining, when they spend every waking moment whining about the “liberal” media, institutions of higher learning, Hollywood, and pretty much anything else that they’re convinced isn’t being fair to them.

Conservatives, the “grievance mongers” are you.
#76

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:36 am, Paul-Cincy said:

The cartoon shows the prejudiced, twisted mind of a left-wing cartoonist and what he thinks of the mind of the right-winger. Even those on the left should be able to see the joke is on the cartoonist, not on conservatives. The truth is, the mind of a conservative is generally more flexible and lacking in prejudice than those on the left. There are so many things a left-winger won’t consider rationally because his emotions get in the way.
#77

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:37 am, derel3433 said:

Has Obama commented on this?
#78

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:38 am, Paul-Cincy said:

Red State Skeptic said:

I would love conservatives to at least be self-aware enough to see the irony of telling liberals to stop complaining, when they spend every waking moment whining about the “liberal” media, institutions of higher learning, Hollywood …

It’s a factual matter those institutions are liberal. Whining doesn’t have anything to do with it.
#79

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:41 am, Gabe said:

Except Obama is not muslim (sorry guys, he isn’t)

He isn’t? So everyone that knew him, including the president of Garuda airlines of Indonesia, is wrong? He didn’t actually state that “There is no god but Allah and Mohammed is his prophet” to the New York Times” in a perfect Arabic accent? He wasn’t registered as a Muslim in an Indonesian Catholic school? He didn’t go to a Marxist and anti-American church for 20 years? None of his family was Muslim?

He IS Muslim, and this article proves it. But he STATES he is Christian! Just because someone states something–especially when they are desperate to gain something from a lie, in this case the presidency–doesn’t make it true.

Here is the proof that Barack Hussein Obama IS and WAS a Muslim:

http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12745.htm

Of course, we have all known he is a Marxist, and his Stalinist statements on July 2 prove this fact as well:

http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/007818.html

Thus, the cover is entirely accurate. If it weren’t, the Obama campaign would just be shrugging it off as Condi Rice has always done with the negative caricatures.

News flash: Barack Hussein Obama is already scheduling talks with his Muslim and terrorist allies:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080714/ap_on_el_pr/palestinians_obama_3
#80

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:42 am, fluffy said:

Red State Skeptic trolled:

Remind us again, who wants to restore the Fairness Doctrine?
#81

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:44 am, nyk said:

But yet you keep coming back…

Primarily to marvel at posts and responses like this.

Then the oh-so-brilliant Obamas missed the memo. If they felt it was a portrayal of the “fear-mongering rediculousness that it is”, they’d embrace it - you know, great for the campaign and all.

However, methinks they doth protest too much, which means the “right wing fear-mongering” is probably closer to the mark than the Obamas wish to acknowledge.

In one fell swoop you both ask and (unwittingly) answer your own question about why the Obama camp might not “welcome” the image. Oh, the irony!

I would love conservatives to at least be self-aware enough to see the irony of telling liberals to stop complaining, when they spend every waking moment whining about the “liberal” media, institutions of higher learning, Hollywood, and pretty much anything else that they’re convinced isn’t being fair to them.

Exactly.
#82

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:45 am, wighttrasch said:

whining about the “liberal” media, institutions of higher learning, Hollywood, and pretty much anything else that they’re convinced isn’t being fair to them.

We don’t whine–we point out discrepancies, fallacies & foam-flecked maniacal rantings.
#83

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:45 am, sonofdy said:

Conservatives, the “grievance mongers” are you.

Now that is the biggest pant load I have seen in a long time. Conservatives look at solutions, democrats look at past “crimes” (jessie jackson ring a bell??)
#84

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:48 am, sonofdy said:

nyk, If the liberal press were even handed in thier reporting, you would probably know alot more about Obama and he probably would never have been nominated.
#85

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:52 am, englishqueen01 said:

Conservatives, the “grievance mongers” are you.

Ha! Thanks for the morning laugh.

nyk: I stand by my assessment. The truth hurts, and clearly the Obamas are feeling the pain.

Their behavior over the past 20 years, plus some of their campaign commentary, would say the picture painted by the New Yorker isn’t too far off the mark - regardless of where it comes from.

But, then agin, who am I to blaspheme the son of god, right?
#86

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:53 am, Misscheryl said:

nyk - you are certainly no better than the right wingers you hate. You are guilty of behaving the same way.
#87

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am, wighttrasch said:

But, see, the media does report some of this stuff, but it’s never a big deal. It’s not important to the media, nor deal-breaking news to those who believe in liberal candidates. The only things that matter to liberals is if we go to church, how we teach our children to salute a flag, if I want to smoke a cigarette in a bar, if I don’t want to put on my seatbelt, or if we want to search suspicious-looking people at the airport.
#88

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:56 am, On-my-soap-box said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:33 am, Red State Skeptic said:
I would love conservatives to at least be self-aware enough to see the irony of telling liberals to stop complaining, when they spend every waking moment whining about the “liberal” media, institutions of higher learning, Hollywood, and pretty much anything else that they’re convinced isn’t being fair to them.

RSS competing with lgm on who can throw down the worst blanket statement condemning conservatives. Is that “self-aware” neough for you?

Try again – preferably at DKOS
#89

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:58 am, Paul-Cincy said:

Just noticed the setting is the Oval Office. I’m slow.

Remember the scene in “Blazing Saddles” where Cleavon Little got some whites led by Slim Pickens to show them how to “sing black” with their version of “Camptown Races”? In this case, the cartoonist is Slim Pickens, showing us what it’s like to “think conservative”, but as in the movie, the joke’s on him.
#90

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am, Misscheryl said:

The only things that matter to liberals is if we go to church, how we teach our children to salute a flag, if I want to smoke a cigarette in a bar, if I don’t want to put on my seatbelt, or if we want to search suspicious-looking people at the airport.

They’ve become those self righteous - moral police that they hate. They know what’s good for us. My favorite mantra - who needs God when you’re a liberal and ARE one.
#91

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am, brooklyn red said:

The sad part is that coming from the New Yorker it was probably meant to be a compliment…
#92

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:04 am, Goldwater Knight said:

Misscheryl said:

nyk - you are certainly no better than the right wingers you hate. You are guilty of behaving the same way.

I know, she’s not willing to make inroads with amyone who’s not a Democrat. Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana is a Democrat I happen to like. It’s pretty immature to hate all Dems just because they’re Dems. There are a few moderate, conservative Dems in this universe.
#93

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am, DBNinKY said:

You know, in looking back over the cartoons MM has posted depicting the MSM’s disgraceful treatment of our nation’s Secretary of State, Condi Rice, I find it incredulous that the B. Hussein Obamas would all of sudden discover that satire, as portrayed in the left-wing media, may convey messages “other” than a good old fashioned belly laugh - now that the laugh’s on them!

Where were they and where was the outrage when Secretary Rice was being denigrated and ridiculed? Let alone what President Bush and VP Cheney experience on a daily basis.

The lesson here for Democrats is obvious: If it’s satire when your friends in the media use humor to belittle your opponents in the public forum, then don’t get your “knickers in a knot” when satire happens to you.
#94

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:08 am, Cogs said:

Obama may win but it won’t be a cake-walk. Many of us have put-up with 7-1/2 years of “Hate-Bush”; he’s gonna feel the pay-back.
#95

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:10 am, Southpaw said:

As political satire I think the picture is pretty good. As far as it being tasteless and offensive, it’s actually mild. It’s funny that the liberal left would be offended. They’re the ones in the media and entertainment industries that created th “Age of Vulgarity” that we live in today.
#96

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

He tried to grow a pair, but Jesse Jackson cut them off…
#97

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am, englishqueen01 said:

It’s funny that the liberal left would be offended. They’re the ones in the media and entertainment industries that created th “Age of Vulgarity” that we live in today.

The left has no sense of irony, and a limited sense of humor: only that which belittles, smears, or depicts with racist overtones CONSERVATIVES is funny to them.
#98

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am, Cogs said:

On second thought, I’m gonna make a big “Grow a pair, Obama” sign and attend a few Obama rallies; that should be fun. Maybe we could start a movement!
#99

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:16 am, Blind_Mule said:

Does this mean I can’t photoshop anymore.

Oh, I forgot I have the first ammendment to back me up, at least for now.
#100

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am, sonofdy said:

#93 If he wins, every second will be payback for as long as he is pResident of america. I will buy an impeach obama bumper sticker the second he wins.
#101

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

John McCain’s middle name is Sydney.

U
#102

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am, oldcollegeguy1980 said:

use it as much as you like.
#103

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am, sonofdy said:

#98, You can have the bunk next to mine in the re-education camp.
#104

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am, sonofdy said:

Sydney? HE IS CLEARLY AN AUSTRIALIAN SPY!!!

/liberal wacko mode off.
#105

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am, IndependentTom said:

I find myself wondering if we’re very far from having political satire designated as a “hate crime”.
#106

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am, englishqueen01 said:

John McCain’s middle name is Sydney.

You learn something new every day. Interesting middle name…

I find myself wondering if we’re very far from having political satire designated as a “hate crime”.

Nope. Look at Canada, where *fact* is a hate crime.

Obama wins and we (read: conservatives) are screwed.
#107

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am, BayStateRepublican said:

If it had been the First Amendment in the Oval Office fireplace, rather than an American Flag, the satirist may have more accurately captured what the right “really” thinks about the future under BHO.
#108

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:36 am, Red State Skeptic said:

RSS competing with lgm on who can throw down the worst blanket statement condemning conservatives.

My apologies. I do know some conservatives who aren’t so wrapped up in their self-pity that they can recognize that the media and Hollywood aren’t out to get them. They are mostly ashamed of seeing bigots like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Savage embarrass their cause. They cringe when they see Michelle Malkin on her hysterical rants, and they would like to see more civility from both sides of the political spectrum.
#109

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:38 am, Drained Brain said:

Hillary Clinton and her campaign, rather than “The Right,” are the true inspiration for this cover.

But that would be more ironic than satirical, wouldn’t it, as Kate McMillan points out at smalldeadanimals?
#110

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:39 am, rightwingrocker said:

For once I agree with Barack Obama on something. This cartoon IS tasteless and offensive. But so what? It’s merely a reflection of Obama’s tasteless and offensive worldview.

There will be dissent no matter what. Mr. Obama should take more care in deciding which side of an issue he chooses, so that any tasteless and offensive press is at least tolerable to him and geared (in his view) toward his core beliefs and not his person.

Why doesn’t Obama explain to us exactly why this seemingly very accurate depiction of his beliefs is so “tasteess and offensive”? After all, he’s depicted as sympathizing with a terrorist, something I certainly believe is part of his worldview.

As our esteemed hostess has already suggested, Obama needs to grow a pair.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#111

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:40 am, katieanne said:

I find myself wondering if we’re very far from having political satire designated as a “hate crime”.

Only if it is aimed at Obama. He is a wimp.
#112

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:41 am, Rob said:

I hope this accurate portrayal of Barack HUSSEIN HUSSEIN HUSSEIN Obama pulls a few votes away from him. I also see that another member of the liberal, spending BLACK HOLE BLACK HOLE BLACK HOLE in Washington is running for president on the Green Ticket. I hope she too pulls some votes from Barack HUSSEIN HUSSEIN HUSSEIN Obama.

I love satire…
#113

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:41 am, Goldwater Knight said:

Red State Skeptic said:

My apologies. I do know some conservatives who aren’t so wrapped up in their self-pity that they can recognize that the media and Hollywood aren’t out to get them. They are mostly ashamed of seeing bigots like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Savage embarrass their cause. They cringe when they see Michelle Malkin on her hysterical rants, and they would like to see more civility from both sides of the political spectrum.

You’re a bag of tools man.
#114

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:43 am, wighttrasch said:

They are mostly ashamed of seeing bigots like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Savage embarrass their cause.

These people of whom you write are not indicative of the majority. I would venture to guess ‘they’ act ashamed so that they can get into the liberal elite parties where cocaine is on the serving cart.
#115

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:45 am, rightwingrocker said:

Wait a second, Obama has the biggest pair I have ever seen. ears that is.

Have we already forgotten Ross Perot?

Sheesh.

HAHAAHAAAHAHA

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#116

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:49 am, rightwingrocker said:

Bush keeps moving on because he is focused on results. He doesn’t sweat the small stuff.

One of the man’s redeeming qualities, to be sure. I’ve not been a big fan of his of late, but you have to admire his courage in standing up for what he believes, even if you disagree with it.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#117

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am, englishqueen01 said:

A local blog (Marquette Warrior) has done a round-up of some of the comments by tons of so-called “tolerant” and “compassionate” liberals in the wake of Tony Snow’s death. This, quite frankly, makes the Obama cartoon look like a walk in the park - yet I don’t hear nearly as much condemnation from liberals about it.

Here’s a sampling of the comments:

Just a sampling of comments from the aforementioned Democratic Underground.

Meet your maker and all the people you helped kill Tony.

Condolences to his family, good riddance to a fucking liar.

We have no right to rejoice over this. But what about the man whose entire family was slaughtered by american bombings in Iraq ? Snow, as Bush’s spokesman, bears a responsibility.

Mr. Snow, meet Mr. Fire. Another fascist bites the dust. None too soon.

A fond farewell Mr. Snow … If there is someplace you go after death, I hope George Carlin is there waiting to kick your ass.

He (or his masters) paid image consultants a crapload of money to make him seem like a decent guy, but he stood for and supported everything that Bush and Cheney do, and I wouldn’t apply the term decent to either of them…

My condolences … to the Iraqis who have died because of the neocons.

Why not just let him lie and say nothing, and save your pity for the people who have suffered and died because of Bush administration policies that Snow helped promote?

I saw him on Bill Maher maybe back in January. And I remember being shocked at the time that someone battling what is usually a death-sentence illness . . . would not have learned anything about life. His illness and what he went through obviously not having taught him anything about compassion, humility or empathy. But there he was, Tony Snow. As hateful and arrogant as ever.

that Tony was a filthy, lying bastard who devoted his later years to spewing propaganda for fascists and miscreants.

Rest in peace, Mr. Snow. Just joking.

He was a paid liar for the worst administration in our history.

He was just one of the flacks. Media manipulators for hire. Spin machines. I have often wondered how they manage to sleep at night.

he lied to me daily

Isn’t that nice. A faithful Christian who enabled the slaughter of innocent Iraqis.

sorry snow——- his bullshit lies and smarmy face caused the deaths of soldiers, the ignoring of global warming, the spreading of disinformation.

Maybe he can now meet some of the people his lies killed

.

Some similar hatred from the Daily Kos.

Question #2.Was Tony Snow part of a Goebbels-like propaganda machine allowing a cabal of pillaging, warmongering thugs to seize War Powers of an Industrialized “Democracy” allowing said Regime to unrepentently torture, maim, and kill civilians in foreign lands while rationalizing his patrons Police-State Powers at home via the comprehensive, calculated dissembly of the Rule of Law? . . . Yes.

I feel horribly for the children, elderly parents…the wife I am more ambivalent about. I could not love or stay married to a man who enabled Bush.

Isn’t it ironic. . . that a man who held onto and fed people the lies, the smears, the condescending attitude, who hurt so many should be overcome by the very thing that his own body was feeding and growing.

Tony Snow I am sure was a nice man to those of like mind. And there is exactly the problem. “Those of like mind” do not give a damn about you or me or the rest of this once great country.

Let’s talk about Tony Snow - I mean really talk about Tony Snow and what lies he spread to the world for profit.

Standing in Puragtory’s line, behind 100k Iraqis

It is fair and balanced to note what team he played for. How many Iraqis and Americans died so he could continue in his job?

So if liberals here act with surprise that we find them less than tolerant, this is a prime example why.

As to Coulter, Rush, Savage, Malkin and hte rest - often, when liberals call them “insulting” or “hysterical”, it’s merely because they’re right. When they’re really offensive or wrong, we call them on it.

Can’t say the same thing about liberals and their cohorts.
#118

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:50 am, jellibean said:

I love you, Michelle. I was going nuts over the weekend because you only updated a couple of times, and when you come back, you give us this post.

I hadn’t seen that McCain cartoon (how tacky and appalling!), but you’re right that Obama needs to learn to deal with stuff like this. Bush has been compared to Hitler and the Nazis and killed in effigy in many ways for almost 8 years; if Obama can’t handle mild criticism and a political cartoon made by an organization that (I’m sure) overwhelmingly supports him, how can he handle being criticized as President?
#119

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am, Rob said:

Red State: I am listening to Ann Coulter RIGHT NOW. Rush is next… I don’t listen to Savage because I listen to Hugh Hewitt and John and Ken from LA at that time!

Michelle Malkin is one of the ONLY talking heads that I agree with MOST of the time…

My grandfathers were the type of men who made this nation…hardworking, supported their families, NEVER went on welfare or other loser support programs, NEVER had to have help sending their children to college, loved me unconditionally, and were both hard-line conservatives!

They built this nation and made it easy for the losers to survive, and now you have one running for president on the liberal, demoncratic ticket. My grandpas would be so sad and angry to see what they built being turned into a nanny state.

The truth marches on!
#120

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am, Gabe said:

I do know some conservatives who aren’t so wrapped up in their self-pity that they can recognize that the media and Hollywood aren’t out to get them. They are mostly ashamed of seeing bigots like Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Savage embarrass their cause.

Red State Skeptic must have imaginary “conservative” friends who have the EXACT same liberal beliefs that he does.

It is like the Tom Brokaw conservative “friends” who are going to vote for the most liberal Senator in history. Yeah, sure they are “conservative” and they really exist!

Red State Skeptic shows what tyrants most liberals would be if they had any type of power. They want NO counter points of view, and if there are any they demonize them as “bigots.” Oldest trick in the book.

Liberals have NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN, PBS, AP, Reuters, all the major newspapers, the entire public school system, every university. The only counters to this virtual monopoly are talk-radio and Fox News that gets the truth out. Yet they are still upset that there are ANY type of opposition to their point of view and that the truth can get out.

Their reaction to the cover of the New York Magazine is typical. What is normal for Republicans happens for once to them and they are aghast and suddenly want to ban free speech and freedom of the press.
#121

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:59 am, Paul-Cincy said:

Bush never whined. Never pouted about those who criticized him. Not once. With Prez Obama, that will change in a big way.
#122

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 11:53 am, Rob said:
Red State: I am listening to Ann Coulter RIGHT NOW. Rush is next… I don’t listen to Savage because I listen to Hugh Hewitt and John and Ken from LA at that time!

Michelle Malkin is one of the ONLY talking heads that I agree with MOST of the time…

What’s your point? I know they are popular. I was just saying that I can’t make a blanket statement about all conservatives buying that crap.

For what it’s worth, I love Coulter, Rush and Michelle because they are remarkably intelligent and effective communicators. Plus I agree with them on a lot of things. They are bigots, or at least consciously appeal to bigotry (Michelle less so), but probably no more bigoted than white liberals who think it’s OK to mock working-class whites (or “rednecks”) on My Name Is Earl.
#123

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm, sambo said:

Red State Skeptic said:
bigots

We saw who were the bigots in the primary. And I sat backed and laughed my a$$ off! I am still laughing at when you libtards try to say it was the conservatives doing it. I will continue to laugh in the future everytime the race card is used by your side.
HA HA HA HA HA HA
#124

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:05 pm, rightwingrocker said:

Like Bush he appears to have two modes: placating the left and attacking the right. Why didn’t these men switch parties decades ago? They could have spared us so much.

The problem is that the party has moved to the left along with them, forcing US to consider other options.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#125

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pm, jsr said:

If Obama manages to get elected the press will throw him under the bus and make life more miserable for him than the Republicans ever dreamed. While the MSM always wants to see a Dem in charge, they will turn on Obama shortly after the inauguration as there will be too much ammo and gossip. They simply cannot help themselves and they will be stampedeing to uncover all the dirt and incompetence that is at the core of Democrat politics. (Unfortunately they will never seriously question policy, which is what really matters.) The stories and rumors that will come out of the White House will make those of the Clinton years seem like a Disney movie. It is the one thing about an Obama presidency that gives me hope.
#126

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm, wighttrasch said:

liberals who think it’s OK to mock working-class whites (or “rednecks”) on My Name Is Earl.

The mockery on this NBC show is about people who don’t work. Please get your mockery correct. I am not offended by ‘Earl’, because I work every day–my offense comes when I get paycheck for said job, and see how much of my $$ goes to those who live like the folks in ‘Earl’ do…
#127

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:15 pm, greenfairie said:

What, Mr. Sophistication couldn’t figure out that New Yorker illo was poking fun at what folks like us think of him? Mr. Genius didn’t know The New Yorker is about as right-wing as The Nation? Mr. Lightworker couldn’t use his all-seeing powers to figure any of this out??

I’m beginning to think the Dalai Bama really graduated from Harvard Hills Community College.
#128

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:17 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

Red State Skeptic must have imaginary “conservative” friends who have the EXACT same liberal beliefs that he does.

Imaginary? Michelle Malkin herself has condemned Ann Coulter. So has George Will.

Trust me, I’m talking about people who are still for the war, oppose “nanny” government, oppose killing babies and are among the 28% of America