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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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#375057

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
#375062

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.
#375064

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.
#375071

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…
#375073

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.
#375079

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.
#375080

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.
#375084

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.
#375087

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…
#375090

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.
#375091

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!
#375095

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.
#375097

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.
#375098

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

John McCain’s middle name is Sydney.

U
#375099

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

use it as much as you like.
#375100

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

#98, You can have the bunk next to mine in the re-education camp.
#375103

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

Sydney? HE IS CLEARLY AN AUSTRIALIAN SPY!!!

/liberal wacko mode off.
#375104

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”.
#375124

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.
#375128

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.
#375130

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.
#375136

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?
#375140

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
#375142

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.
#375143

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…
#375144

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.
#375147

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.
#375152

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
#375158

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
#375162

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.
#375163

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?
#375169

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!
#375173

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.
#375178

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.
#375184

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.
#375185

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
#375193

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
#375201

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.
#375205

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…
#375212

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.
#375215

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 who support George W. Bush.
#375220

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm, sonofdy said:

Saint Obama the great (PBUH) is beyond all of this. Next on msnbc, we will have a discussion on wether Saint Obama (PBUH) is Great, wonderfull or just the bees knees. After that we shall have a balanced debate about how McCain the cowardly idiot war criminal who betrayed his country after only 5 years of torture, should be jailed or just executed.

/MSNBC mode off.
#375223

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm, sonofdy said:

RSS are you amoungst the 9% who support the democratic congress? Ouch…
#375231

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm, thefoundingfathers said:

I thought is was rather humorous that the left produced a cartoon with so much truth to it. That is why it’s funny.
#375234

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:29 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:22 pm, sonofdy said:
RSS are you amoungst the 9% who support the democratic congress? Ouch…

No. Why do you think that you have to be a diehard, rah-rah liberal to criticize the right wing? As I’ve said before, I have conservative positions on many more issues than liberal ones, although for the ones that matter the most to me (foreign policy, the environment) I’m true blue. And I like cherry kool-aid.
#375235

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:30 pm, Regulus said:

I recall back in 2004 how John Kerry reminded me of a story I read back in elementary school, a coming-of-age piece about an Indian youth who had to man up to overcome his childhood moniker of “Haska’a,” or “He-who-cries-when-the-wasps-sting-him.”

Senator Hopenchange is reminding me a lot of Kerry in the exact same sense. And both of them were/are reacting in the same way, by blubbering “…But it was a BIG bee!!”
#375238

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:31 pm, englishqueen01 said:

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

Yeah – and you don’t see half that condemnation from liberals when, say, Ted Rall creates a racist cartoon, or how the Daily Kos/Democratic Underground lambasts the late Tony Snow.

For that matter – why have people like Pelosi, Obama, and the rest of the Democratic leadership never condemned assassination chic?

You can argue all you want that conservatives are the heartless ones but, by and large, I’ve learned those arguments hold absolutely no water.
#375241

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:33 pm, khan said:

Wow. That McCain cartoon. Ho-lee ****.
#375244

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:35 pm, Marc said:

I wonder when anyone in the MSM complained about the covers that Time Magazine and Newsweek have done. Time did a cover cartoon of Menachem Begin that was outright antiSemitic. The Time cover had a crude cartoon of Begin with a hooked nose and a maniacal expression on his face. The Time article began with the phrase “Begin, it rhymes with Fagin”. Fagin was an antiSemitic caricature in some British literature. And Newsweek did a cover story with the Star of David crushing the dove of peace. And Newsweek managed to make the Star of David look very much like a Nazi swatstika. I can’t recall anyone in the MSM complaining about Time or Newsweek.
#375248

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, KCK said:

I’d love this NY cover on a t shirt.

My blithe responses to Obama supporters met on the street? “Wasn’t he sworn in on a Koran?” Or, “Did you mean, ‘Osama’?”
#375249

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

Red State Skeptic said:

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 who support George W. Bush.

I guess you’re amongst the 9% of Americans that think the Democrat Congress is doing a GREAT job!
#375251

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:40 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

Yeah – and you don’t see half that condemnation from liberals when, say, Ted Rall creates a racist cartoon, or how the Daily Kos/Democratic Underground lambasts the late Tony Snow.

I don’t know. I think that in light of Michelle’s choice to ignore the Curious George shirts and the crosshairs assassination newspaper and the guy on here who said that Spike Lee justified continuing the “n” word, Michelle’s condemnation of Ann Coulter was more like temporary santiy. Or maybe it was just about frying the big fish and letting the little ones be. When a high profile Dem says something ignorant and embarrassing, they hear it from the party (Hillary on the Obama-Bobby Kennedy connection, Joe Biden on “clean” African Americans). If you spend all your time worrying about the inconsequential scabs on the Daily Kos, you wouldn’t have time for much else.
#375252

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:41 pm, sonofdy said:

I guess you’re amongst the 9% of Americans that think the Democrat Congress is doing a GREAT job!

He probably blames bush for that as well
#375256

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm, rightwingrocker said:

Senator Hopenchange

I am SO stealing that!

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com
#375264

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm, sonofdy said:

RSS
Curious George shirts – A great example of something that the left has been using to attack bush for 8 years but is somehow off limits to attack saint Obama (PBUH) the great. I would buy one in a second if I could find them.
#375266

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:50 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

Red State Skeptic Obama makes a great Curious George just to let you know. Curious about raising taxes, curious about marxists, curious about enabling muslim jihadists, curious about destroying small business, curious about what a late-term aborted fetus looks like, curious about breaking our economy, and curious about creating a welfare state.
#375270

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, sambo said:

Marc said:
I wonder when anyone in the MSM complained about the covers that Time Magazine and Newsweek have done.

When golf magazine had a picture of a noose on it!
#375276

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm, bit_boy said:

RSS/#38 and nyk/#63 mistaking their opinion for fact. Sweet things they are.
#375279

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:06 pm, atheling said:

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

Red State Skeptic said:

You’re a bag of tools man

And not the sharpest tools in the shed, either.

Bubble Boy will need to grow a suit of armor if he wants to play in the big league. The insulated world he lives in will not afford him the protection he enjoyed. Remember his comment while sipping champagne among the SF elites? He was taken by surprise by the reaction, and that is because he only associates with like minded people, like most leftards. This demonstrates his bulls*** when he talks about “crossing the aisle”. He never crossed the aisle in his life, the liar.
#375282

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm, ajmalkov said:

Michelle always does excellent work.

But this time she’s outdone herself.

Excellent job, Michelle.

What a crybaby the Messiah is.

Someone should tell him there’s no crying in baseball.
#375283

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:09 pm, AlohaGuy said:

This is not the First Amendment I knew.
#375291

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:14 pm, Silkyinfamous said:

It’s amazing. Barack is losing his glow everyday. How could he be angry with the press, I guess he just realized they weren’t his friends after all.

Free Lunch is over.
#375305

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm, rambler said:

The cartoonist got it right about who wears the pants.
#98 I want one of those bumper stickers!
#375307

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm, Karmi said:

No surprise here, about the pic, the Democrats are always so busy ‘pointing-the-finger-of-guilt’ at Conservatives, that they don’t see their own natural bigotry and hatred.

The Afrosphere is totally outraged, i.e. anything negative about Michelle and Barack is – “Racist Attacks.” However, the pic come’s from the Left’s own side, so they are a tad confused.

A commenter at PL sums it up nicely –
A picture is worth a thousand denials. How quaint that the left tarred the Messiah with a brush full of pitch meant for the right.
#375313

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:24 pm, Concerned Citizen said:

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.

Rusty, Mookie, and lgm don’t count. Just because they’re here doesn’t mean they’re conservatives.
#375330

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:34 pm, EdDantes said:

Yeah, and he’s quick to pardon Jesse Jackson for wanting to cut his nuts off. I guess that’s not tasteless and offensive?
#375335

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:35 pm, AlohaGuy said:

Yeah, and he’s quick to pardon Jesse Jackson for wanting to cut his nuts off. I guess that’s not tasteless and offensive?

Let’s just say it’s no big deal…
#375337

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:36 pm, Right_Wired said:

I am so damn tired of the double standards.

When in the hell the media cover the hit piece done by Rolling Stone, mocking McCain’s torture?

Someone, anyone at MRC, NB, Rush, Malkin, Coulter, Hannity, Savage, SOMEONE needs to make them address this on air and explain themselves as to why it’s ok to insult McCain but not Osama, and WHY do they not cover this stuff.

This election is going to be won by the MSM again if we dont’ start raising a stink. NOW.
#375340

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm, Goldwater Knight said:

Did anyone think that Hillary’s people orchestrated this? I mean it izzzz the New Yorker. A liberal magazine puts out a sardonic cover page and says it’s characterizing “right wingers” as the idea blows up in their face. Hmmm, fishy indeed.
#375347

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:39 pm, JT said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 10:15 am, 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.”

Can you say backfired? If not, then why did the Obama camp complain?

We are not dumb liberals. The New Yorker outsmarted themselves. Typical of elitist liberals. Right nyk?

If Obama can’t take a cartoon from a partisan rag like the New Yorker just wait. If the messiah gets elected, he will be pounded relentlessly every times he screws up. Judging by how often he flip flops, he gonna be plumb tuckered out in 4 years.

Keep a scrapbook.
#375352

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, Member-VRWC said:

As part of the group who cling to their guns, I’m not nuanced enough to figure out that The New Yorker was trying to satirize me in it’s depiction of the Obamas on the cover.

So I’ll be the rube they think I am and just take it as representing what actually is.

Or didn’t the crapweasels at the TNY learn in j-school that effective satire must have a connection with the truth.

So, which is it New Yorker — Do the Obamas even slightly represent what you have depicted or are you guilty of a lousy job of satire?
#375360

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:45 pm, Right_Wired said:

Hitlery is evil, but not stupid.
#375368

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:49 pm, prislamia said:

I can’t stand this! Thank you Michelle for being on top of this liberal BS! I am so sick of the double standard – the disgusting things done/said/drawn – about conservatives and the media so slanted towards the left! It is getting so I cannot bear to read or watch anything. I am hoping and praying that come November – all of this bashingfrom the left will have result of putting a Republican President in the White House. God help us all if the maxist/leftist communists gain control of this country!
#375373

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pm, desertdweller said:

Obama’s tactic should be familiar to all.

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And they’re now guilty of Obamaphobia.
#375378

On July 14th, 2008 at 1:55 pm, katablog said:

I was fortunate enough to have found an advanced copy of Barack Obama’s new campaign Seal Katablog.com
#375384

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:01 pm, Paul-Cincy said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 12:38 pm, KCK said:
I’d love this NY cover on a t shirt.

My blithe responses to Obama supporters met on the street? “Wasn’t he sworn in on a Koran?”

KCK, aren’t we in enough trouble without you goofing on leftists who goof on what rightists think about Obama?!

P.S. Obama was a member of Nation of Islam for 20 years. I think he was. Pretty sure! That’s where he got the Koran for the swearing-in ceremony. And he pledged allegiance to Louis Farrakhan. I read about it on the internet.
#375388

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:02 pm, swmbo said:

I am STILL not believing the Secret Service allowed the kill bush tshirts. That is more than bad taste, it is hate speech.

My favorite shirt to wear says -

Land of the Free
Because of the Brave !!

If Obama wins, I think those us of still clinging to our guns will have to also become brave. AND, why is Michelle Obama allowed to have such a big gun and I’m not?
#375397

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:06 pm, amboytimes said:

It’s not Obama’s fault, Jesse Jackson cut them off!
#375413

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm, meatpieandtatters said:

Chet Rall is a pencil-necked jerk.
#375416

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:19 pm, latinconservative said:

Nothing surprises me about the liberals and NYK…What a dweeb…
#375418

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, PeterX said:

As a GOPer, I’m going to side with the Obamamessiah and say that this is in amazingly poor taste. But not for the reasons he (or you) might think.

The point of the cartoon: It’s a slam against we right wing/neocons who’ve allegedly mis-characterized the Obamamessiah and his wife since he’s been running. It takes all the things allegedly attributed or said by the right—like Obama is secretly a Muslim, the fist bump, etc.—and satirizes them in what our worst White House nightmare might look like.

Yeah, I get the satire and joke. And it’s being played on us.
#375434

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:38 pm, RetFireman said:

Again, the Left’s…and not just Liberal’s…hypocrisy knows no limits. They all own special mirrors in their homes that only reflect what they want to see and filters out anything that would be self-editorializing. All of these examples and many more will be completely lost on each and every one of them. Any of them who will actually ry and argue the fact will only deny that their caricatures are offensive, will claim First Ammendment Rights, (which we all know only work for them) and decry the failure of the Right to have a “Sense of Humor”.

However, I am more concerned that rather than them being offended by this as a joke, it is more of a case of “Truth Hurts” that has them all bent out of shape.
#375437

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm, ugly kid joe said:

sorry i didn’t have time to read through the posts here to see if this was already addressed…

what follows is part of an editorial written by John Nichols and published in The Nation adressing the cartoon (and in the process smear the GOP):

“That ignorance is the last remaining hope of a Republican Party that, after 14 years of Gingrich and DeLay and eight years of Bush and Cheney, has pretty much blown the franchise. Only if a creaking GOP machine can spin a mild and moderate freshman senator and a crisp and professional hospital administrator into something scary does John McCain stand a chance in November.”

how typical…blame Bush
#375452

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, Pickle said:

And let us not also forget Pat Buchanan’s tasteless charicature of Rudy Giuliani, which I don’t recall him whining about at all. Think it had something to do with not dignifying such rubbish with a response…
#375455

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, wighttrasch said:

a mild and moderate freshman senator and a crisp and professional hospital administrator

See what I mean about the true believers? It doesn’t matter what gets reported about them–it could be that he spent his childhood in a Libyan training camp, being taught by cloned Nazis, and stayed there ’til last month, and it wouldn’t make a bit of difference…
#375468

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:14 pm, Paul-Cincy said:

On July 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, PeterX said:
As a GOPer, I’m going to side with the Obamamessiah and say that this is in amazingly poor taste. But not for the reasons he (or you) might think.

The point of the cartoon: It’s a slam against we right wing/neocons who’ve allegedly mis-characterized the Obamamessiah and his wife

Liberals have race and identity politics on the brain. They then figure, if you don’t appreciate our identification with our group, you’re a bigot. That’s the limit of their thinking. So quick to call others bigots.

On CSpan last night was a broadcast of some group on black leadership. I watched ’cause I try to see the other side. But it was sickening. Maybe hundreds in the room, all black liberals. Couldn’t have been a Republican in the room. All talking about black this, black that, and black leadership … what about LEADERSHIP apart from color? Isn’t it part of the problem that we see ourselves as black or white? Does it really matter if your doctor is black, your car mechanic is black, your mentor or mentee is black, your presidential candidate is black? Does it matter? It doesn’t, does it?
#375473

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:19 pm, Yashmak said:

Seems to me, there are 3 reasons people might find this cover ‘outrageous’.

1) They don’t understand satire.
2) It strikes too close to home to some liberals who may be concerned about Obama’s associations.
3) They don’t understand satire AND it strikes too close to home.

None of those are actually reasons to deem this magazine cover ‘outrageous’.
#375491

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm, gribble said:

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

What a brilliant bit of mindreading. When Barack Obama says “No Comment”, you read it as him saying “tasteless and offensive”.

Can you teach others to mindread too ?
#375499

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, sfcmac said:

It was unintentional on the part of the liberals at The New Yorker, who wanted to exploit what they think are ‘unfounded’ fears, but what they succeeded in doing was an actual portrayal; an accurate reflection of Obama’s character. He’s accumulated FARC, William Ayers, Hamas, Louis Farrakhan, and Kim Jong Il among his friends, admirers, and supporters.

The picture isn’t that far off.
#375506

On July 14th, 2008 at 3:42 pm, sonofdy said:

gribble, are you saying obamas spokesman doesn’t speak for obama?

there goes another obama supporter under the bus
#375536

On July 14th, 2008 at 4:07 pm, Die Hippie, Die said:

I think that in light of Michelle’s choice to ignore the Curious George shirts

Thanks for the tip! I didn’t know these existed. Anyone have the link to the site selling these?