Manhattan on The New Yorker cover. Typical New Yorker. Just like the current issue.

This newest sly cover is aimed at thinking people who are tired of the view put forward by Limbaugh and his right wing loonies. It illustrates the absurd view they try to insinuate with the contrived 'slip of the tongue' we hear from bigots when they call in to radio talk shows and discuss "Osama. . . er. . . Obama." They would dismiss the man as damaged goods and hope to paint this kind of image in voter's heads. Now The New Yorker has done it, it's over the top, it's funny, and it's illustrating the sheer stupidity the bigots are trying to suggest. I can't wait until my copy arrives and I'll read it.

Now if non-thinking people pick up The New Yorker hoping to find verbiage that reinforces their bias, they will be disappointed. They won't understand the magazine and probably won't read the poems or laugh at the rest of the cartoons, either. They'll also have $5 less to send to McCain for his campaign.

This explanation won't soothe the whining over-zealous Obama supporters who left their sense of humor and perspective, along with their Kucinich buttons, at home.

SRS