Perhaps some of you have never read the New Yorker? It doesn't purport to be the NY Times. It is an arts and culture magazine for New Yorkers, and their satirical cover art always--on nearly every single issue--reflects that aspect of their magazine.

As I said earlier, those who are offended by this are his supporters, who do not wish to see their candidate mocked, ridiculed, satirized, or made fun of, and who believe everyone should self-censor anything that could be construed as negative about the Obamas.

No one should go along with that line of reasoning.

To suggest the New Yorker "should" have put the cartoon on the inside is outrageous. The Obamas are public figures, and this comes with that territory. Public figures don't control, nor should they, what gets put into the public domain about them.

What is truly depressing is the number of people who believe arts and culture communities "should" self-censor regarding the Obamas, in order to get the Democrat elected. These brown shirt tactics carry Anybody But Bushism far beyond the pale of reasonableness. One can only hope this "All opposition must be stamped into the ground" mentality is on it's way out.