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Thread #112735   Message #2392460
Posted By: Alice
18-Jul-08 - 04:52 PM
Thread Name: BS: Tasteless and Offensive New Yorker?
Subject: RE: BS: Tasteless and Offensive New Yorker?
From the Satirical Political Report:
http://satiricalpolitical.com/
(Sorry about all caps but that is the way they are on the web site).

David Remnick Explains The New Yorker's 'Obama Terrorist Cover'
"IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET PEOPLE WEST OF THE WEST SIDE OF MANHATTAN TO PICK UP OUR MAGAZINE."

The New Yorker's David Remnick Claims "It Coulda' Been Worse"
"IF WE HAD REALLY INTENDED TO HURT OBAMA WITH MIDDLE AMERICA, WE WOULD HAVE DEPICTED HIM AND HIS WIFE AS 'NEW YORKERS.'"

Satirists Riot Over The New Yorker's Obama Cartoon
"IT SEEMS THEY VIOLATED THE SACRED PRINCIPLE OF THE RELIGION OF SATIRE: HITTING YOUR ACTUAL TARGET."

Even the New Yorker "Cartoon Dogs" Are Pissed!
"NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'LL BE PORTRAYING US AS 'AFGHANS'."
(with photo of Afghan dog)

When It Comes to Barack, Maureen Dowd Jumps the Snark
"WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE PARODIED AS AN UNPATRIOTIC, AMERICAN-HATING, MUSLIM-SYMPATHIZING TERRORIST, MARRIED TO A 1960′S 'BLACK PANTHER'? C'MON BARACK, LIGHTEN UP."