The New Yorker Obama cover: OMFG, WTF?

Here, here, well said damnneargenius!

The number one reason I'm going for Obama isn't so much the man himself. The reason is that I feel that the GOP has had just a little too much fun in the White House already. Those who have power use that power. Those who have power for too long can be corrupted by it. The GOP is corrupt. This is not to say that Dems are not, but they have not had as much power.

Wow fotojunkie, i cannot believe you just said that. Fear of the unknown? Thats the same kinda shit that made America the MOST racist country on the planet. We have to get over these old ways, and have some faith. Fuck these utalitarian assholes trying to make a profit from our votes. We need an idealist, someone who stirs the masses from their decrepit slumber. This is our fucking country, we are the true leaders of this nation, not the President. All Bush has accomplished during his term, is take power away from us, and give it to him (the president). This is not how things should be. And please do not use 9/11 when choosing who you are going to vote for. Thats the shit that got us in trouble in the first place. People thinking that we need to be protected from the crazy middle east. Thats what made it so easy for Bush to do whatever the fuck he wanted without anyone saying anything. Well im tired of it all.
The original Patriots that built this nation, were thinkers, idealists all of them. They saw the evil of tyrranny and sought to destroy it. They questioned laws and policies, they fucking REBELLED! They, and their methods are the reason why we are the United States of America. But now people have lost sight of what a real patriot is, now it is UNpatriotic to question the government, UNpatriotic to talk shit about an incompetent leader (Bush). FUCK THAT!
We know very well what Mccain is like, thats for damn sure. He was a pow for years, fought in wars like a good soldier, followed orders like a good american. I am tired of these old rich whitefolks telling me what to do. Thinking that they know what is right for me and those like me. Shit has gone down hill for a while, and Mccain is not the one to save us. He is just like all the others before him. Same demon, different disguise. What we need is something different, and even though Senator Obama was NOT my first choice when the race first started, hell he wasnt even my 2nd. Things have turned the way they have, and we are forced to choose between 2 polar opposites. I repeat, we know what Mccain is like, what he will do. And i do not like that pole, we've been there for years, i'd rather try something different, because even if we fail, we'll know we tried something other than suicide.
So choose wisely, and don't be swayed by what's on the cover of a magazine, or on telivision.
And even though i do not believe in the Judeo-Christian's picture of God. The only words that come to mind when i think of the years to come are these... May God help us all...

No judgment on your political choice, but it seems to me that you could find out almost everything there is to know about Obama with a simply Google query. The "fear" of Obama that you speak of is completely manufactured. Its not about left or right, its about spinning facts, pollsters, and image makers/breakers.

WELL, GET READY TO TOTE A GUN IF YOU ARE 18- 24... IF MCCAIN WINS, YOU WILL SOON BE DRAFTED!

hey there,
Mr. Bush DID nothing to help this country after 911- we are at war with a country that had nothing to do with it, we have a BAD reputation in the world because of how we have conducted ourselves during it (torture) and are currently at risk for an international tribunal for committing war crimes, we are clearly less safe in our own country - spending far too much money and lives on an illegal war while ignoring REAL safety issues here- like improving infrastructure and our ports and transportation systems. he has run our economy into the ground ,he has increased our dependence on foreign oil while saying we are addicted to oil, destroyed our civil rights, and McCain will do the same. Mc C was against lowering taxes during war, now he is for it. he was for the GI bill, then he was against it- now he is saying he helped pass it and wasn't even present for the vote. he doesn't know the difference between the Sunni and Shiites- he said he would leave Iraq if they asked- they did and now he is against it. he makes jokes about bombing Iran-- THIS IS WHO YOU TRUST???
Give me an idealist any day...i agree - it was the mindset of our founding fathers i wish to emulate-- we MUST at least ask for change or we will deserve what we are getting.

Hmmm. Does manufacturing "evidence" against a nation that did Not attack us keep us safer? Bush and Cheney had their own reasons for attacking Iraq but it wasn't 9/11. Iraq did not cause 9/11.

Bush and Cheney have so much to answer for.....the deaths of thousands of innocents. A trillion dollar deficit that he has squandered making all of their cronies richer. They have destroyed what good will others had of our nation and have brought us to the brink of national bankruptcy.

It is good that FotoJunkie posted her opinion, because it is common among most Americans due to media and white house distortion.

Bush did simply did not track down those responsible for 9/11, Osama Bin Laden is still running around the somewhere in the middle east, and Afghanistan is a complete wreck as a country and a prefect breeding ground for future terrorists. Bush explicitly did not do what he could to protect our country, he did the exact opposite by illegally invading a country that neither had weapons of mass destruction or ANY links to Al-Queda. All he did was fuel the Anti-American fire in the middle east.

If you don't know who Barrack Obama is, it is up to you to find out, and it is not hard. Simply google his name and you can read his entire life story. He did not materialize on this planet just to win an election, his life story is public knowledge. It is on you as an American citizen to actively engage in your democracy and educate yourself about the candidates and our countries actual foreign policy during the last 8 years, because mass media will not do it for you.

i don't know if i can agree with the whole "we don't know him mentality"...like it was stated earlier, go to his website or youtube and you will find out a lot about him. I think fear is enslavement and mccain and the evangelicals would love for us to believe that fear will solve any problem. i'm voting for him and i hope to be at his inauguration.

Fotojunkie, you sound like your are channeling your marine hubby, what are your thoughts? I'm not interested in his.

exactly! Republicans win more elections and the reason they do is because they always aim their 30 second sound bytes to hit one in the gut and not towards reason and thought.

Oh, blessèd freedom. Only the New Yorker knows how to use the deep-bellied laughter of freedom. Only this magazine has the right combination of smarts and bemusement. I miss it. I hope I can find a student discount again.

I really hope you are joking about your comment

aren't the both coasts north and south?

Most (all?) southern states are conservative and this cover obviously favors conservatives. As usual you have no argument.

I hope you're 100% satirical because if you're not, then you do not deserve to be saying "God bless" anything.

Elevator i have never even heard of you. And having some smerky comment after someone and say
"well your shit does mean anything"

What have you just brought other than some weak BS that should be deleted?

Yeah l'm a new member and yet even in the short time I've been one MrBurns has managed to come off a small minded and resentful individual whose thoughts are supported not by fact or truth but by facets of his own warped reality.

(Yes I see the hypocrisy of this comment)

Big Oil mrburns, I've come to the conclusion that you just like to yank everyone's chain because you can. All you are really doing is yanking your own.

And you McSamejj05 seem to have the same Foot-in-mouth disease the Gov from South Carolina is suffering from. It is difficult to lie to yourself and others under pressure like he was experiencing in the interview with Wolf Blitser

thats sad

Your interpretation of the article is confused much like most that buy into the hype and spin. The cover represents the mass distractions, lies and ridiculous allegations used in an attempt to prevent the Democratic Nominee from winning the presidency.

Outside of the thread itself, what is it YOU trust? The right wing? The money elite?... Good luck to you sister.

granted you shouldn't trust him because he's a politician. this picture should have nothing to do with you not trusting him. do you trust McCain? because that would be seriously sad....

It represents what idiots like you are thinking.

Obviously this girl did not take an English class, there is such a thing called satire, look it up. Clearly this may be funny to some or offensive. I personally think it is offensive because of the extent to what they took it. Even McCain's old ass was taken aback by it. The media has tried so hard it paint a bad picture of Obama and this is the result. Maybe next time on the cover they should show how many wrinkles the Republican candidate has.

people really think Michelle has an afro under on her head?
Left field is where a bubble of 'change' finally rose and finally, has popped into people's consciousness.

It amazing you feel that way. McSame McCain is even more unbelievable than Dubya Bush is, and that is difficult for anyone to accomplish other than the Puppet Master, Dickie-boy Cheney. Besides, the Borg Queen, Cindy McSame McCain pulls the Old Man's strings. If he wins, then we will have four more years of Puppet Masters running the country.

They also own reddit.com a popular social news site.

I agree. It is inflammatory and disrespectful and brings about division. Whether it was intended as a parody or not it insults me.

Why does this insult you, but nothing in The Rolling Stone does. John Mccain is consistently getting stabbed by bayonets of whipped with Bamboo in the Stone so what makes this any different.

Exactly, this kind of crap ignores the real issues that we need to deal with. Everyone's focused on his middle name, lack of lapel pin, what his wife or pastor said, but not his foreign policy, monetary policy, tax policy, etc.

How are he and McCain that different?

Omaba has the same wife. McCain left his after she was in an accident.

McCain wears a lapel pin flag. Obama doesn't.

McCain places his hand over his heart during the Pledge; Obama doesn't.

Obama's wife and pastor say embarrassing things. McCain does all the time.

So... we have a patriotic jerk with no friends or an unpatriotic good husband with bad choices in friends and family?

In the mean time the media ignored Ron Paul.

Even Bob Barr who is far from a perfect Libertarian Candidate is a far more qualified presidential candidate in experience than McCain or Obama put together.

So, let's go back to mocking Obama's name, race, possible religion, or McCain's flip-flops, temper tantrums (although being near a button might be a real issue), and his nick names for his wife.

Go back to sleep America.

Maybe because McSame McCain deserves it McJJ05?