Vanity Fair satirizes McCain

The New Yorker's cover had little truth to it, which makes it lacking in satire and more of an insult. The Vanity Fair cover shows a lot of truth sans the burning of the constitution and thus it is more satirical than the New Yorker's.

I think there is an insult toward the Obama camp, however, I think you might be pushing it a bit far when you assume this image was already on the minds of alot of white americans. Maybe I'm misinterpreting your statement but to me, that comes across as a racist remark.

I'm not pushing anything. Ask the voters in rural America who voted 80 to 20% Clinton simply because they were in fear of voting for a Black candidate. I've been Black all of my life, and a great deal of that time was spent integrating White America. It baffles me to see that still today, White people want to try and convince us that RACISM does not exist. There's no truth in the New Yorker front cover. This was a cheap ploy to strike fear into the hearts of mainstream America (Black and White).

dude , those pills are Mc's viagara and "male enhancement" shit , Cindy doles them out like doggy treats when he's been a good boy .

Totally true.

No...he's too busy pissing and moaning about the media being in love with Obama.

"Hey remember me. I'm a war hero."

Sad.

From your biased point of view ... I happen to think that they were spot on.

Of course you do...and therefore missing the point entirely.

Holy, the "context" for the NY cover could be called "the present political climate as reflected in the mainstream press," which only stupid people failed to understand (sorry).

The "truth" is that the cover was a 100% accurate depiction of the hysterical nonsense the media - not just Fox News, but CNN, the networks, etc. - have been "reporting" about Obama.

It's really, really, really easy to understand.

I think the Vanity Fair cartoon is more effective satire than the New Yorker cover. I don't know why. It simply strikes me as much easier to read into.

You just don't understand satire.

Based on perception and political bias.

For those that dislike Obama stated it was less satirical and more true.

Tell me something unique and not something that's already been said.

You ever wonder if this is some ploy to make the game seem fair?

meh. maybe. im not sure i really care. as long as the opportunity didnt go overlooked and the obama cover didnt go unchallenged..

If they went further it wouldn't be satire and it would be malicious and then what? It's ok because you're not Fox and he's not Obama?

They did enough---as equally as the cover of Obama.

I think the artist got this exactly right. But with that said, I don't think the point of satire is to be fair.

I was suggesting that there's a fine line between good satire and offensive material. I find this cover to be tame and uninteresting in comparison to the Obama picture. It does not follow, however, that I would actually like that line to be crossed.

I would. Crossing the line is what satire is all about. It's also what freedom of expression is all about. Nobody says people have to like it. I think your example above crosses that line...now we just need a magazine to comp it up and put in on their cover.

saying he's going to burn the constitution isn't tame.

"tame women seldom make history."

I think he is more likely to burn it (or dismember or disbar or however you wish to coin the phrase) than Obama.

If you think that then you haven't been paying attention to any of Obama's policies. Which in my opinion are wholesale rapage of the Constitution and of middle class America.

Um...okay. Care to back that up? Which of Obama's policies are "are wholesale rapage of the Constitution"?

FISA

How about an eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth?

The Obama one was outrageous. This just isn't that out there. It's just too bad that the other one is much more menacing. I hope you see the difference between the two satires. You're all looking at this and congratulating VF. Just take it in... This is ridiculous! So the choice for the next president is just a joke. Thank you so much.

Eye for an eye and the whole world goes blind.

This one is just as outlandish. Burning the constitution is pretty outlandish. Unless that's ok with you.