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New Yorker Cover Mocks Palin's Claim Of Foreign Policy Experience
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Everyone is Making Fun of Poor Little McCain
Nothing seems to sit right about John McCain's announcement that he was temporarily suspending his campaign to help solve the economic crisis. For one, the shit hit the fan almost two weeks ago with the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch. Sure things have gotten progressively worse, but nothing that drastic happened yesterday that made solving the crisis any more imminent. So excuse the world for reading between the lines and thinking this was a hastily planned political stunt that had more to do with trying to get out of the debate.
McCain himself has stated "The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should." So why he thinks he's able to solve anything is beyond just about anyone. He did follow that statement with, “I’ve got Greenspan’s book." Um, maybe he should be calling for Greenspan to suspend his retirement, instead of calling for Obama to suspend his campaign as well.
Then there's the fact he was scheduled to appear on Letterman last night, but bailed at the last minute. If this wasn't some last minute monkey move you'd think he'd have canceled earlier in the week (because Lord knows the last thing we need is a president who makes hasty decisions with out properly planning). We're pretty much looking at a candidate who's willing to pull stunts at a flip of the hat to dominate the news cycle and get some attention while he's behind in the polls and facing a debate where he's expected to get sqaushed. Makes you wonder how he'll run the country. Hmmmmm?
Letterman was left with a whole lot of time, and used it pretty much to bash McCain. McCain told him that he had to fly back to Washington immediately, but then he found out McCain was around the corner being interviewed by Katie Couric. Why are you lying to a national comedy treasure John McCain? (Oh, ha, for anyone thinking "well, Letterman isn't a very important political show," -- where did John McCain first announce his Presidential campaign? Oh, on David Letterman).
Dave spent about nine minutes of the show drubbing McCain, all of it collected in the YouTube above. But Letterman wasn't the only one to use the opportunity for laughs.
The New Yorker, not known for its brevity or for its humor (yeah, those comics are hilarious), posted a short funny piece on their website.
Wonkette asks the hard questions: "Has there ever been another presidential campaign that consisted solely of dumb muppet stunts?"
This is just the tip of the ice berg, and there's lots more lolz to come. Congratulations John McCain, you've officially turned your campaign into a nationally joke.
--Kyle Munzenrieder Nothing seems to sit right about John McCain's announcement that he was temporarily suspending his campaign to help solve the eco... more -
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Mock The Vote
America's funniest pundits pose on Entertainment Weekly's cover as of mocking the infamous New Yorker's cover with the Obama couple. Entertainment Weekly gets to interview them about the elections, the news media and Sarah Palin. America's funniest pundits pose on Entertainment Weekly's cover as of mocking the infamous New Yorker's cover with the ... more
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We've Got You Covered 9.18.08
The Hottest Woman on Earth, The Dawn of the Age of Palin, and Obama's Pet Peacock all in this roundup of the week's magazines.
We've Got You Covered is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania. In each episode of We've Got You Covered, Conor Knighton catches you up on everything you need to know about what's in this week's magazines.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. The Hottest Woman on Earth, The Dawn of the Age of Palin, and Obama's Pet Peacock all in this roundup of the week's magazine... more -
Collections of Nothing
King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has about eighteen thousand), illustrations snipped from old dictionaries (seven thousand), linings of “security” envelopes (eight hundred patterns), “the mute, meager, practically valueless object, like a sea-washed spigot, its mouth stoppered by a stone.” What makes this book, bred of a midlife crisis, extraordinary is the way King weaves his autobiography into the account of his collection, deftly demonstrating that the two stories are essentially one. King, a professor at Santa Barbara, has spent decades collecting things that nobody else would want: food packages and labels (he has ... more
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Vanity Fair satirizes McCain
When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the blogosphere wondered if the magazine or someone else would come up with a satirical cover of John McCain. Well, Vanity Fair did just now.
The magazine posted a cartoon on its website featuring John McCain holding a walker with one hand and giving the fist bump to a pill-popping (well pill-holding) Cindy McCain. The Constitution burns in the fireplace of the Oval Office while a painting of George W. Bush hangs on the wall.
In a short accompanying article, Vanity Fair speaks of it's "affectionate rivalry" with the New Yorker. (They share a building and play softball against eachother).
"We had our own presidential campaign cover in the works, which explored a different facet of the Politics of Fear, but we shelved it when The New Yorker's became the "It Girl" of the blogosphere," Vanity Fair writes. "Now, however, in a selfless act of solidarity with our downstairs neighbors here at the Condé Nast building, we'd like to share it with you. Confidentially, of course." When the New Yorker came out with a cartoon on its cover of the Obamas as fist-bumping militants (complete with a burning flag), the b... more -
We've Got You Covered
The Obama cover you must have seen by now, sexy eyes, and more in this week's rapid fire magazine round-up.
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Miley = Naughty
Just one of the things Conor talks about in this week's media roundup. Also,
Dog the Bounty Hunter, groping ads, and Brangelina's babies. Just one of the things Conor talks about in this week's media roundup. Also, ... more -
Jon Stewart Takes on Media for Overreacting to New Yorker Cover: "It's ...
Once again Stewart is the media's voice of reason.
"It's a trifle, it's nothing," Stewart said. "There's so many other things to talk about: Iraq, the collapse of some of our most prestigious financial institutions...right?" he continued, before showing a montage of the media firestorm over the cover.
Stewart also took the Obama camp to task for calling the cartoon "tasteless and offensive":
"Really? You know what your response should've been? It's very easy here, let me put the statement out for you: Barack Obama is in no way upset about the cartoon that depicts him as a Muslim extremist. Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists! Of which Barack Obama is not. It's just a fucking cartoon!" Once again Stewart is the media's voice of reason. ... more -
The New Yorker 'Obama cover' controversy
The latest cover illustration on the New Yorker magazine portrays presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in traditional Muslim dress, his wife Michelle with a machine gun, and an American flag burning in the fireplace. The latest cover illustration on the New Yorker magazine portrays presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in traditio... more
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Obama says New Yorker insulted Muslim Americans
CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting him and his wife as flag-burning, fist-bumping radicals doesn't bother him but that it was an insult to Muslim Americans.
"You know, there are wonderful Muslim Americans all across the country who are doing wonderful things," the presidential candidate told CNN's Larry King. "And for this to be used as sort of an insult, or to raise suspicions about me, I think is unfortunate. And it's not what America's all about."
Obama blamed himself for not being forceful enough in challenging some of the rumors about him, including that he is Muslim. Obama is Christian.
The son of a Kenyan father, Obama lived in the largely Muslim nation of Indonesia as a child. He dealt with similar questions in February after a photo surfaced of him wearing traditional Kenyan clothing during a visit to Africa in 2006.
The cover of the magazine, which hit newsstands Monday, depicts Obama in traditional Muslim clothing — sandals, robe and turban — while his wife, Michelle, has an assault rifle slung over one shoulder and is dressed in camouflage and combat boots with her hair in an Afro. A flag burns in a fireplace behind them as they bump fists, and a portrait of Osama bin Laden hangs above the mantel.
New Yorker Editor David Remnick told the Huffington Post Web site the cover was chosen because it had something to say.
When first asked about it on Sunday, Obama declined comment. His spokesman, Bill Burton, said it was "tasteless and offensive."
Obama said he's developed "a pretty thick skin" running for president and has "seen and heard worse."
"I do think that, you know, in attempting to satirize something, they probably fueled some misconceptions about me instead," he said. "But, you know, that was their editorial judgment. And as I said, ultimately, it's a cartoon, it's not where the American people are spending a lot of their time thinking about." CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama said Tuesday that the New Yorker magazine's satirical cover depicting him and his wife as fl... more -
The New Yorker Defends Obama cover
"The editor of the New Yorker on Monday said he has no regrets about running a cover illustration that portrays Barack Obama in Muslim garb and wife Michelle Obama as a gun-toting militant, despite widespread criticism of the image.
"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Sen. Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."
David Remnick, the longtime editor of the highly-regarded publication, told CNN's "The Situation Room" that he believes the ironic intent of the illustration will be clear to most Americans.
"The idea is to attack lies and misconceptions and distortions about the Obamas and their background and their politics. We've heard all of this nonsense about how they're supposedly insufficiently patriotic or soft on terrorism," the The New Yorker editor said. "
In a way, this cover HAS helped Obama, because he's been able to debunk all of the mythology in one fell swoop- as they say, no press is bad press! "The editor of the New Yorker on Monday said he has no regrets about running a cover illustration that portrays Barack Obama in M... more -
New Yorker Cover Stirs Campaign Controversy
Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist is ``tasteless and offensive.'' Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Mus... more
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Provoking Iran into war
Stumbling towards disaster - again
Bush asked for - and received - $400,000,000 to conduct covert military operation against Iran.
A quote from the recent Sy Hersch article in the New Yorker
"Operations outside the knowledge and control of commanders have eroded “the coherence of military strategy,†one general says."
Further, it seems the only people in the government (or military) who favor an attack on Iran are Bush and Cheney:
Americans, help wake up your country! It is not the country we used to know anymore. We need new leadership now. Stumbling towards disaster - again ... more -
US preparing the battlefield in Iran, while Iran digs 320,000 graves
The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, journalist Seymour Hersh writes in an new article for The New Yorker. Hersh told CNN that Congress has authorized up to $400 million to fund the secret campaign.
Iran isn't taking the threat lightly. Iran's parliament speaker, Ali Larijani, warned other countries against moves that would "cost them heavily." In comments that appeared in the semi-official Mehr news agency Sunday, an Iranian general said his troops were digging more than 320,000 graves to bury troops from any invading force with "the respect they deserve."
"Under the law of war and armed conflict, necessary preparations must be made for the burial of soldiers of aggressor nations," said Maj. Gen. Mirfaisal Baqerzadeh, an Iranian officer in charge of identifying soldiers missing in action.
Check out more at the associated link. The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy ... more -
We Got You Covered 6.26.08
Photoshopped fistbumps, women covered in cake, and so much more in our rapid-fire rundown of the week’s magazine cover stories
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