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Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 5:56:37 PM

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Ok, the Obama campaign is not amused by the cover of The New Yorker. They'll get over it. Personally, I think pulling all the elements of the rumor mill together like this is pretty funny.

What??? You got a problem with a free press?

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 6:11:01 PM

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I think its hilarious and destined to be a collector item. While I dont ordinarily read The New Yorker I intend to obtain several copies, at least one of which I shall have framed... This is going to be an image right up there with the Life photo of the napalmed girl running in Vietnam... I bet a lot of people wish they had an original copy of that cover on their wall - or listed on their eBay account. It was a BRILLIANT editorial move, and its sure to make a sell out issue.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 6:25:23 PM

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The article they are selling with that cover runs pretty long.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 6:29:54 PM

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Honestly, when I saw it this morning I was flabbergasted. I think it's brilliant satire.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 7:33:01 PM

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I can hardly wait for the next issue, where they will (in the interests of "equal time") portray John McCain as a wheelchair bound 300 year old, beating a captive strapped to a waterboard to death with his cane, while his hottie wife stands behind him, running affairs of state, and Cheany and Bush are seen in the flys above, pulling strings like a mad marionette masters....

Yeah, that should even things out.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 7:45:10 PM

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Bipo, free speech, and a free press work that way. Besides, if they are selling an article as interesting as the one I just finished reading (it's long, and I had to go watch Jeopardy, halfway through), I just might subscribe to the mag.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 7:45:21 PM

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I'd welcome that bit of satire also. Mocking the insults highlights the stupidity.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 7:47:45 PM

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My copy hasn't arrived yet. I can't wait to see the cover at full size.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 7:48:15 PM

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quote:

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Ok, the Obama campaign is not amused by the cover of The New Yorker. They'll get over it. Personally, I think pulling all the elements of the rumor mill together like this is pretty funny.

What??? You got a problem with a free press?

I'm kinda surprised there's no protest about a burning American flag...

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 8:24:00 PM

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quote:

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Bipo, free speech, and a free press work that way. Besides, if they are selling an article as interesting as the one I just finished reading (it's long, and I had to go watch Jeopardy, halfway through), I just might subscribe to the mag.

I think that's part of the genius of the editors about this. I haven't had the motivation to read a New Yorker piece in ages, though I may glance at the (rather lame) cartoons in the dentist's office Once this cold med I took wears off, I'm looking forward to reading the article!

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 8:24:43 PM

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I'm kinda surprised there's no protest about a burning American flag...

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I would expect nothing less from Obama... Afterall he had to be forced to wear the flag pin by his handlers and he plays with his cock during the National Anthem as you can see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwog6E08CFU so the flag burning is a part of the satire.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 8:36:14 PM

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Read the article DA (autopilot from Orange County to Monterey should be more than enough). It sounds like Barry is very much his own handler (as the link clearly illustrates).

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/14/2008 8:53:40 PM

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Or, at it`s worst...

Interesting that some are laughing at the satire, while others (the victims of the satire) are laughing for the opposite reasons.

This is the New Yorker`s "Imus/Bill Orielly/Jimmy the Greek" moment.

Kinda like a lame assed white guy trying to do Chris Rock`s racial humor,and bombing on stage.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 6:58:33 AM

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This is the New Yorker`s "Imus/Bill Orielly/Jimmy the Greek" moment.

I wouldn't go that far, O59. Besides, they are pretty liberal over there at The New Yorker, it will be forgiven by those without a sense of humor to begin with.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 7:40:13 PM

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Yup, tasteless and offensive and not really funny. I like it.

Anybody know where I can get prints, maybe a good size one for my front hallway ?

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 7:46:23 PM

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I'm sure it'll sell a few thousands more copies of 'The New Yorker', and help mainstreamize a famously 'elitist' publication... but I don't get why. Some post-modern obviousness, maybe? If so, this confirms we're moving away from the age of second and third degree understanding back to first degree literalism.

It's fantastic it brings so much joy and happiness to people. Long live the New Yorker.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 8:42:02 PM

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Hey, I'm all for Satire. I was one of the few kids in my class at school that had subscriptions to both National Lampoon and Mad magazine (back when they were both good) But you have to wonder... if the satire ultimately just cements the image in the mind of the undereducated public... who is the joke really on?

Honestly... take one of those covers, and just walk it around where you work and live... ask people... does it say something positive, or negative about Obama? I'm willing to bet the opinions will be overwhelmingly "negative."

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 8:43:52 PM

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It is times like these when I am distraught Hunter S Thompson is dead, and thus cannot provide an article to accompany such a cover.

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 9:07:03 PM

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Obama responded well to the cover -

" "It's a cartoon ... and that's why we've got the First Amendment," Obama said. "And I think the American people are probably spending a little more time worrying about what's happening with the banking system and the housing market, and what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, than a cartoon. So I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about it."

"I've seen and heard worse," he said. "I do think that in attempting to satirize something, they probably fueled some misconceptions about me instead. But that was their editorial judgment." "

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/lkl.obama/index.html?iref=topnews

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RE: Satire at it's Finest - 7/15/2008 9:10:14 PM

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quote:

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This is the New Yorker`s "Imus/Bill Orielly/Jimmy the Greek" moment.

Kinda like a lame assed white guy trying to do Chris Rock`s racial humor,and bombing on stage.

what he said.

gotta say this kills any respect i had for the new yorker. but, hey, they sold a few thousand extra copies. go them. :)

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