So Over The Top It's Great
Too bad Bubba won't get the joke
"Presumably the New Yorker readership is sophisticated enough to get the joke, but still: this is going to upset a lot of people, probably for the same reason it's going to delight a lot of other people, namely those on the right: Because it's got all the scare tactics and misinformation that has so far been used to derail Barack Obama's campaign — all in one handy illustration. Anyone who's tried to paint Obama as a Muslim, anyone who's tried to portray Michelle as angry or a secret revolutionary out to get Whitey, anyone who has questioned their patriotism— well, here's your image."
posted by nolocontendere at 9:37 PM
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and they are to buy it, THAT'S the problem.
If only there was some text to explain it to the rubes, like "This is what Fox makes you think of this man" or "Crazy right wing nightmare". But no, the artist left it as a piece of vanity work to become an icon the mouthbreathers could rally around.
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