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Understanding nonetheless appreciating satire in a country that hansomely rewards big money to the dude kicked in the crotch the hardest by his overactive ADHD kid and kudos is awarded to the douche that put it up on you tube is a total pipedream. The problem is not the cartoon, but rather that our nation is more satire deprived than sleep deprived. I beleive that the cover played brillaintly into the most stereotypes that americans are so comfortable with and hesitant to challenge. Thus, I would say the american people failed here, not the new yorker. The New Yorker was doing what it does best--playing the role of progressive and intellectual provocateur.

(They want to put islam into your children's drinking water)

Remember Bitter?

Indeed, Obama was relentlessly excoriated by McCain and Hillary for explaining this voting phenomenon. But since Obama dispatched Clinton, he has seemed rather more attuned to what the people want to hear or perhaps he has simply traded the wants of a liberal audience for those of a more moderate one. Either way, he is treading that reliably time-worn path every nominee follows to the political center. Barack knows that his leftist rhetoric during the primaries--no flag pins, opposing guns, etc.--doesn't stand a chance in the general election. Thus, he's now in an all out race to pacify disaffected republicans as well as blue dog, working class, lunch bucket Dems by moving towards the center (i.e., pandering to AIPAC, tacitly supporting supreme courts 5-4 decision on gun ownership, and reversing stance on death penalty).

In brief, he's a politician running for president. I just "hope" that he issues the New Yorker an apology after winning.

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