In defense of the New Yorker Cover:
Yes, it's provocative, arguably in poor taste, and possibly to likely detrimental to the Obama campaign. But in some ways, I kind of like the New Yorker Cover. Here's why:
I saw this cover and my knee jerk reaction, which I emailed to someone was, "this seems pretty twisted, almost hard to believe, but I'm not totally sure yet. Whaddya think?"
Then I caught the diary breaking it on here, with some 2000 plus comments, most of them, understandably, outraged.
One comment in particular was compelling. It was a pretty strong, well composed letter to the New Yorker, by someone who was African American (as Obama is, half -- I refuse to go with this societal crap that if one is half black half white one is more "black" than white. It's inane, and perpetuates racism in a major way) -- who clearly has a view on the subject that I can not possibly fully fathom, as to how he/she felt its underlying racism.
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