What do you think of Obama Time Magazine cover? (UPDATED)

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Wednesday October 15, 2008 · 5:33 AM PDT

2008/10/15 · 05:33

Just came back from the grocery store, and I thought the October 20 Time Magazine cover was bizarre.

Take a look and talk amongst yourselves.

The title is Why the Economy is Trumping Race/How Worried White Voters are Turning toward Obama, yet the magazine talks little of the economy.

With the economy in shambles, war dragging on and on, and health care/oil prices escalating beyond reach, why did Time devote their magazine to these articles:

For Blacks, a Quiet Question: What if Obama Loses?

Is Barack Obama American Enough?

Race and the Brain

And this link to a past Time story:

For Obama, Race Remains Elephant in the Room

With 3 weeks to go, is Obama's ethnicity the subject we need to read about in Time, or would it be more informative to tell Americans about the state of the economy and Obama's latest economic plan, as well as the various programs to bail out the banks in Europe that give taxpayers equity that could be adopted here?

When I got home and looked up this Time magazine issue on the net, I took a double-take to make sure I wasn't linking to an Onion lampoon of Time magazine.

Maybe, I'm just getting older and jaded, but I am amazed at how goofy publications are that I used to think were the height of sophistication. It reminds me of going back to my old elementary school and thinking how small everything is that used to seem so big.

Is it just that I am outgrowing everything, or has Time Magazine lost its edge and turned into a parody of itself?

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