Vanity Fair Spoofs New Yorker Cover

The Boston Globe ^ | Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | Foon Rhee

[kristinn]

In a little intramural joshing in the magazine world, Vanity Fair today posted a send-up of the by-now infamous New Yorker cover meant to be a satire of attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism.

The New Yorker's version showed Democrat Obama in Muslim garb fist-bumping his wife Michelle while the American flag burned in the fireplace under a portrait of Osama bin Laden.

[xDGx]

And the left will crow it is accurate, after decrying the Obama cover...

[the_devils_advocate_666]

And no offense taken here. I got a chuckle out of it.

[Ken522]

This is so original ...

[WOSG]

YAWN ... this is about as creative as the idiots on the Daily Show saying ..
“you know, we cant do that many Obama jokes. There’s really not much to make fun of there. Really.”

[JEC]

I mean really, is that the best they can come up with?

[oneamericanvoice]

Kristinn, tell Jim that it is shame on the site for removing the Vanity Fair image. At least give us a reason. What are they afraid of? That Obama or one of his surrogates will issue a fatwa?

[Admin Moderator]

Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints. Please refer to the section titled, "These publishers have asked us not to allow any material at all to be posted to FR."

[agere_contra]

Yes, it’s a likable enough little cartoon. I enjoyed the goofy picture of President Bush over the fire.

[Romulus]

LOL, they both got laughs out of me. May God help our humorless country and save us from oppression by grim-faced ideologues who take themselves so seriously.

[weegee]

From my understanding, no.

[calcowgirl]

Can we post the pic? ...and not have it deleted?

No. See post #8

[soupcon]

McThuselah...

[gridlock]

OK. Now that's funny!

[weegee]

On what basis does Vanity Fair have McCain burning the Constitution? Barack is to the Left of McCain in all ways. Second Amendment? Cut that sucker right out. Fairness Doctrine waiting in the wings to eliminate that First Amendment protection of political speech.

Socialists lie. Always.

Unless VF has SUDDENLY come to the understanding that McCain-Feingold was a limit on protected speech.

[fish hawk]

What does she hold in her left hand? I can’t tell.

[kristinn]

No criticism to you intended, but every other political discussion site is posting the picture of the 'cover', either through their own server (like the Boston Globe I posted from) or Vanity Fair's server.

At some point, these copyright restrictions become moot when everyone but FR is allowed to post the cover.

[TexasCajun]