Obama’s campaign aides wasted no time in blasting the New Yorker magazine regarding the cover picture depicting Obama dressed in muslim clothing. A campaign spokesman said the image is “tasteless and offensive”. It’s worse than that. You be the judge. Even McCain stopped campaigning long enough to criticize the cover.

The magazine claims that the cover is merely a satirical cartoon that depicts the image “that others” have used to portray Obama. This is a pitiful excuse. The magazine has gone way across the line in decency, ethics and responsible writing. This is an indignation to the American people. Everyone can see right through the New Yorker’s excuse for publishing the offensive cover. No one is falling for the lame explanation that the image depicts the way “that others” portray the Democratic Presidential candidate.

After all, the answer to the original question is: everyone has at least once said something rude and then tried to get out of it by laughing and saying “just kidding”. Americans aren’t as dumb as the pretentious editors at the New Yorker may think.

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