New Yorker magazine "Osama Obama" cover--Wow!

[m1911owner]

I can't believe the July 21 cover of the New York Times.  A liberal publication is finally admitting what Barack Hussein Obama II is all about:



I can't wait to see what the story has to say...

[doc2rn]

Speechless!

[MicroBalrog]

Actually, the New Yorker claims their plan was to parody Obama's depiction by some Republicans. Nobody believes them though.

[AZRedhawk44]

Isn't the New Yorker an incredibly elitist leftist rag?

They certainly wouldn't be behind a McCain candidacy... I can believe their story that this is mocking the politics of fear.  The article inside is supposed to be about how Obama got his start in Chicago politics.

That's a story I'd like to read about.  Can you imagine the sleaze involved in a leftist elitist attorney getting his start in corrupt Chicago and being intimately involved with William Ayers and other such dirtbags?

[longeyes]

Obama's political origins among Chicago's wardlords has already been traced.  Do a search on Google.

A publication that pimps for Seymour Hersh is, well, what you'd think it is.

[grislyatoms]

Why is Obama upset about this? It portrays him embracing another culture, something he believes is for the greater good. And he knows what's best, just ask him.

[roo_ster]

Actually, the New Yorker claims their plan was to parody Obama's depiction by some Republicans. Nobody believes them though.

Also, it wasn't the Repubs who made a big deal about the "H" in Barack Hussein Obama."  That would be HRC.

[El Tejon]

That is not Barry's house.  You can tell because there is no United Nations flag.

[MicroBalrog]

Actually, the New Yorker claims their plan was to parody Obama's depiction by some Republicans. Nobody believes them though.

Also, it wasn't the Repubs who made a big deal about the "H" in Barack Hussein Obama."  That would be HRC.

Yes. What's your point?

[m1911owner]

That is not Barry's house.  You can tell because there is no United Nations flag.

Let's hope that's never Barry's house...

It's the Oval Office in the White House.

[longeyes]

Truth spoken in jest.

[Werewolf]

Where's ShootinStudent when you need him...

I wanna hear his take on this.

[De Selby]

Where's ShootinStudent when you need him...

I wanna hear his take on this.

My take is that the ad was not constructive and will only be taken by the rumor mill to justify the kooky theories that Barack Obama is a secret Muslim agent.

It's ironic for me, having spent some time reading into what conservative/radical Islamic movements are trying to do in their countries, to come here and see people calling Obama a marxist and then turning around to call him a secret Muslim.

News flash folks:  If the Muslim radicals magically took control, they would....abolish any income tax, tax at 2 percent of one's wealth, and fight communism as a form of odious barbarism.

In terms of economic programs, which most people seem to be most concerned with when talking about Obama, the people on this board are by and large absolutely identical in beliefs to the Islamic radicals. 

Yes, of course there are differences between the Islamic radicals and the economic libertarians on social issues, but in terms of economic policy they are the same-no state interference with private money, extremely low taxes, etc. 

Obama is less like the Muslim radicals, in other words, than many people who post on this forum, with respect to his economic policy. 

[roo_ster]

Actually, the New Yorker claims their plan was to parody Obama's depiction by some Republicans. Nobody believes them though.

Also, it wasn't the Repubs who made a big deal about the "H" in Barack Hussein Obama."  That would be HRC.

Yes. What's your point?

My point is that the MSM & Dems will claim that the mean old Republicans started the nasty rumors about BHO being a Muslim (among other things).  BHO claimed as much when he announced he was refusing public dollars and going with a privately-funded campaign as his reason to forego public moneis & limits.

Willie Horton is the model.  He was invoked against Dukakkis during the 1988 Dem primaries by (drumroll, please) Al Gore. 

Fast-forward to after GHWB and Dukakkis are the chosen candidates...

GHWB and his "Karl Rove" (Lee Atwater) decide to run a Willie Horton ad.  The expressly do NOT include a photo of Willie, just a bunch of rough-looking actors (majority white), text, & a voiceover detailing Horton's crimes and Dukakkis's enabling.

Ever since then, it was the nasty racist GHWB/Lee Atwater/Republicans who invoked Willie Horton: first, last, always.

While Al goes on to get a Nobel Peace Prize.

[Perd Hapley]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

[De Selby]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

What is his soft spot in the war on terror?  As far as I can tell, his military policy is at least as expansive as GWB's.

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

What is his soft spot in the war on terror?  As far as I can tell, his military policy is at least as expansive as GWB's.

You could start with the part where he wants our troops to give up and go home.

[longeyes]

Libertarianism and theocracy do not mix.  A system of total political and moral control cannot be "libertarian." 

You think Bill Ayers might qualify as a blind spot? 

[Werewolf]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

What is his soft spot in the war on terror?  As far as I can tell, his military policy is at least as expansive as GWB's.

Please explain "...at least as expansive".

[De Selby]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

What is his soft spot in the war on terror?  As far as I can tell, his military policy is at least as expansive as GWB's.

You could start with the part where he wants our troops to give up and go home.

Yeah, if you didn't notice, it's apparent now that he was lying for the purposes of bolstering liberal support during the primary.

He's already as much as guaranteed that he's in the stay "as long as necessary" to make it an "honorable and victorious homecoming."

Then he wants to use any reduction in Iraq troop strength to send to Afghanistan.

[De Selby]

As if HRC had to start rumors.  She had a hand in it, sure.  But between his name, his father's religious and geographical background, his schooling in a largely Muslim nation, and his soft spot on the WOT, such rumors were inevitable.

What is his soft spot in the war on terror?  As far as I can tell, his military policy is at least as expansive as GWB's.

Please explain "...at least as expansive".

He supports unilateral strikes on other countries, without UN, Congressional, or other approval as long as the motivation is counter-terrorism. 

He's also become a supporter of an expanded war in Afghanistan, and a continued military presence in Iraq. 

[Perd Hapley]

Accepting your assertion for the sake of argument, ss, then the perception will suffice.  The people who think Obama is a secret Muslim are not the sharpest crayons in the box.

In my estimation, the notion that BHO is a Muslim is an insult to Muslims.  Even the militant ones. 

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

In my estimation, the notion that BHO is a Muslim is an insult to Muslims.  Even the militant ones. 

Ouch!

 

[longeyes]

Obama isn't a Muslim but like all radical leftists he's a spiritual cousin of the Islamists.  Both crowds are totalitarians.  Their unspoken alliance is most evident in present-day Europe.

[roo_ster]

SS:

I suspect BHO has changed his position on Iraq & terrorism in general in the same way McCain has changed his tune on illegal immigration: with a wink and a nudge.

And he does have a soft spot for terrorists, given his association with Ayers & Dhorn (Dohrn?...who gives a rat's *expletive deleted*ss: Ayers' terrorist skank-ho).  Folks who wished they blew up MORE than they managed to.