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I find the cover distasteful and inappropriate. I have not read the issue, nor do I plan to buy it- so I cannot comment on any content between the pages.
Where I think this "satire" fell short is in that it made a lot of untrue assumptions about what Obama opponents really think of him. In the process of taking the liberal elite approach of assuming that people don't like Obama because of irrational and erroneous beliefs about him being some kind of anti-American figure, they left both sides scratching their heads and the only logical conclusion is that this is an offensive portrayal intended to incite a divide that just isn't there.
I am ready for an African-American President, and so are a lot of people. And I don't have a problem with a President having a strong spouse who voices his/her opinions and has an independently successful life. A potential leader should be judged by his/her spouse, and while I disagree politically with the Obamas I must admit that Michele is an asset to his campaign since it speaks highly of Barack that he could have married so successful and intelligent a spouse.
I don't like Barack Obama because I think he is a throwback to the liberalism of 20 years ago. I think he believes in this country. I think if he wins then he will get pragmatic very quickly on security and other key issues, and I think he is smart. But I also think he will raise taxes and decimate our economy at a time when we need to be a continued power on the world scene. And I also think he will be very weak on energy and growth in the interests of creating more entitlement programs. It won't break America, but it will hurt.
These are the reasons many of us are ravenously opposed to him. And frankly I am glad to see the New Yorker's little strategy backfire on them.
They wanted to make it seem like we who do not like Obama are unintelligent rubes who think he is some militant type- and, gasp, a Muslim. And with that, they are playing to the very kind of bigotry liberals purport to want to eradicate.
I agree with what others have said that this will have no impact at all on the election. All it does is make the New Yorker look condescending- and let's face it, they don't need any help in that department.
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