Jesus, people, would you get a grip? Apparently there is bipartisan outrage over this week’s very amusing New Yorker cover:
Obviously the New Yorker, that bastion of shoddy journalism and fist-bumping reactionaries, is hell-bent on destroying America. And apple pie. Hell, they probably want to restrict the franchise… Oh, hang on…
Ben Smith reports that according to:
Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama’s right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree.”
Most readers will, of course, not be half as stupid as the Obama campaign apprently considers them to be. Not to be left behind in the Stupid Outrage Stakes, McCain’s mob responds, perhaps with less than 100% honesty, “We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.
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