{"id":120,"date":"2008-07-14T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=120"},"modified":"2008-07-14T14:49:30","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T18:49:30","slug":"oh-jeez-the-new-yorker-strikes-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/14\/oh-jeez-the-new-yorker-strikes-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh Jeez&#8230; The New Yorker Strikes Again."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve long considered The New Yorker to be nothing more than quasi-intellectual crap and their latest cover does nothing change that opinion.<\/p>\n<p>The cover, which is supposed to be satirical spoof of the fears and lies about Obama, depicts Barack &amp; Michelle sharing a celebratory fist bump in the oval office. There&#8217;s a portrait of Osama Bin Laden on the wall and a burning American flag in the fireplace. He&#8217;s dressed in Muslim garb and she&#8217;s dressed as a revolutionary complete with assault rifle and bandoleer of bullets.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with the Obama campaign it&#8217;s tasteless and offensive&#8230; At the same time I have to say: Man Up Barack! As bad as the New Yorker&#8217;s cover is it is, as <a title=\"Read  Grow a pair, Obama at michellemalkin.com\" href=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/2008\/07\/14\/grow-a-pair-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Malkin notes<\/a>, no worse than what President Bush or Condoleezza Rice have been subjected to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve long considered The New Yorker to be nothing more than quasi-intellectual crap and their latest cover does nothing change that opinion. The cover, which is supposed to be satirical spoof of the fears and lies about Obama, depicts Barack &amp; Michelle sharing a celebratory fist bump in the oval office. There&#8217;s a portrait of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[57],"class_list":{"0":"post-120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-barack-obama","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-1W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4717,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/new-yorker-cover-to-feature-empty-chair\/","url_meta":{"origin":120,"position":0},"title":"New Yorker Cover to Feature Empty Chair","author":"Jeff","date":"October 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just how bad was President Barack Obama's performance in the first presidential debate? 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