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Obama downplays satirical magazine cover
Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday called a New Yorker cover that unflatteringly depicts him and his wife an unsuccessful attempt at satire that will probably fuel misconceptions he has long battled over the course of his presidential campaign.
But in an interview with CNN's Larry King, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee downplayed the impact of the illustration, which depicts him in Muslim attire in the Oval Office, with his wife, Michelle, carrying a machine gun.
"It's a cartoon ... and that's why we've got the First Amendment," Obama said. "And I think the American people are probably spending a little more time worrying about what's happening with the banking system and the housing market and what's happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, than a cartoon. So I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about it.
"I've seen and heard worse," he said. "I do think that, you know, in attempting to satirize something, they probably fueled some misconceptions about me instead. But, you know, that was their editorial judgment."
Obama downplays satirical magazine cover - CNN.com
Suave Obama will probably gain political advantage out of this one, again. Certainly, the NY'ers cover was meant to be 'Tongue in Cheek'- it is no rabid Right Wing Blog.
But the criticism of the NY'er Cover is akin to the criticism of this thread- is it OK to regurgitate non-PC stuff in a 'Tongue in cheek' sense, or does this just cater to racism & negative stereotypes?