Obama campaign slams 'tasteless' New Yorker cover
July 14, 2008
Put aside the flap over the cover of the new New Yorker, a cartoon portraying the Obamas' in the Oval Office--- Barack Obama in a turban with Michelle Obama wielding an AK-47 machine gun with a picture of Osama Bin Laden in the background. The Obama campaign finds it offensive and with good reason. It is tasteless. David Axelrod on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” said “did we like it? No. Is it the focus of our attention? No.”
The cover of the New Yorker magazine depicts a caricature of
Sen. Barack Obama as Muslim in the Oval Office with a flag
burning in the fireplace and a painting of Osama bin Laden on
the wall.
(Cover credit New Yorker)
(Cover credit New Yorker)
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