Obama campaign slams 'tasteless' New Yorker cover

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.”

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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.
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