The "New Yorker" Cover Kerfuffle
I’m sure you’ve all heard by now the uproar in the blogosphere and the reaction from the Obama campaign about this cover of the "New Yorker" magazine.
Oh, sorry, wrong one. The one in question that is drawing so much ire depicts presidential candidate Barack Obama. This particular cover of Bush and Cheney, as well as a couple of others targeting Republicans (highlighted by Don Surber) didn’t elicit complaints from their targets. It’s just one of those things that a President or politician has to learn to deal with.
The "New Yorker" is certainly no card-carrying member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy. If Obama can’t handle this sort of treatment from a media source on his side (a source trying to indeed dispel the myths the cover is intended to satirize), he’s got a rough road ahead of him.
[tags]Barack Obama,George Bush,liberal media,satire,humor,The New Yorker[/tags]
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Obama does seem rather thin skinned, doesn’t he? I think it comes from two things:
One, this is is his first serious national race. His Senate race was a cakewalk once Jack Ryan dropped out, and the national media then ignored it. You really don’t get much media scrutiny in State Senate races (I’ve seen a few up close). So he’s just not used to what’s happening.
Two, he’s used to being surrounded by thousands of sycophantic adoring fans who drool all over him. He’s used to being fawned over by a press corps that was blatantly in his corner when he was up against Hillary.
But now it’s different, and the shine has come off his armor. His flip-flops have taken some of the “magic” away, and it’s only going to get more brutal.
Look for more whining from the Obamas.
James Taranto has observed that Democrats often mistake the fawning of the press for popular support of their positions. Especially on a national scale, it often doesn’t pan out the way they thought and are oftentimes unprepared for the pushback they find. Clinton was a much better politician and didn’t always believe his own press.