Barack Obama Acceptance Speech (Video)

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:55:00 GMT

For those of you that missed it, here's the full video of Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night at the Democratic National Convention. Even my two young daughters almost made it through the whole thing - no small feat considering it was on at the same time as one of their favorite reruns of "iCarly."

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Obama New Yorker Cover: Satire or Offensive Piece of Racist Crap?

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:35:00 GMT

The latest issue of The New Yorker goes on sale today, with a cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama in Muslim headdress and garb, fist-bumping his camo-clad, Afro-wearing wife as a portrait of Osama Bin Laden looks on. An American flag burns in the fireplace.

The New Yorker is defending it, saying it's satire.

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton condemned the cover, saying, “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."

Tucker Bounds, spokesman for John McCain's campaign also made a statement. “We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”

The magazine issued a news release previewing the issue: “On the cover of the July 21, 2008, issue of The New Yorker, in ‘The Politics of Fear,’ artist Barry Blitt satirizes the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama’s campaign.”

Shame on you Barry Blitt, and shame on you New Yorker for trying to pass off this piece of racist crap for anything more than it is: a gutless, shameful way of getting attention. It's a pity a publication that's supposed to appeal to the intelligent, thoughtful reader would stoop to using incendiary, tired racial stereotypes to sell more magazines.

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Barack Obama Acceptance Speech (Video)

Obama New Yorker Cover: Satire or Offensive Piece of Racist Crap?