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The New Yorker, hardly the pinnacle of right wing thought, created a cover that liberals, conservatives, McCain, Obama everyone has condemned, and rightly so in my opinion. But what’s more amazing is the New Yorkers rationale for the “artwork”

The July 21 cover, titled “The Politics of Fear,” is intended to be a parody, an attempt to show how “scare tactics and misinformation” are being used to try to derail Barack Obama’s campaign, says cover artist Barry Blitt.

“I think the idea that the Obamas are branded as unpatriotic [let alone as terrorists] in certain sectors is preposterous,” Blitt wrote in an e-mail to the Huffington Post. “It seemed to me that depicting the concept would show it as the fear-mongering ridiculousness that it is.”

Ahhh, so it’s supposed to be a parody of how the right treats Obama? Yeah see, one problem with that. It’s been almost exclusively the left that has pursued this angle, most notably the Clinton camp in a desperate attempt to knock the Messiah off his pedestal. It’s also the left that has spread photos of Obama in his “native dress”. Mention of this story line by conservatives have largely been restricted to conservatives giggling in barely restrained glee from watching liberals eat their own.

And I might note that even if conservatives were the one pushing this angle, it’s nothing compared to the disgusting representations of President Bush, Condi Rice and Laura Bush over the years.

It’s a shame really, because the article that went with the cover is a pretty damn looking at Obama’s past, as detailed quite extensively by Capt Ed.