Liberal political cartoonist David Horsey defended the New Yorker's satire of the Obamas with his July 15 Seattle Post-Intelligencer drawing (shown at right, for a larger size check the P-I Web site here) while raising some left-wing tropes about the presumptive GOP nominee.
"For all the irony-challenged literalists who were upset by the New Yorker's Obama-as-a-Muslim magazine cover, here's one for you," reads the caption to the left of Horsey's cartoon depicting John and Cindy McCain as being lampooned on the cover of National Review.
Horsey's Sen. McCain is clothed in a blue hospital gown, seated in a wheelchair, drooling and mumbling, "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran."
Standing to McCain's left is wife Cindy, frantically pouring scores of pills from a medicine bottle while saying, "Here, John, take some of my meds to get you through the inaugural parade." Meanwhile, a portrait of Vice President Dick Cheney hangs above the mantle, the fireplace ablaze with the Constitution in lieu of firewood.
What say you? Was the Seattle-based cartoonist simultaneously defending the liberal New Yorker magazine while playing up radical left-wing fears about McCain? Or am I reading this wrong and Horsey's intent was really to criticize the liberal magazine for an ill-advised cover?
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New Yorker, learn how to tell a joke
July 15, 2008 - 16:23 ET by nkviking75To all you MSM critics sniffing that the public was too stupid to get the irony in the New Yorker cover: If you have to explain a joke, then the joke doesn't work.
The simple solution to that problem was to put that cartoon inside the magazine next to the article it referenced so that the joke would be in context.
Some people just don't know how to tell a joke. Especially the libs in the MSM.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
Well, considering the PI's
July 15, 2008 - 16:23 ET by Dan The Man 2Well, considering the PI's performance in the primary debates and its slightly left of center bent, I think im safe to assume it will tiddlate the crowds who read the rag. I really don't think it was meant to be satire.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
Of course it...
July 15, 2008 - 16:38 ET by ontheright...wasn't meant to be satire. I'm surprised it took this long for the liberals to jump on the "bandwagon"...created by liberals, for liberals.
However, it's pretty darn funny; and I bet McCain has the nads to laugh it off since he is a much different "caliber" MAN.
Oh the horror. How
July 15, 2008 - 18:24 ET by kgOh the horror. How disgusting and tasteless, whaaa. Seattle PI should appologize.
Oh wait, I'm not a Liberal or a Muslim so I dont need to be all upset.
Here are a couple for laughs: Rejected New Yorker Covers
http://directorblue....
"Forget change, I want improvement!"
:)!
July 15, 2008 - 18:42 ET by TruthMonger:)!
You know, I really thought
July 15, 2008 - 16:29 ET by bigtimerYou know, I really thought about this...I don't know for sure...your first scenario is most likely right Ken...
...either way...
I am laughing at both..heck my favorite part of this was the grin/smirk on VP Cheney's face...
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Yeah, I rarely agree with
July 15, 2008 - 16:37 ET by Ken ShepherdYeah, I rarely agree with Horsey, but I think he's a pretty decent cartoonist. Much better quality work both in terms of argument and art than say Tom Toles of the Washington Post. Blech.
→ I'm down with that
July 15, 2008 - 16:52 ET by Cool ArrowTo the extent McCain is a tired old invalid with a foot in the grave, and Cindy McCain is a pill-sharing co-dependent addict I concede Obama is a Muslim and his wife a militant.
Now we're all square.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
hee-hee-hee second that
July 15, 2008 - 18:45 ET by TruthMongerhee-hee-hee
second that
I'm guessing the
July 15, 2008 - 17:08 ET by MidAmericaI'm guessing the 'satire' cartoon of McCain was just an attempt to cash in on the current hot topic. Most cartoonists are not principled people. They earn their living ruining the reputations and motives of other people.
I think
July 15, 2008 - 17:21 ET by 10ksnookerThey got the Obambi's right. Not so right for McAMENSTY. If they had done the AMNESTY thing, then that would work for me.
It's one thing for the New Yorker...
July 15, 2008 - 17:23 ET by geokster...to misinterpret how their own nutroots would react to their own cartoon with their hero and heroine on the cover of their own magazine, but it then seems pretty low of one of their hero's sympathizers to then attack his opponent with a parody of their cartoon on someone else's magazine, which just happens to be supporter of their hero's opponent.
Am I the only one who's bothered by this?
just you and the vast
July 15, 2008 - 18:46 ET by TruthMongerjust you and the vast majority of America:)
I find the comic
July 15, 2008 - 17:31 ET by Damian GI find the comic brilliant.
Yes, Horsey is annoyingly liberal, but just remember, he is against the political correctness which occurs at Christmas and was a strong defender of President Bush from 9/11 till when the Iraq War went sour - he even mocked Europe's nonchalant attitude towards fears of WMD.
Unfortunately, loves mocking what he considers the Republican "hick" base and once penned a comic in which he said that the Bush Administration's pro-life position made America comparable to anti-abortion Arab States.
But hey, at least we have Michael Ramirez!
I find Day by Day, by Chris
July 16, 2008 - 12:55 ET by CortillaenI find Day by Day, by Chris Muir, to be an excellent political cartoon with a strong conservative bent, though it's of a slightly different vein than the single-panel cartoons of Ramirez. Of course, there's also my sig, but his comics aren't explicitly about politics (most of the time).
www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.
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What say you? Was the
July 15, 2008 - 18:06 ET by JasonCWhat say you? Was the Seattle-based cartoonist simultaneously defending
the liberal New Yorker magazine while playing up radical left-wing
fears about McCain? Or am I reading this wrong and Horsey's intent was
really to criticize the liberal magazine for an ill-advised cover?
Neither. It is criticizing those liberals who are taking The New Yorker cover at face value by producing something equally tongue-in-cheek; it is not criticizing The New Yorker nor is it genuinely trying to exploit fears about McCain.
"Issue-driven politics in red-and-blue America is like a man whose
appetite for steak is greatly enhanced by his contempt for vegetarians."
Liberals take a joke? They
July 15, 2008 - 19:40 ET by cocodrieLiberals take a joke? They are the most unhappy, ,deceived, hateful, vindictive, humorless, etc. people in all of mankind. There is no room in their lives for humor or truth.
Horsey
July 16, 2008 - 00:24 ET by WesenHorsey is a Horses Ass. He has been responsible for some truly offensive "humor" here in Seattle and shows himself to generally be an imitator, not an originalist.
The Horsey's ass just helps
July 16, 2008 - 04:39 ET by Jack BauerThe Horsey's ass just helps McCain, again. Liberals really should give up on satire, as they seem to live in an Irony Free state.
Here's why that "cartoon" helps McCain if people actually see it.
#1. The Osama/Obama "satirical" cartoon would seem to offer a negative view of the Obama's to everyone except the terrorists chic brigade, and radical Muslims. A very small voting bloc I venture.
#2. The ageist slam at McCain, which sneers at people getting on in life, and who may not be in the best health. Well, not only is that quite a large voting bloc in themselves; they also have relatives who may not like their parents and grandparents being mocked for reaching 70 years old.
Just sayin.
Let's see if we hear the
July 16, 2008 - 09:16 ET by bradbenj5952Let's see if we hear the same condemnation from the Obama campaign denouncing this cartoon as we heard concerning the New Yorker's version.
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