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bluedigger

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74. So now Time and Newsweek are both hidden behind the counter?

Mon May 14, 2012, 02:53 PM

May 2012

There's going to be nothing left to read at the checkout but holiday food issues and home decorating tips at this rate...

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WOW, Newsweek Cover: "The First Gay President" [View all] kpete May 2012 OP

Since the President himself is not gay, "Pro-Gay President" would be more exact..n/t monmouth May 2012 #1

No kidding. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #25

I second it. demosincebirth May 2012 #34

BEcause it will sell more copies Alcibiades May 2012 #44

Newsweek is pap for the low info. voters. It's a glossy Enquierer. A yellow tabloid. xtraxritical May 2012 #58

thanks not for that image of Newt barf n/t tru May 2012 #112

I suspect it's an echo of Toni Morrison describing Bill Clinton as "America's first black President" nxylas May 2012 #75

Agreed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #80

Morrison did not mean what most people think she meant. Luminous Animal May 2012 #102

It's a parallel to calling the Big Dog the first black President. Bake May 2012 #51

I believe the implication is the first "Gay" President.... Harry Monroe May 2012 #90

Not that there's anything wrong with that. n/t targetpractice May 2012 #2

WTF??? PCIntern May 2012 #3

And many more "firsts" to come! tridim May 2012 #4

I believe so :) BlancheSplanchnik May 2012 #8

Yes! Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #31

IMO, this appears to be a riff on Bill Clinton being "The First Black President" Poll_Blind May 2012 #5

Out of tune riff , if you ask me... n/t PCIntern May 2012 #7

Yeah, I kind of agree. Beltway folks and politicos will get it almost certainly... Poll_Blind May 2012 #10

I hate to see the conspiracy nuts get more material loyalsister May 2012 #33

It's pretty clever tridim May 2012 #9

Ahh. Now I get it. Hassin Bin Sober May 2012 #20

That was my take on it. And the rainbo halow. lol. alphafemale May 2012 #32

Ah -- I didn't get it! NOW it makes sense! nt gateley May 2012 #37

if people here didn't get it at first, I don't imagine G_j May 2012 #52

ya wingzeroday May 2012 #53

Wonder what Michelle will think of that. malthaussen May 2012 #6

Why should she think anything of it? CakeGrrl May 2012 #24

No, not "worried" malthaussen May 2012 #26

I imagine she'll not think much either way. CakeGrrl May 2012 #29

Or maybe she will feel honored and proud ruggerson May 2012 #30

+999999999 stevenleser May 2012 #56

+++++++++++++++++++++++!!!! nt Vanje May 2012 #70

I would hazard a guess that this won't go over well with some people ruggerson May 2012 #11

The reactions will probably be painful in many ways, but this sure will keep the discussion going. JohnnyLib2 May 2012 #12

As long as we also continue to discuss Romney's bullying of another student, and his failure to show MH1 May 2012 #110

so President Obama, in spite of Michelle & the girls, is gay? who knew? spanone May 2012 #13

Bill Clinton isn't Black, yet HE was called our first BLACK president. n/t jenmito May 2012 #14

I thought of the same thing RZM May 2012 #22

Being Called "Black" vs. Being Called "Gay"--The DIFFERENCE BlueDemKev May 2012 #71

By some. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2012 #28

yeah, but it became a common saying that many black people agreed with JI7 May 2012 #41

Those were Bill's words deaniac21 May 2012 #78

But not for reasons that you suppose... Luminous Animal May 2012 #103

It doesn't matter -- they're anti-O no matter what. Let them say what they will. nt gateley May 2012 #38

That's not James Buchanon. Bok_Tukalo May 2012 #15

It wasn't called "gay" then. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #83

Anything from Andy SULLIVAN is dross. (He liked Shrub, is a "traditionalist" like O'LOOFAH.) n/t UTUSN May 2012 #16

President Obama reads Andrew's Blog the Daily Dish. MotherPetrie May 2012 #19

Why? & I'm not being flip in asking. I would ask the same about UTUSN May 2012 #23

Yet Sullivan doesn't think Bush Administration war criminals should get a pass - Obama does. MotherPetrie May 2012 #39

He was late to the party Alcibiades May 2012 #45

Yip, it's easy to be an OBAMA supporter. When Libs needed uniting he was for Shrub. UTUSN May 2012 #63

It's a simple error Alcibiades May 2012 #101

Sullivan is an Obama supporter JI7 May 2012 #43

Wait for it--all the Teabaggers will now be ranting that tblue37 May 2012 #17

People this stupid shouldn't vote Harry Monroe May 2012 #92

+1,000 BlueDemKev May 2012 #96

It Could Have Been Worse. Yavin4 May 2012 #18

Between this and the Time magazine cover... rucky May 2012 #21

Whatever you do, don't read the comments. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #27

Yes there are some really disturbed people right here on this thread too Laughing Mirror May 2012 #105

No kidding. It really brought out the haters. nt SunSeeker May 2012 #106

Wingnuts will run with this. nt demosincebirth May 2012 #35

Newsweek...makes decent toilet paper Rex May 2012 #36

i'm ok with "the first gay president" title, but i don't like the halo and the look on his face JI7 May 2012 #40

That "artwork" is horrendous. nt greyl May 2012 #42

I can see it now...if Obama goes on to do something like Jamaal510 May 2012 #46

Disturbing cover. Beacool May 2012 #47

I don't agree with the cover either, but he certainly has done more than any other president WI_DEM May 2012 #49

That doesn't make him GAY himself BlueDemKev May 2012 #61

Different times. Beacool May 2012 #67

He is pushing to repeal DOMA emulatorloo May 2012 #113

NEWSWEEK=DUMB ASSES. WI_DEM May 2012 #48

Just trying to top Time magazine DainBramaged May 2012 #50

Well, Time magazine is not far behind. Beacool May 2012 #69

So.... AlbertCat May 2012 #54

lawl wingzeroday May 2012 #55

BAWHAHAHA!!! Rex May 2012 #82

This is fucking SLANDER BlueDemKev May 2012 #57

okay couple of things Marrah_G May 2012 #59

It's SLANDER BlueDemKev May 2012 #60

It's not slander Marrah_G May 2012 #73

Well, I'm sorry you can't see it for what it is. BlueDemKev May 2012 #95

I'm sorry that you are freaking out as if he was labeled a murderer Marrah_G May 2012 #115

Let me tell you what's freaking me out.... BlueDemKev May 2012 #117

You have slander and libel mixed up. GreenStormCloud May 2012 #118

OK everybody, calm down and think about this. stevenleser May 2012 #62

Think about THIS... BlueDemKev May 2012 #66

And views like yours simply perpetuate the problem. n/t TriMera May 2012 #76

WTF are you talking about??? BlueDemKev May 2012 #97

I have to disagree - the way they did the picture also is meant to incite teabaggers, etc. Daemonaquila May 2012 #79

So it's like saying George Washington was our first Jewish president. Bruce Wayne May 2012 #85

If either showed a particular empathy with those groups, sure. nt stevenleser May 2012 #86

I think he should own it, just like Clinton owned being the first African American President Cleita May 2012 #64

Then he would "own" being a victim of elite politics. Because that was Morrison's point. Luminous Animal May 2012 #104

So now Obama is a Proles May 2012 #65

Yep.... BlueDemKev May 2012 #68

all that donquijoterocket May 2012 #72

Plus look at his halo, he has a messiah complex and thinks he is "THE ONE" emulatorloo May 2012 #114

So now Time and Newsweek are both hidden behind the counter? bluedigger May 2012 #74

Many of the replies in this thread are highly TriMera May 2012 #77

OK, so most of us get the point here. Brigid May 2012 #81

Well, at least he isn't suckling a three year old Bruce Wayne May 2012 #84

Disturbing LiberalLovinLug May 2012 #87

Absolutely. Which rag was it that had the cover with him almost in blackface cr8tvlde May 2012 #98

Tina Brown has turned Newsweek into a tabloid. closeupready May 2012 #88

Newsweek had to compete with Time's shocking cover. tclambert May 2012 #89

That was my initial response as well, TC Patiod May 2012 #91

Exactly!! Harry Monroe May 2012 #93

I think I went to school with the guy who wrote that headline bhikkhu May 2012 #94

And what does supporting equal marriage rights have to do with being gay anyways? LiberalLovinLug May 2012 #99

clever. Matariki May 2012 #100

One of the problems with that metaphor ecstatic May 2012 #107

Blacks stopped liking Clinton after the 08 primaries when he and his wife used the race card Skrewdriver May 2012 #108

"Blacks stopped liking Clinton" NCTraveler May 2012 #111

I beg to differ. Beacool May 2012 #116

This has all the appearances of anti-gay and anti-Obama politics L. Coyote May 2012 #109