La Lioness Priyanka
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Wed Jul-16-08 09:22 AM
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| -Satire is satire, whether a wacko gets it or not! The New Yorker was right to run it. |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 07:13 PM |
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You are late! |
gatorboy |
Jul-15-08 07:14 PM |
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Yes |
JimmyJubes |
Jul-15-08 07:17 PM |
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The Obama camp is wacko too? |
panader0 |
Jul-15-08 07:27 PM |
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I didn't call us or Obama wackos. We GOT IT, after all, |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 07:36 PM |
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Agreed |
Tangerine LaBamba |
Jul-15-08 07:33 PM |
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Irony, and it should be painful |
repo |
Jul-15-08 07:35 PM |
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they had the right.. but it was still inappropriate and elitist. |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 07:47 PM |
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Who is an elitist? Someone who knows more than you? |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 08:53 PM |
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no, people who do one thing call it another, then say you arent as smart as they are when you point |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 09:48 PM |
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I disagree |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-15-08 07:48 PM |
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As my father used to say, "Some people's taste is all in their mouths." |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 09:06 PM |
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LOL |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 07:31 AM |
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Blatant Racism thinnly disguised as humor....FUCK the editor....get his head up Roves ass |
opihimoimoi |
Jul-15-08 08:54 PM |
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Perhaps it's elitist to think no one else is intelligent enough to get it??? |
skip fox |
Jul-15-08 09:07 PM |
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i saw it.. it was a campaign ad for McCain |
sam sarrha |
Jul-15-08 09:49 PM |
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So what you're saying essentially is, if I want to satirize bu$h, |
Art_from_Ark |
Jul-16-08 07:41 AM |
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Yeah, fuck 'em |
Canuckistanian |
Jul-15-08 08:55 PM |
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Thank you. The humor deprived have held the field too long on this. |
Sinistrous |
Jul-15-08 10:51 PM |
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And suppose |
BronxBoy |
Jul-16-08 06:28 PM |
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As an interior cartoon would have been art. As a cover it's crash commercialism |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-15-08 11:58 PM |
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An intelligent take. I disagree, but you make an interesting point well. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 06:31 AM |
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The thing is - if the intention is really to lampoon those who |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 07:34 AM |
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The target is the lens. Just as in Swift's "Modest Proposal." |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 09:04 AM |
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But I don't think that illustration does that at all |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 09:45 AM |
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But it was like shining a light on a pack of feeding rats. They scattered. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 02:34 PM |
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Maybe. |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-16-08 06:17 PM |
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Well, because it IS the cover, it made a LOT of people talk about what it depicted. |
CTyankee |
Jul-16-08 07:29 AM |
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My guess is that this will be the most viewed AND REPRODUCED New Yorker cover ever. |
Raster |
Jul-16-08 01:48 PM |
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Tell satire to the moron who called the Washington Journal about |
Vinca |
Jul-16-08 07:12 AM |
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When they so blatently expose themselves, the repulse others. |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 09:08 AM |
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Some DU suggestions please! |
DangerDave921 |
Jul-16-08 07:19 AM |
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Are There Still Vapors Here? |
KharmaTrain |
Jul-16-08 07:23 AM |
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Exactly |
EstimatedProphet |
Jul-16-08 07:51 AM |
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Hyperactive DU |
KharmaTrain |
Jul-16-08 08:25 AM |
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I see you, skip |
riverdale |
Jul-16-08 08:27 AM |
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You are absolutely correct. This will fall on deaf ears, but I'm going to say it anyway |
truth2power |
Jul-16-08 08:53 AM |
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Wine is Wine, whether a wacko gets it or not! It doesn't matter who bottles it |
Ichingcarpenter |
Jul-16-08 09:13 AM |
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yes |
lionesspriyanka |
Jul-16-08 09:22 AM |
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Kick. |
Sinistrous |
Jul-16-08 01:31 PM |
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It failed to identify it's target, therefore the target appeared to be the Obamas. |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 02:55 PM |
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You seem to think I'm an elitist? But I'm the one with faith in poeple's |
skip fox |
Jul-16-08 03:06 PM |
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What? Did my satire go right over your head? |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 05:48 PM |
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The target couldn't have been more clear. |
sfexpat2000 |
Jul-16-08 05:52 PM |
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I'm flattered I'm worth stalking. |
Dr_eldritch |
Jul-16-08 08:26 PM |
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It can only prove to be a "teachable moment" if the corporate media |
Uncle Joe |
Jul-16-08 06:09 PM |
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Oh |
BronxBoy |
Jul-16-08 06:24 PM |
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