The Power of Images

News and Notes: The "experience" rap is phony. May I suggest that you ease your doubts by looking at the resumes of Abe Lincoln and JFK. When Lincoln was elected to the presidency his resume was almost a duplicate of Obama's except that Obama has a lot more education than Lincol did. And JFK was about the same age and didn't have much more experience than Obama. It is more about who surrounds the president than the depth of his own experience. Look at McCain, his advisers are all Bushies and worse.
Phil Gramm is his chief economic adviser and he thinks we are a nation of "whiners." He more than any single person helped to pave the way for the mortgage debacle we are now witnessing and the potential collapse of our banking industry, yet he says it's all psychological and we should stop whining. McCain originally said the government should keep hands off the mortgage crisis. He got that from Gramm. McCain supported the war in Iraq from the beginning and wants to keep us there indefinitely while we bleed billions of dollars a week. He gets that from people like Lindsay Graham and Joe Liberman. So McCain's so called experience is worthless. He may have been a brave warrior. But he just isn't smart.

Some undisputed truths:

o Obama was a 20 year member of a church that espoused Black Liberation Theology, which scholars will tell you takes a Marxist point of view on class struggle

o Obama went to William Ayers to get his political start in Chicago and they became friends and served on foundations together. Yes, the unrepentant Weatherman.

o Obama purchased land next next land purchased by Tony Rezko. They bought from the same seller and closed on the same day, the lots were similar.... yet Obama paid much less than Rezko. Cynics would say that was an undeclared gift from Rezko.

o Obama received a sweetheart deal on his mortgage.

o Obama was key in getting funding for Rezko properties in Chicago that became true slums do to neglect.

o Obama will do anything to get elected including changing positions on NAFTA, gun control, campaign financing, Jerusalem, flag pins, on and on.

Draw your own conclusions as to whether Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

It is interesting that noone is really willing to say the truth about what is going on. Much of the uneasiness with Obama stems from racial issues. If we got to know one another better and understood and respected the cultural differences none of this would be an issue. But we rely on old stereo types and fear to let our minds think this rubbish is true. I do not believe Obama will be elected because it is easier to go with what we think we know than to get to know something new. I beleive this election cycle will be one of the saddest in modern history. It is very interesting because people say Black people should pick them selves up, stop looking for hand outs and take care of business. Here we have a man who has done all of that and more but yet we do not respect him. Very sad.

mbailiff, the problem is that way too many low information voters will let images like the one on the covewr of the New Yorker burn into their brains, never bother to read the article inside the magazine which contradicts the cover photo or anything else factual; and, it WASN'T funny. When satire has to be explained, it fails. Thank you, dstro, that's right.
johnny at work, is that why Jesse Jackson just stated that he wants to cut his n&ts off, because no blacks will relinquish their support of Obama? Blacks won't run for cover behind something FALSE about Obama, like you posted, no. YOU brought up black support of Obama, and now YOU want to claim that someone's "playing the race card?" LMAO.

there seems to be mainly xenophobic or even racist people posting here... its a good jod you are the new minority in the USA... you are already marginalised and excluded from the mainstream... that's who you are now and there is only one way to change that... but until you do, you are the new minority...deal with that...

In re SUBSCRIPTION CANCELLATIONS over this harm done to the Democratic candidate which benefits Hillary Clinton and John McCain: clinton because she is still trying to hijack the nmnomination; and McCain because he is the beneficiary of the graphic distortions of Obama's character and leadership style, which helps him among the credulous; Yes! the New yorker should feel the pain that comes from attempoting to electioneer and derail Obama's campaign.

The New Yorker is not naive. The folks who bankroll special interests entitlements and corporate oligarchy through teh Clinton adn Bush administrations are working to render him unelectable. Billary began this and now her Clinton=nazi supproters like David Remnick and the publishers of New Yorker are attempting to finish it.
Canceling subscriptions is the smallest but most meaningful initiative poeople who see this can undertake.

Some undisputed truths:

o Obama was a 20 year member of a church that espoused Black Liberation Theology, which scholars will tell you takes a Marxist point of view on class struggle

o Obama went to William Ayers to get his political start in Chicago and they became friends and served on foundations together. Yes, the unrepentant Weatherman.

o Obama purchased land next next land purchased by Tony Rezko. They bought from the same seller and closed on the same day, the lots were similar.... yet Obama paid much less than Rezko. Cynics would say that was an undeclared gift from Rezko.

o Obama received a sweetheart deal on his mortgage.

o Obama was key in getting funding for Rezko properties in Chicago that became true slums do to neglect.

o Obama will do anything to get elected including changing positions on NAFTA, gun control, campaign financing, Jerusalem, flag pins, on and on.

Draw your own conclusions as to whether Obama is qualified to be President of the United States.

You both make my points (J Richter & mbailiff) even more clear. I did mean others are playing the race card as I am obviously the one who wrote "noone is willing to mention the underlying issue". And you (Jrichter) are correct I do not know EVERYTHING as I clearly stated I never thought that much about race. Also you need to get your facts correct the Black population is more like 14% (Link http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html) Again it is easy to fix the facts to what we believe they should be. I really do not care what Black people think. I care about what I think and getting my facts correct. I'd like other people regardless of race to get their facts correct as well. They are not terrorist, they do not hate America and Obama is a politician like the rest of them.

Jonathan Alter writes: "But it is indisputably harmful to the Obama campaign, which is why, though Obama himself wouldn't comment, his spokesman called the cartoon 'tasteless and offensive.'" I am, right now, disputing that the cover is harmful to the Obama campaign, and therefore this statement is indisputably inaccurate. I await your correction.

The cover is meant to be provocative they are trying to sell copies and it's satire, it's a joke, it's funny. Anyone who looks at a cartoon like what is on the cover of the new yorker and thinks oh Obama is a muslim should not be allowed to vote. This is a political cartoon not a documented story in Time magazine. Obviously people are taking this cartoon way too seriously. No one is saying Obama is muslim they are simply poking fun at the stupid rumors that float around on boards like this one. NEXT!

The New Yorker cover may be way off base; however, Obama has to address the common concern that he is a quasi-Muslim, based on the Muslim tradition in his family history and his long-term association with radical groups. Overall, Americans cannot elect a quasi-terminator who may be programmed to profile and licensed to kill. If Obama fails to demonstrate that there is not a Wright virus tangled in his genome, he has to step aside.

I do not for one second believe in the rumors about Obama. I am more deeply concerned with his affiliation with Rev Wright and the Bill Ayers. to consort with a person that not only is proud to have been a terrorist but even to this day holds the same values? Having for your mentor and personal guide an extreme racialist that lives by spreading racial division and conspiracy theories. My main concern is however his extreme inaccesiblity to media. He is the least accesibel presidantila candidate in modern times, why? As well as a total lack transpareny on what his polices are? Change from what, to where?

What does it say about a man, a person? He did not know? Either he is ignorant or he is worse, culpable. Neither is something one would want in a President.

I for ome think the cover says it all. This man is the Anti-Christ and we as americans
better wake up before it is to late. Read your Bible and it will tell you every thing you
need to know.

Obama people need to get a grip. Your hero is facing a bigger challenge. Yep-his glow is going. He is like watching a tennis match on issues. Obama is a nasty man that has trampled on whoever he had to in order to get to the top. Starting with his close friend who lost the US Sen and wanted to run for her seat in the St Sen. Another guy Obama knew was having problems and Obama let the whole thing go so he could win the Sen. Seat. The best friends he has - Wright, Ayers and how many other countless sick people who have bombed this country and said the worst things about white people I've heard. Yet - they want to cry over a little picture - why? does it hurt? is it the truth? Obama people need to cry over somebody else - because the kind of crap I have heard from Obama and Company far out weight that little picture.

Obama could bite the head off a live bald eagle, thown the carcass on a US Flag, set it all on fire, while smoking crack and chanting an Islamic prayer, and not lose a single black vote.

It may cost him two eggheads (PETA People) but zero Blacks.