satire of repugs' portrayal of Obama deemed "tasteless"

Obama slams Muslim portrayal

Barack Obama's campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Obama in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.

An American flag burns in their fireplace.

The New Yorker says it's satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.

The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Sen. Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."

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I dunno - this shows the absurdity of the repugs' characterizations of the Obama's, so is that a bad thing? Or are people really stupid enough to think that the New Yorker is saying this is what Obama actually stands for?
In other times i would say that no one is that idiotic, but, unfortunately, not these days...