New Yorker Cover Mocks Palin's Claim Of Foreign Policy Experience

[Richardo]

Source: Huffington Post

Gawker and Marc Ambinder note that the New Yorker is poking some fun at Sarah Palin for her rather dubious claim that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her foreign policy experience.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/29/new-yorker-cover-mocks-pa_n_130423.html

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Sweet! :rofl:

[babylonsister]

1. Pic here:

[tuvor]

6. Maybe they're being ironic.

[reggie the dog]

7. too bad

there is no way she could see Russia from her house, of course millions of people probably think she could see russia from her house.

[DeeDeeNY]

19. Hey!! I don't see Putin's head rearing up in the background.

[smb]

26. Putin's Head Soars Over Alaska...

...declaring "The Gun Is Good. The Penis Is Evil."

[marshall]

25. It does give one a sense of how HUGE Alaska is

Isn't it bigger in land mass than all but eight soverign countries?

[RaleighNCDUer]

39. With a population smaller than that of most Caribbean islands... nt

[SemperEadem]

2. how appropo

oh, wait... she wouldn't understand such big words...

[flippidot]

4. re: how appropo

And you can't spell 'em. It's apropos, professor.

[Berry Cool]

9. And it's a synonym for "timely," not "appropriate."

As long as we're getting particular here.

[1monster]

42. According to Dictionary.com, Apropos =

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ap·ro·pos /ˌæprəˈpoʊ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adverb 1. fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
2. Obsolete. by the way.
–adjective 3. opportune; pertinent: apropos remarks.
—Idiom4. apropos of, with reference to; in respect or regard to: apropos of the preceding statement.
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Which is how it was used, I believe... even if slightly misspelled.

[Berry Cool]

43. That's cool.

Everyone keeps telling me it's wrong to use it that way.

[tclambert]

11. re: re: how appropo

Splchekr . . . brkn. . . . Cna't fnid . . . cerrek spellins . . . fer nuffin. . . . Yu goe onn . . . wifout mi.

[SammyWinstonJack]

20. ...

:spray:

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[Lakerstan]

3. Perfection...

:rofl: :applause:

[ksimons]

5. uh oh - now I can see Russia - I guess I'm going to have to enlist with McCain

Damn, I shouldn't have looked

[Divernan]

17. I can see the moon so guess I can be Director of NASA.

[Divernan]

18. W cannot find his butt with both hands, so he can NOT be a proctologist.

It's the GOP way!

[skyounkin]

22. But

how would he find his head then??

[GinaMaria]

29. I can see the economy failing from my house!

Can I be an economist?

[happygoluckytoyou]

8. aahhhhhhhh! MOCK...that was the word she was looking for.... she aint seen mock YET!!!

[tclambert]

10. Re: mock

I still think she was actually trying to say caricature. She couldn't think of mock and she couldn't pronounce caricature. During the VP debate, let's pay attention and see what kind of vocabulary she uses. Any multi-syllabic words at all? Any college level words? Any tenth grade words? Any words George Bush wouldn't understand?

[mwb970]

12. Well, there's "blink". She uses that one a lot. /nt

[happygoluckytoyou]

32. she would have used "i'm an f'ing moron please turn off the camera" but forgot the words

[DemoTex]

13. A cover concept not without precedent at The New Yorker (3/29/1976)

[tom_paine]

14. Good get!

Thanks. :patriot:

I hope you and your are doing well, DemoTex.

[VWolf]

15. There was an entire set of these available when I was in college

This was about 20 years ago. The one you posted was titled "A New Yorker's View of the World". I remember "A Californian's View of the World", among others. Almost everyone I knew had one of these posters in their room.

[demokatgurrl]

38. Yes, there was even a PHILLY view! nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

27. I'm very impressed.

[John Q. Citizen]

35. Yes, I thought it was an adaptation of that classic.

[customerserviceguy]

40. It's the first thing I thought of

The New York view of the world from '76 showed the self-centeredness of the stereotypical NYC resident, this shows the distorted view of the candidate in much the same way.

[John Q. Citizen]

41. Exactly. They are both jokes about perception.

[Divernan]

16. This one dimensional cover in no way compares to New Yorker's hostile cover of the Obamas.

To quote a reply on the HuffPost thread:
"Where are the wolves with no legs, the skinned moose, the kids like the lady in the shoe, the skinned Caribou, the bridge to nowhere, the church with the rapture, the Pipeline to nowhere soon? If this was their attempt to show equal irreverence, it missed by a friggin mile."
I add, where is the portrait of her buddy, Ted Stevens? Shadow Governor, First Dud, Todd in the Governor's office phoning while typing an email? Oldest son with his Oxycontin supply, and a disabled school bus showing through a window, and on and on.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. the new yorker cover of the obamas was satire about the media whereas this mocks the candidate

herself.

if anything this is a far more partisan cover.

[willing dwarf]

23. True, but it gets at the nub of her idiocy

to include all of that would make her seem more of a threat. To sketch out her very candidacy with so much attention to detail might dignify the absurdity.

I think the understatement is quite a skewer.

[Tarc]

24. Oh for fuck's sake, not this tired, ignorant bullshit again

That New Yorker cover was MOCKING how ignorant right-wingers viewed Barack and Michelle. It was NOT an attack on the Obamas themselves.

[Zuiderelle]

28. Nice!!

:rofl:

[Jed28]

30. The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming

How about a remake of the 1966 movie? A Russian sub grounds off shore in the Cook Inlet and the crew end up in Wasilla looking for assistance.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=z_nGW7pWBDY

[happygoluckytoyou]

33. sadly, today they would only get a quick look at a beauty queen with a shotgun...then BOOM

[Hamlette]

34. they need to show her watching with her finger on "the button" n/t

[L. Coyote]

36. All kinds of people have seen Russia on t-v. But, they are not running for V-P!

[Claire Beth]

37. Fucking HILARIOUS! I LOVE it!!! n/t