Vanity Fair parodies the controversial New Yorker Obama Cover by creating a cover for McCain. You can tell it is satire because McCain’s wife is not a pill popper, McCain is not really old, he does not support Bush’s policies, etc.

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The Best Links:

1. Daily News’ Bill Bramhall Did His Parody First (CARTOON IMAGE)
2. New Yorker’s Obama Cover
3. Trollop! What McCain Calls His Wife
4. Terrorist Fist Jabs
5. Things Younger Than McCain

Burning flags, Osama Bin Laden, Turbans, AK-47’s and Obama’s terrorist fist jab are all featured in this sure-to-be-controversial cover of The New Yorker. The artist behind the cartoon said he is trying to satirize the baseless scaremongering used against Obama; That didn’t stop the campaign from calling it “tasteless and offensive.”

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The Best Links:

1. “It’s difficult to see this as anything other than […] satire,” Says Steven Heller, Renowned Design Critic
2. Yikes!
3. New Yorker Editor David Remnick Responds: It’s Satire
4. “… most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree.”
5. Obama Has Yet to Be Defined in Comedic Terms
6. “The New Yorker would like to inform readers that the above depiction is supposed to be funny.”
7. This is All Way, Way Overblown

George W copies Obama and gives an ecstatic little boy a fist bump. Or should I say terrorist fist jab?

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The Best Links:

1. George Bush Fist Bump
2. The Original: Barack and Michelle Punch It In!
3. “Terrorist Fist Jab”

POLITICS BUZZ: Fox News anchor ED Hill’s show gets cancelled after she called Obama’s fist bump a “terrorist fist jab.” Fox News gives ED Hill a fist jab to the face. Those who are sad to see her go can find comfort in the fact that there are like, 25 other blond female Fox News anchors that look pretty much just like her.

The Best Links:

1. Not the First Time Fox Demoted Someone
2. She’s the Hottest Ed We Know
3. “Terrorist Fist Jab” Comments Sparks Apology and Cancellation
4. “Fox News Gives E.D. Hill a Terrorist Fist Jab to the Face”
5. E.D. Hill’s Bio - from the Fox News Site
6. E. D. Hill on Wikipedia
7. “Obama v. Fox v. Murdoch”

You just won the Democrat’s nomination for President — time to punch it in! How cute are Barack and Michelle Obama? They actually love each other!

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The Best Links:

1. BREAKING “FIST BUMP” NEWS: A CNN Report On Obama Fist Bump
2. Punch It In: “All the Fun of a High Five, But Less Dorky”
3. FOX NEWS: “A terrorist fist jab?” LOL!
4. Punch it in Michelle and Barack
5. The Video Version
6. Obama Wins! The Primaries Are Finally Over.