New Yorker cover spotlights McCain’s houses, foreclosure crisis.
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New Yorker cover spotlights McCain’s houses, foreclosure crisis.
The cover of the new issue of the New Yorker spotlights Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) multiple houses, contrasting his wealth with the foreclosure crisis many Americans are struggling with:
ThinkProgress spoke with New Yorker spokeswoman Alexa Cassanos, who said that the McCain cover is in no way intended to be a response to the controversy over the satirical Obama cover in July.
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Trying to add some tiny semblance of balance for their hateful, racist depiction of the Obama's?
September 6th, 2008 at 9:30 amif the shoe fits...
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September 6th, 2008 at 9:37 amBut are we really going to make hay with any of this. Once again, the Democrats seemed destined to lose when there should have been a blow out.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:45 am~10% of American householders are either behind on their mortgage or facing foreclosure. That number's not going to get smaller as more workers face layoffs and declining real wages, and are met with property taxes based on realty values far greater than reality. There are also balloon payments and rate adjustments coming down the pike. Regardless of this cover, which is going to affect few voters enthralled with McCain, the reality of the mortgage troubles are going to bite the Republicans in the arse.
Also, according to the WSJ, the gummint is seeking to take over Fannies Mae and Mac (they should never have been spun off in the first place, but that's another story). I'm sure the rightie-tightie crowd will see no hypocrisy in continuing to howl "Socialist!" at the Dems. Cognitive dissonance requires cognition as prerequisite.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:48 amWhat are the New Yorker's covers trying to say.?
The Obama cover was supposed to be a FALSE Caricature of the Obamas.
Is the McCain cover suppose to be False as well?
The only thing I see that is false, is McCain Playing the Game. His wife and her financial advisors perhaps, but as Sen. McCain's out of touch answer to the House Count Question shows....he JUST LIVES in them.
As for the New Yorker story...do tell.
September 6th, 2008 at 9:57 amthe McCain cover is in no way intended to be a response to the controversy over the satirical Obama cover in July.
Badger's right. Of course this isn't a "response" to the Obama cover because the things depicted about McCain in this one are true, as opposed to the lies on which the Obama cover were based. And if the right wing can't understand that, not only should they be prevented from ever voting again, they should be prevented from breeding.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:04 amWhen do you sleep?
September 6th, 2008 at 10:05 amMore family values from the McCain-Palin ticket. This time more adultery:
Todd Palin's partner seals divorce papers
UPDATE: When you follow the link to the court records, it has gone from "try again" (meaning too much traffic) to "Service Unavailable". But I'm still trying.
Here
We Go
Todd Palin's former business partner files an emergency motion to have his divorce papers sealed. Oh God.
And the rumor mill revs up...
UPDATE: Here's the back story...
The McCain camp issued a full-throated denial and threatened to sue, though it's worth noting that Edwards at first outright denied the Enquirer's affair charges in late 2007.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2008/09/todd-palins-partner-seals-divorce.html
September 6th, 2008 at 10:09 amHi, dbadass,
When I can. When do you sleep? ;)
September 6th, 2008 at 10:12 amI didn't know Richy Rich aged so badly.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:14 amThe McCain camp issued a full-throated denial and threatened to sue, though it’s worth noting that Edwards at first outright denied the Enquirer’s affair charges in late 2007.
You mean they want to put people under oath and tell the truth about everything they know about this? Fine, let's do it. The plaintiff has to testify under oath, too. And Palin herself, not McCain, would be the one with legal standing, so she would have to testify under oath.
BTW, I thought the partner's motion was denied. Did he appeal? Who overturned the other ruling?
So, if Palin really wants the truth hidden, then I suggest she shut up and ride it out. Otherwise, the Enquirer can pretend that they'll print every rumor out there, and Palin would have to tesitify under oath that all those rumors were false, and be subject top cross-examination.
Republicans should be careful about throwing lawsuits around. (Not to mention that it contradicts their anti-frivilous lawsuit agenda.)
September 6th, 2008 at 10:18 amI LOVE this cover! It says that McCain is an old rich fart with a juvenile smug sense of ownership! And JMOHR, don't worry! Obama can't make hay with this, but we can! and so, obviously, can the New Yorker! I think it's brilliant. And, in case you need further cheering up, bear in mind that although the national polls are closeer than it seems they should be between Obama and McCain, we have an electoral college in this country that largely uses a winner take all process in allocating states votes. And this time it looks like it will work FOR us instead of against.:
September 6th, 2008 at 10:21 amhttp://www.pollster.com/
The anticipated spread of electoral votes is looking much more sunny for us than the polling would suggest. 179 electoral votes for McCain vs. 260 electoral votes for Obama, with 99 votes labeled "toss-up", 270 needed to win the Presidency. Obviously things can and will change between now and the election, but McCain would have to pick up every one of those "toss-up" states, and at least some of the states that are firmly on Obama's side of the ledger to win. Take heart!
Funny that the McCain's own to many homes to keep track of, Cindy McCain wears a $3,000 outfit to the convention, but it is Barack Obama who is part of the "wealthy elite".
I think the republicans have no idea.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:21 amstateofthedivision:
September 6th, 2008 at 10:27 amI never really understood the relationship between RichyRich and Casper. What was up with that? Was it just some sort of comic spin off ala Maude?
And both Cindy and Sarah are Beauty Pageant Queens, but Obama is the Celebrity!
September 6th, 2008 at 10:28 amWayne A. Schneider Says: BTW, I thought the partner’s motion was denied. Did he appeal? Who overturned the other ruling?
In their comments section, someone mentioned that the motion had been denied. Should be interesting to see what it says.
Considering everything else, it wouldn't surprise me if this woman had an affair. The far-right have proven themselves to be such habitual hypocrites on every issue that they feel compelled to interject their judgmental ideology into other people's lives, that I am no longer surprised when they are revealed to be the very thing they themselves claim to detest.
Republicans hate themselves. But rather than accept it and try to fix it, they choose to focus their antipathy on liberals. They should be locked up in an institution, not running a Democracy...
September 6th, 2008 at 10:28 amI guess John McCain will now refuse to do any interviews with Vanity Fair.
Before long, he's gonna run out of media outlets to snub...
Nice way to shoot yourself in the foot by denying yourself air time over petty temper tantrums.
Cambell Brown should get a press award for her tenacity.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amUnbelievable says:Republicans hate themselves. But rather than accept it and try to fix it, they choose to focus their antipathy on liberals. They should be locked up in an institution, not running a Democracy…
September 6th, 2008 at 10:31 amIt's not a democracy they're trying to run...
conniptionfit Says: It’s not a democracy they’re trying to run…
You're right.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:34 amJoh Stewart had a great comparison of McCain's acceptance speech and Bush's in 2000. The con is the same.
September 6th, 2008 at 10:56 amRepugs were gleeful with the NY cover in July negatively depicting the Obamas - what ever will they say now?
September 6th, 2008 at 11:20 amOFF TOPIC:
From Antiwar.com (Justin Raimondo)
on SP:
September 5, 2008
Sarah Palin: The Xena of
the War Party
The neocons embrace the politics of celebrity
by Justin Raimondo
The Palin-mania that is sweeping the GOP reminds me of the publicity surrounding "American Idol," the popular American television program that catapults complete unknowns on to the national stage and gives them a chance at stardom: the anticipation, the gossip, the frenzy (and partisanship) of the fans. In the last days of the old Republic, this is what American politics has degenerated into: "reality" TV.
Prior to being plucked from obscurity by the neocons who run the McCain campaign, Sarah Palin was a complete unknown. Today, she is the object of a burgeoning cult that proclaims her to be the virtual incarnation of the Republican renewal. And never did a party require renewal like the GOP. What with G.W. Bush's bottom-of-the-barrel poll numbers, after eight years of nightmarish mismanagement on the home front and frenzied recklessness abroad, dispirited conservative intellectuals and activists have been asking themselves "What went wrong?" Now, they don't have to bother with such worrisome introspection, their identity crisis has been indefinitely delayed, all due to the appearance of a messiah on the horizon – Sarah, the new Wonder Woman of the Right.
So where did she come from, and why has such an obscure figure – formerly mayor of a small town in Alaska, and only lately elevated to the governorship – been raised up so quickly, and mysteriously, like Venus sprung from the sea-foam?
McCain really wanted Joe Lieberman, the last surviving member of the Scoop Jackson wing of the Democratic party, whose neoconservative credentials, electoral appeal in certain key areas, and ability to provoke the Obama-crats made him the natural choice. Karl Rove, however, is too smart for that: he knew there would be a floor fight over it, and the McCainiac-neocon faction could very well lose – torpedoing the campaign before it got out of the harbor.
How they prevailed on the headstrong McCain to back off is not known: perhaps the candidate suffered a sudden spasm of common sense, or even diplomacy. He did back off, however, and then they were left with – nothing. Romney, Pawlenty, or some other boring white guy wasn't good enough for the McCainiac high command: no, they wanted something more.
They knew they had to secure the base, while retaining the cross-party ideological punch Lieberman would have delivered. Their task was to capture the Clinton Democrats, who, prior to Hillary's late conversion to the antiwar cause, were defined ideologically by their more cautious, and even hawkish, approach to the Iraq war issue. Obama staked his claim to the antiwar franchise early on, and Hillary's refusal to second-guess or apologize for her "yes" vote in the Senate on the war question cost her the nomination. By the time she got on board the get-out-of-Iraq train, it had already left the station. The Democrats promised "change" in the foreign policy realm in the 2006 congressional election: they won, but didn't deliver. Obama reminded Democratic voters of that promise: whether he'll keep it, if elected, is another question altogether.
Yet there are still all those Clinton voters out there, who weren't put off by her unapologetic stance on the war, or her more bellicose statements on Iran: these are the old Reagan Democrats, whom the neocons regard as their natural constituency. Hillary's butch persona, especially during the latter days of her doomed campaign, when she became a veritable street-fightin' gal, is another major theme the McCainiacs latched onto. By some alchemy of ideology and identity politics, the grand strategists of the McCain campaign came up with a formula and then looked around for someone who fit the bill.
McCain and his top advisors are ideologues who care about one thing and one thing only: war. The glory of it, the utility of it, the necessity of it. It's the McCain panacea, like "free silver" was to William Jennings Bryan and socialism was to Eugene Debs. It's his answer to everything: it solves all problems, and, more importantly, stifles all criticism. If you doubt his veracity, question his good intentions, or point out his inconsistencies, you're attacking a war hero, doubting the divine wisdom suffering is supposed to impart.
Religion also played an important role in the choice of Palin: she's a member of a dispensationalist sect, within the Pentecostalist tradition, a "born again" Christian who believes in the Rapture and the centrality of Israel in world affairs.
This latter belief is a theological verity with the dispensationalists, who make up the rank-and-file of the GOP's electoral machine: after the Rapture, when the anointed are raised up to heaven and the rest of us are left on earth, the church will be represented by the Chosen People of God – the Jews. According to the biblical prophecy, they will gather together in the land of Israel, their historic home, and this signals the coming of the End Times. Israel, for the dispensationalists, is the key issue: its interests must be defended at all costs, even above the national interests of the US. Israel is, in short, a non-negotiable item, and it's easy to see how this fits very neatly into the neoconservative agenda.
According to news reports, Palin was diverted away from a fundraiser for a pro-life group headed up by Phyllis Schlafly so she could attend a grilling session conducted jointly by AIPAC and Lieberman, but this hardly seemed necessary. After all, the woman has a little Israeli flag in her office. I'm sure, however, her interrogators gave her a few useful pointers. Maybe they asked her about that pastor who came to her church and delivered a sermon explaining that Jews were doomed to suffer eternally from terrorist attacks in Israel until and unless they accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Yes, the lady has her own Jeremiah Wright. As Rachel Maddow remarked the other day – in between bouts of panicky hysteria over Palin's instant stardom – the parallels between Palin and Obama are pretty striking.
The McCainiacs chose Palin out of jealousy: they wanted an Obama of their own, and since they couldn't have one, they settled on Palin – the Bizarro Obama. Yes, she's fresh, new, a self-anointed outsider in this Year of the Maverick – but she's the complete opposite of Obama in every other imaginable way. She's aggressive, even a bit snarly, while he's soft-spoken and calm, a reversal of gender roles well-suited to Bizarro World – albeit one the writers for Superman Comics in the late-fifties and early sixties never imagined.
Oh, the irony! A campaign that put out a television ad comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton has now created a celebrity candidate of its own: Sarah Palin, the Caribou-hunting tough-talking feisty little lady from Alaska, with the showgirl legs and the spine of steel. The Brits are already likening her to Maggie Thatcher.
Sarah, who looks – and acts – an awful lot like Xena, the Warrior Princess, is the perfect messenger for the GOP's credo of unmitigated militarism. Her speech to the Republican convention was, in large part, a continuation of the theme of the previous night: aggressive nationalism rationalized by religious fervor. The references to God were interspersed with worshipful references to all things military along with a full catalogue of all the current neocon targets: not only Iraq, but Iran, Russia, and "dangerous enemies" who are oil-rich (the Saudis?). The anti-Russian trope has been taken up with special alacrity by the McCainiacs, who are touting Palin's position as commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard and her proximity to the Russkies to highlight her readiness to take the helm in the Situation Room. I wouldn't be too surprised to hear tales of Commander Palin's derring do when confronted with previously unreported Russian incursions across the Bering Strait.
The Palin choice is really all about the internal politics of the GOP, as much as it is about the hubris of McCain's handlers. With the party led over the cliff by the neocons, whose Iraq adventure has cost them control of Congress and likely the White House, it was necessary to start anew. By reaching back into the party grassroots, and playing the gender card, the neocons could retain control of the GOP instead of being blamed for its demise – and, perhaps, hold on to the White House.
It's a big gamble, because Palin's unreadiness to be President, in the event of McCain's untimely demise, is all too apparent. Far from injecting a youthful note into the campaign, Palin's physical presence next to the Old Man only underscores his advanced age – and the prospect of President Palin staring us in the face. If that doesn't scare voters, then nothing will.
Palin's role is the traditional one assigned to the vice president, as candidate and office-holder: she is the attack dog, in what will be a campaign very much concerned with foreign policy issues. Expect her to be the point-woman on the alleged threat represented by Russia: after all, it wasn't so long ago that the Alaskans suffered under the Czars' yoke, and, to add insult to injury, were sold to the Americans for a truly paltry sum. If I were an Alaskan, I'd resent that, and there's evidence Palin did, too: at least that's one explanation for her flirtation with the Alaska Independence Party, which advocates secession from the US. But her secessionist days are over, I believe: in the future she'll be attacking the secessionist Ossetians as Russian agents-of-influence and defending US intervention there, as in Iraq, as a mission divinely ordained.
September 6th, 2008 at 11:33 amCompared to the Obama cover (planned or not) this is nothing. The Obama cover consisted of lies, myths and talking points - even the most hateful ones - about him. This one just caricatures a few of the realities about McCain.
To state the obvious, Obama is not a Muslim, his wife doesn't hate America, and on and on. But McCain DOES have seven houses, served up by his wealthy wife. He - and his advisor Graham - have overseen one of the worst financial crisis in decades.
No comparison.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:00 pmstefan Says:
Compared to the Obama cover (planned or not) this is nothing. The Obama cover consisted of lies, myths and talking points - even the most hateful ones - about him. This one just caricatures a few of the realities about McCain.
To state the obvious, Obama is not a Muslim, his wife doesn't hate America, and on and on. But McCain DOES have seven houses, served up by his wealthy wife. He - and his advisor Graham - have overseen one of the worst financial crisis in decades.
No comparison.
Thank you for stating this obvious fact so clearly. I was putting this bs through my head and getting angrier and angrier and could put all the bs in one sentence.
This is the kind of bs I'm tired of. Elementary, primer rabid s h i t.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:35 pmI wondered what those two "orbs" are on the tray Cindy is holding in the background. And then, it dawned on me...
McCain is attracted to castrating females. First, Cindy, who controls him by controlling the purse strings, and now Sara, who, if the way she's neutered her own husband is any indication, will do the same thing to McCain.
September 6th, 2008 at 12:53 pmWhat would have been funny is if mcchimpy was shown as a grassroot organizer or paying for his first wife's medical bills.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:08 pmIt's definitely not as insulting as the Obama cover was construed to be either.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pmNotice the "B"'s going up the banister. It's all true. cindy in a daze wondering around in the background and mcchimpy playing house his way, off the dingbat's money.
It has nothing to do with his lies, deceit, pay-offs, crimes or why he's not chimpy's bbf. On that monopoly board of his the utilities are replaced with stolen oil wells.
chimpy won't have time to count cindy's money and be a senator.
September 6th, 2008 at 1:26 pmThe 'orbs' on tray are actually more houses. I couldn't figure it out until my wife explained it - doh!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:38 pmstefan Says:
The ‘orbs’ on tray are actually more houses. I couldn’t figure it out until my wife explained it - doh!
Actually, I think they're Monopoly hotels, which cost five times as much as houses. :)
September 6th, 2008 at 2:00 pmMcCain deserves to be President...of Munchkin Land...!!!
"Foll-oh duh yellow-brick ruud..."
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September 6th, 2008 at 3:04 pmHow can you treat a Maverick WAR HERO like THAT!!! . . . did I mention he was a POW?
September 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pmMcCain knows all to well of the foreclosure crises. He made a point to mention a couple from Ohio whose investments were devastated by the collapse of the housing market - He feels your pain!
September 6th, 2008 at 3:53 pm...the McCain cover is in no way intended to be a response...
no way!
September 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pmOf course, the Obama cover was a smear. And the McGeezer cover was a "realism" cover.
So much for the so called liberal press.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:09 pmMan... as mention in posts above, this is nothing compared to Obama's cover. Obama's cover was full of lies that a large number of Americans believe as fact while this one is full of facts that some American's think are lies.
A comparable McCain cover should take some of the trash that Bush 2000 mucked up: McCain's black child baby, Cindy McCain stealing drugs from own charity to feed her drug addiction, McCain ditching first wife for much younger Cindy, McCain's shaky mental state from the torture, etc...
September 7th, 2008 at 2:50 amThe New Yorker hasn't been relevant for years. The fact that they have to twist themselves into pretzels to explain their "satire" (that off-target Obama cover) demonstrates how little flair their artists have. So what are they saying here -- that McCain is a spoiled rich child? Big deal. There is nothing the Repubs love more.
September 7th, 2008 at 7:48 am