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   Much has been said about the controversial New Yorker magazine cover depicting Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, in what the editors call a satirical image of “The Politics of Fear.” See it at http://www.newyorkerstore.com/product_details.asp?sid=125383&gclid=CJuJ8tnT8pQCFQOIFQodJRRprA or on any number of political and media Web sites.
   Political and other debate continues about that cartoon’s effectiveness and who “gets it.”
   For another take, check out this clever and poignant spoof of the New York cover by editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor of the LA Daily News:
http://dailynews.mycapture.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=19691083&event=54
   Does O’Connor’s image of Bush and Cheney generate controversy? Who “gets it?”
   In the spirit of transparency, let me be sure to advise that O’Connor is a Kent State JMC grad.

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