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Vanity Fair's McCain Cover Spoofs New Yorker
Not to be outdone, Vanity Fair has now brought out its own political satire magazine cover, not long after a media firestorm erupted over The New Yorker's cover of Barack and Michelle Obama. 
Only this time, John and Cindy McCain are on the cover. The elder John, leaning on a walker, is giving the so-called (and ridiculously ridiculed) "terrorist fist jab" to Cindy, who is holding a bunch of prescription pill bottles. A copy of the Constitution is burning in the nearby fireplace, above which lies a very dopey-looking portrait of President Bush.
WowOwow.com has a comparison of the two covers side-by-side, the McCain one illustrated by VF's Tim Bower.
VF's Web site says:
"We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker. We play softball every year, compete for some of the same stories, and share an elevator bank. ...And heaven knows we've published our share of scandalous images, on the cover and otherwise. So we've been watching the kerfuffle over last week's New Yorker cover with a mixture of empathy and better-you-than-us relief.
"We had our own presidential campaign cover in the works, which explored a different facet of the Politics of Fear, but we shelved it when The New Yorker's became the 'It Girl' of the blogosphere. Now, however, in a selfless act of solidarity with our downstairs neighbors here at the Condé Nast building, we'd like to share it with you. Confidentially, of course."
Only this time, John and Cindy McCain are on the cover. The elder John, leaning on a walker, is giving the so-called (and ridiculously ridiculed) "terrorist fist jab" to Cindy, who is holding a bunch of prescription pill bottles. A copy of the Constitution is burning in the nearby fireplace, above which lies a very dopey-looking portrait of President Bush.
WowOwow.com has a comparison of the two covers side-by-side, the McCain one illustrated by VF's Tim Bower.
VF's Web site says:
"We here at Vanity Fair maintain a kind of affectionate rivalry with our downstairs neighbors at The New Yorker. We play softball every year, compete for some of the same stories, and share an elevator bank. ...And heaven knows we've published our share of scandalous images, on the cover and otherwise. So we've been watching the kerfuffle over last week's New Yorker cover with a mixture of empathy and better-you-than-us relief.
"We had our own presidential campaign cover in the works, which explored a different facet of the Politics of Fear, but we shelved it when The New Yorker's became the 'It Girl' of the blogosphere. Now, however, in a selfless act of solidarity with our downstairs neighbors here at the Condé Nast building, we'd like to share it with you. Confidentially, of course."
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Liza Porteus Viana
Liza Porteus Viana has been a political journalist for almost 10 years, both in Washington and New York. She loves politics - the smell of it, the sport of it...more
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MadMatt
5:31PM Jul 22nd 2008
You are too late Vanity Fair. The New Yorker not only scooped you, but NObama will not win. Your creativity is sorely lacking and your editors are boneheads. You lose just like the Unreverend Jesse Jackasss.
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quarterhorse
6:13PM Jul 22nd 2008
AND OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE NO OUTRAGE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE ITS NOT ABOUT THE ONE. john mccain will just laugh it off or not whine like a little baby. john mccain is a man, atrue american and ready for the job as potus. obama wrote a speech that he borrowed from others. of course, aol is sure to bring this to your reading pleasure. mccain 08
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(0) Carolyn Bond
7:24PM Jul 22nd 2008
Sure, what a man. Cheating on Carol McCain. Dumping her after chasing Cindy, who stopped long enough to sleep with a married man. Then Cindi, with her drug addiction, stealing. Oh yea, sure a True American, Right...
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(0) Choices - Choices - Choices
7:46PM Jul 22nd 2008
Lets see my choice is John McCain or Barack Obama?
My Choices are: John McCain who says the economic downturn is psychological? - na! I'll vote for the smart black man.
McCain who says you are better off under George Bush? -Nope I'll vote for the smart black man.
Mc Cain who wants to continue killing more people looking for weapons of mass destruction that do not exist? - Gee! I'll vote for the smart black man.
Should I vote for a man that does not know that 9-11 was caused by Osama Bin Laden not Sedam Hussein? - Easy! I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who does not know if the Sunnis or Sheits are our enemies? - No way I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who helped put our government on the China, Saudi Arabia credit card? - Not a chance I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who wants a right-wing Supreme Court? - I'll take a chance on the smart black man.
Vote for the man with the worst temper in the Senate to have his finger on the nuclear button? - No way - I'll vote for the smart black man.
My Choices are: John McCain who says the economic downturn is psychological? - na! I'll vote for the smart black man.
McCain who says you are better off under George Bush? -Nope I'll vote for the smart black man.
Mc Cain who wants to continue killing more people looking for weapons of mass destruction that do not exist? - Gee! I'll vote for the smart black man.
Should I vote for a man that does not know that 9-11 was caused by Osama Bin Laden not Sedam Hussein? - Easy! I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who does not know if the Sunnis or Sheits are our enemies? - No way I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who helped put our government on the China, Saudi Arabia credit card? - Not a chance I'll vote for the smart black man.
Vote for the man who wants a right-wing Supreme Court? - I'll take a chance on the smart black man.
Vote for the man with the worst temper in the Senate to have his finger on the nuclear button? - No way - I'll vote for the smart black man.
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(0) 3 AM
7:48PM Jul 22nd 2008
When the phone rings at 3 am President Obama says:
John its Iraq not Iran. And we are looking for Osama Bin Laden not Sadam Hussein. Now please have Cindy give you your meds and go back to sleep.
John its Iraq not Iran. And we are looking for Osama Bin Laden not Sadam Hussein. Now please have Cindy give you your meds and go back to sleep.
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(0) From her husbands mouth
7:52PM Jul 22nd 2008
And Cindy McCain is a trollop and a c**t John McCain publically said so.
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(0) Jillian
8:14PM Jul 22nd 2008
Don't fool yourselves the only reason John McCain is running for president is Cindy McCain. Cindy will prop him up and pay whatever it takes to give her an international stage. She is already planning White House wedding for Meghan McCain.
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(0) fedup
8:25PM Jul 22nd 2008
more american than obama will ever be thats for sure!!
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(0) Ramona
9:08PM Jul 22nd 2008
I am not a McCain supporter, but I do think the prescription drug thing is out of line. This woman went through painful rehabilitation for this.
IMHO.
IMHO.
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(0) frederick h helmuth
9:34PM Jul 22nd 2008
It never ceases to amaze me.
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(0) tom
9:33PM Jul 22nd 2008
tom9:13PMJul 22nd 2008
I would like to inform the replublicans and those others here, that the surge worked because the adversaries called a truce. Duhhhh
IT is called a cease fire. What it means is that all firing will cease.
It is spelled C-e-a-s-e f-i-r-e
It is not that the aurge worked, just as Obama said, the Iraqi themselves decided to work together.
But of course the replublicans take the credit and demean the smart one. I am so sick and tired of their lies...
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/podcast-examining-sadrs-cease-fire/
I would like to inform the replublicans and those others here, that the surge worked because the adversaries called a truce. Duhhhh
IT is called a cease fire. What it means is that all firing will cease.
It is spelled C-e-a-s-e f-i-r-e
It is not that the aurge worked, just as Obama said, the Iraqi themselves decided to work together.
But of course the replublicans take the credit and demean the smart one. I am so sick and tired of their lies...
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/podcast-examining-sadrs-cease-fire/
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(0) frederick h helmuth
9:31PM Jul 22nd 2008
Go ahead, geniuses, vote for the smart black man..er...men...er... all black government. Adios honkies!
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(0) Susan
9:53PM Jul 22nd 2008
Carolyn Bond7:24PMJul 22nd 2008
Sure, what a man. Cheating on Carol McCain. Dumping her after chasing Cindy, who stopped long enough to sleep with a married man. Then Cindi, with her drug addiction, stealing. Oh yea, sure a True American, Right...
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Yes, that dirty John McCain - he divorced his wife THIRTY YEARS AGO! I say we just send that man straight to hell.
I mean, how dare he get a divorce and remarry and stay happily married for 30 years?
Shame on him! I think we should all stone him. How about you?
And yes, Cindy McCain! How dare she have had a flaw and got hooked on prescription pain pills???
Much better if she had gone out and bought a little coke off the streets like Barrack Obama! I mean the audacity of that little trollop! At leas Obama PAID for his cocaine and crack!
And never mind that she goes around the country spending her own money on underpriviledged children! She can never make up for breaking up John McCain's marriage THIRTY YEARS AGO!
I mean, I just see what you mean! What a disgusting thing for the two of them to do THIRTY YEARS AGO!
How dare they stay happily married THIRTY YEARS when not very many people in this country can manage that?
Shame on them! They should be forced to get a divorce immediately.
And Cindy - you need to stop flying around the world doing all that charity work. We are tired of you making the rest of us look bad!
Sure, what a man. Cheating on Carol McCain. Dumping her after chasing Cindy, who stopped long enough to sleep with a married man. Then Cindi, with her drug addiction, stealing. Oh yea, sure a True American, Right...
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Yes, that dirty John McCain - he divorced his wife THIRTY YEARS AGO! I say we just send that man straight to hell.
I mean, how dare he get a divorce and remarry and stay happily married for 30 years?
Shame on him! I think we should all stone him. How about you?
And yes, Cindy McCain! How dare she have had a flaw and got hooked on prescription pain pills???
Much better if she had gone out and bought a little coke off the streets like Barrack Obama! I mean the audacity of that little trollop! At leas Obama PAID for his cocaine and crack!
And never mind that she goes around the country spending her own money on underpriviledged children! She can never make up for breaking up John McCain's marriage THIRTY YEARS AGO!
I mean, I just see what you mean! What a disgusting thing for the two of them to do THIRTY YEARS AGO!
How dare they stay happily married THIRTY YEARS when not very many people in this country can manage that?
Shame on them! They should be forced to get a divorce immediately.
And Cindy - you need to stop flying around the world doing all that charity work. We are tired of you making the rest of us look bad!
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(0) Susan
9:58PM Jul 22nd 2008
Jillian8:14PMJul 22nd 2008
Don't fool yourselves the only reason John McCain is running for president is Cindy McCain. Cindy will prop him up and pay whatever it takes to give her an international stage. She is already planning White House wedding for Meghan McCain.
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Umm- Jillian,
When you post things like this you obviously know nothing about the candidates.
Cindy McCain did not want John McCain to run for president but she said that if that is what he wanted that she would back him.
She has no interest in politics or being the first lady. She has all her charity work - flying around the world finding children who need surgery for cleft palate, etc. and brings them here to the United States so that they can get the surgery they need.
She does not like the limelight. She even has stayed home in Arizona most of the time while her husband is in Washington DC because she does not like that type of life.
I realize that you must be an Obama supporter but you should give credit where credit is due. Cindy McCain has done nothing to deserve the snide remarks that you just made about her.
Why don't you try helping your candidate by discussing issues, not by slamming somebody who didn't do anything to hurt you?
Don't fool yourselves the only reason John McCain is running for president is Cindy McCain. Cindy will prop him up and pay whatever it takes to give her an international stage. She is already planning White House wedding for Meghan McCain.
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Umm- Jillian,
When you post things like this you obviously know nothing about the candidates.
Cindy McCain did not want John McCain to run for president but she said that if that is what he wanted that she would back him.
She has no interest in politics or being the first lady. She has all her charity work - flying around the world finding children who need surgery for cleft palate, etc. and brings them here to the United States so that they can get the surgery they need.
She does not like the limelight. She even has stayed home in Arizona most of the time while her husband is in Washington DC because she does not like that type of life.
I realize that you must be an Obama supporter but you should give credit where credit is due. Cindy McCain has done nothing to deserve the snide remarks that you just made about her.
Why don't you try helping your candidate by discussing issues, not by slamming somebody who didn't do anything to hurt you?
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(0) Rosemary
10:04PM Jul 22nd 2008
I get the point but I don't think it cuts as deeply into our psyche as THE NEW YORKER's portrayal.
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(0) Crystal
10:32PM Jul 22nd 2008
A God complex is a psychological state of mind in which a person believes that they have supernatural powers or God-like abilities. The person generally believes they are above the rules of society and should be given special consideration.
Oh wait! That's a description of Obama!
Oh wait! That's a description of Obama!
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(0) Marie
11:25PM Jul 22nd 2008
Obama is the next president,great for America.
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(0) Tommkatt
11:31PM Jul 22nd 2008
I am for McCain its funny,but its not going to change my vote.I am not a BHO whinner,it got BHO mad because only true muslims get offended by cartoons!!!FIGHT DOMESTIC TERRORISM VOTE MCCAIN 2008!!!
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(0) Jillian
12:03AM Jul 23rd 2008
Susan, how well do you know Cindy? I would bet I know her better then you do. I live in Sedona and know many of her friends. And no the McCains do not live in Sedona but in Cornville, 18 miles away. It's funny many of my friends supported John McCain eight years ago and are not supporting him this time.
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(0) henry
12:13AM Jul 23rd 2008
mccain will get a kick out of it
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