Once again, Paul Krassner nails it. We, the Americans are having a hard time laughing when it comes to subjects close to home:

Oh, no! That New Yorker cover is going to ruin everything for Obama. This is the tipping point. Now he’ll never get elected. I’m so disappointed. I had such great hopes. What can I do? Cancel my subscription to the First Amendment?

Fear. It’s all about fear. I’ve always been instilled with fear by TV commercials. From the woman who was afraid that her mother-in-law would disapprove of her because she couldn’t see the reflection of her face in a dish, to the man who’s afraid that he has restless penis syndrome.

And now I have such great fear of a dumbed down public. You know, those who still believe there was a connection between 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. They’re going to believe that an editorial cartoon is an actual photo of Barack and Michelle.

What’s next? A cover showing Jesse Jackson cutting off Obama’s nuts? Maybe the New Yorker can redeem itself by publishing an image of John McCain singing “Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.” Nah, that concept would be too far fetched. I’d have to cancel my subscription to real life.

If McCain wins the election because of this misunderstanding, I promise I’m going to move to Dubuque. Sorry, I don’t mean to whine. It’s just that I never ever thought that in my lifetime I would see a president of the United States who was half-white. And now the dream is over. Dang!

To me, my complaint of the New Yorker cover wasn’t that it was tacky, bad-taste satire, but that it would be embraced by idiots that would use this cartoon as rocket fuel for their lame-brain prejudices.

…sigh….

In the meantime, Paul Krassner is a funny man that is well worth reading. As you may have heard, he was considered “the father of (American) underground press” but he took offense at the title and demanded a paternity test. Be sure to read some more of his blog postings at Huffington Post and go check out his PaulKrassner.com page.

His blog at Huffington Post has worthy words about George Carlin, Starbucks baristas, Fidel Castro, Michael Moore, Tom Waits & Super-Joel, the Unknown Antiwar Activist, and a lot of other great topics.