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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Nero Georgius Caesar W Augustus Bushus Germanicus
The New Editor is dead on with this great satire of the Obama New Yorker cover and reaction:
"Washington (Rooters) -- President Bush's Press Secretary Dana Perino
today denounced a January 2007 cover for The New Yorker magazine which
depicted George Bush as the Roman Emperor Nero.
A visibly angry Perino called the depiction of Bush "an ugly reminder of the often-repeated stereotype of the US as an empire and the president as an unaccountable tyrant who wears a toga, uses decorative leaves in his hair, and plays the harp. In fact, the president hasn't worn a toga since his senior year in college," said Perino.
Asked why it took more than 18 months for the Administration to react to the cover, Perino said that "no one in the Administration had a subscription to the magazine," and that she did not become aware of its existence until an Omaha, Nebraska, Republican "saw it in the waiting room of her doctor's office, and immediately notified us. When I spoke to her this morning, she was in tears," reported Perino..."
If you're a little rough on your Roman history, Nero is the one pegged as the arsonist in the Great Fire of Rome by Suetonius and Tacitus, even though he blamed it on the Christians.
Another artist drew a mock-up of what it might look like if the New Yorker had a cover about the worst rumours about McCain, which I asked Matt Welch about when he was on Political Animals on the WS Radio Network. Apparently, those rumours aren't true.
Posted by Kalim Kassam on July 17, 2008 | Permalink
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After myself spending more than 35 years in the armed forces, permit me to say without reservation that McCain is a hero.
Posted by: dewp | 2008-07-17 10:50:50 PM
In a couple of years, I want to see the MSM seek out former President Bush's opinion on national and international affairs. That would be the best revenge on his critics.
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 2008-07-18 2:35:43 AM
"Nero is the one pegged as the arsonist in the Great Fire of Rome by Suetonius and Tacitus, even though he blamed it on the Christians."
Yep, sounds about right.
Posted by: Pemulis | 2008-07-18 10:43:51 AM
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