Barack Obama’s seemingly innocuous ‘fist bump’ with wife Michelle after securing the Democratic nomination has once again reared its head – this time on the cover of elite magazine the New Yorker.
The Obamas’ ‘pound’ at the rally drew attention from Fox News, which bizarrely speculated that the signal may be a “terrorist fist jab” (see video).
Now the classy New York publication has depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as terrorists, with the former sporting a turban and the latter with an AK-47 strapped to her back.
When asked about the controversial cover at a media conference on the weekend, the Democratic candidate for president was dismissive.
“I have no response to that,” he shrugged.
The New Yorker says the image is “satirical” and accompanies an article which analyses the scare tactics and misinformation aimed at Obama’s campaign.
But Obama’s chief campaign spokesman, Bill Burton, is furious.
“The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree."
