奥巴马遭政治漫画恶搞 变身恐怖分子-凯发k8官网

barack obama's campaign ¹ monday a satirical cartoon on the cover of the new yorker magazine showing the us democratic presidential hopeful wearing islamic dress while his wife holds a kalashnikov.

the ² weekly defended its cover, titled "the politics of fear," as a critique of unfounded allegations during the campaign that have attempted to paint obama, who is ³, as a closet ⁴ muslim.

"the new yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical ⁵ of the caricature senator obama's right-wing critics have tried to create," obama spokesman bill burton said.

"but most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. and we agree," he said in a statement.

the campaign of obama's republican rival, john mccain, took his side.

"we completely agree with the obama campaign that it is tasteless and offensive," spokesman tucker bounds said.

the cartoon ⁶ by barry blitt shows the couple ⁷ in the white house's oval office with an american flag burning in the fireplace under a portrait of al-qaeda leader osama ^{8 9}.

obama wears a robe and turban while his wife michelle is in military ¹⁰ with a kalashnikov ¹¹ to her back. the couple also give each other a fist bump -- a common greeting they have given each other in public.

"our cover 'the politics of fear' combines a number of fantastical images about the obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are," said new yorker editor david remnick.

the editor ¹² that the magazine includes two "very serious" articles about obama -- a commentary and a 15,000-word reporting piece on the candidate's political education and rise in chicago.

（美国民主党总统候选人）巴拉克•奥巴马的竞选阵营于本周一对《纽约客》杂志封面刊登的一幅讽刺漫画表示强烈不满。在这幅漫画中，奥巴马身穿穆斯林传统服装，而他的夫人则肩挎一把卡拉什尼科夫冲锋枪。

这本颇具影响力的周刊辩解说，这幅名为《恐怖政治》的漫画旨在抨击竞选过程中攻击奥巴马的一些不实言论。一些反对人士指责身为基督教徒的奥巴马其实是个“穆斯林”激进分子（译者注：影射其与恐怖分子有牵连）。

奥巴马的发言人比尔•波顿说：“《纽约客》也许正如他们的一个员工所解释的，认为这幅漫画是在讽刺那些试图丑化奥巴马的右翼评论。”

他在一份声明中称：“但大多数读者看见的却是一些无聊、带有攻击性的东西。而我们也同意这种看法。”

奥巴马的竞选对手、共和党候选人约翰•麦凯恩也对这幅漫画提出批评。

他的发言人特科•邦泽说：“我们完全同意奥巴马竞选阵营的看法，这幅漫画的确是毫无品味，而且带有攻击性。”

这幅漫画的作者是巴里•布里特，画中的奥巴马夫妇站在白宫的椭圆办公室里，一旁的壁炉里正燃烧着一面美国国旗，而壁炉上方则挂着基地组织头目奥萨马•本-拉登的画像。

画中的奥巴马身穿长袍、头缠长巾，而他的夫人米歇尔则身着军装，肩挎冲锋枪，夫妻俩还在互相击拳致意 —— 这是二人在公众场合常用的致意方式。

《纽约客》编辑大卫•瑞姆尼克说：“这幅封面漫画组合了一系列丑化奥巴马的荒谬形象，让人一眼就能看出这明显歪曲了事实。”

他说，该杂志还刊登了两篇关于奥巴马的 “非常严肃”的文章，包括一篇评论和一篇长达15000字的纪实报告。这份报告讲述了奥巴马的政治背景及其在芝加哥成长崛起的经历。