The New Yorker and Obama

Only in this country could a person, any person, portray a candidate for leadership of the nation in this derogatory of a matter and not fear any sort of repercussions whatsoever. What a great place to live :)
If you look at the image closely, it is Obama as a Muslim fist tapping his wife who is dressed as a terrorist in what I believe would be the White House. There is an American flag burning in the fireplace above which hangs a portrait of Osama Bin Laden.

The magazine says that it is purely a satirical piece in which they aim to set the record straight and show all the lies, rumors and speculation that the right wing party has attempted to associate with Obama for what they are: Nonsense.
But even though I believe that there were many other, more tasteful, ways of doing so this method most definitely got the people's attention and will then get the message across to more people more effectively.
I say it is a job well done.