CNN

It's called Karma hahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This campaign has turned so boring, see ya in November. I'm writing Hillary on my ballot and hope many voters will also...

She could be wearing a bootlegger's zoot suit too.

I disapproved of the New Yorker's image of Obama, and I disapprove of this too. The childishness by proxy through these two campaigns is overwhelming. I'm voting for Baldwin instead.

She should be holding a Bud & he should be in a SS uniform.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT...!!!! Thanks for the laugh "Vanity Fair" You just won a customer and the New Yorker just lost my entire church.

The walker is a nice touch.... LOL.....

BRAVO!!!
Whoever put this cover together, give them a raise!
The best part is it arrives just when McLame is literally whining and begging for more media coverage. Nicely done!

I like it! It's true!

Quit complaining McCain, Obama got a controversial picture and he calmly said, "I've seen worse."

Obama '08

Frankly, I think they should have added Carol McCain, holding her crutches, laying between Cindy and John, each kicking her while she's down.

This is lame its just a copycat and just belittles Vanity Fair.

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh SO FUNNY I WILL BUY THIS MAGAZINE MILLES TIMES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS IS TRUE IN THE COVER

Vanity Fair, this is a disgrace, it is not satire! This is mockery, that you should have kept! What you printed was true, what the new yorker printed was not true. I can see you are like the mccain campaign, you think we all are in a "mental recession".

The satire would have been mccain leaving his first wife and children for cindy. cindy doing drugs. bad rape jokes about women, our troops dying in Iraq for the next 100 years and oil wells pumping up all over the country. Americans homeless and dying of starvation and hurricanes like Katrina.
Shame on you, I know you are not going to miss it, but I am cancelling my subscription tomorrow.

The problem I have is with this appearing as the cover. I didn't like the cover with Senator and Mrs. Obama and I don't like this cover with Senator and Mrs. McCain. Parodies and political swipes are ok, but not gracing the cover of a magazine. Inside a magazine with an accompanying article is one thing, but I find it irresponsible to send false messages when the satire is on a cover for non-readers (at least 17% of the population is illiterate) to see.

hey, where is the ex-spouse who he left behind when he found his meal ticket?

THIS DOES NOT COMPARE TO WHAT THEY DID TO OBAMA...THEY DRESSED HIM AS BIN LADEN AND WIFE AS TERRORISTS! SOMETHING THAT THIS NATION IS NEUROTIC ABOUT...THIS PICTURE IS A CARICATURE OF THE MCCAINS EXCEPT FOR THE WALKER!!!!!! NEVER A COMPARABLE...MICHELLE DOES NOT WEAR HER HAIR LIKE PORTRAYED AND NEITHER DOES OBAMA!!!!!!!

Mc Shame's campaign is like a fish out of water. Reminds me of the old Chinese Fire Drills. They had months to prepare while the Dems fought it out, and this is the best they can come up with. This is proof that they have no new ideas, just the same old BS. Marie in california, why don't you donate to help your Hero Hilary get out of debt. I'm just glad she didn't get to run the whole country into the ground like she did her campaign.

First.

Iraq is not our war to "win"

Second.

Satire of satire is just, well dumb.

Third.

These McCaniacs are really scary. How does one blindly follow the blind.

Foreign policy and all, Iraq and Pakistan do not share borders.

what does john wants,he complained that barrack has never been overseas,barrack decided to go overseas and now he is complaining barrack is getting so much attention overseas,why can't john sit down somewhere and tell us how he can solve the economic problems after all the trillions of dollar spent in iraq.JOHN YOU ARE A WAR MONGER

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

Truly – as a subscriber to the NYT, I wrestled with my reaction. I watched a few TV pundits and decided to laugh. Now, Vanity Fair has given me more to laugh about. Guys, these covers are more about the media than the candidates. Loosten up and have a laugh on them.

trying to cover up your predigest and racist illustration from last week? No it dos not work. we all know that McCain is too Old and lacks wisdom and knowledge, it is so sad trying to paint Obama as a Muslim terrorist in fact when you guys are.

McCain's cover is all derivative from true stories. Obama's cover was all blatent falsehoods.

McCain didn't even have the stamina to stay for the complete game when he and his new bud Guliani went to see the Yankees...left after the sixth inning with the game tied. How will he have the stamina to deal with long hours and negotiations??

Absolute genious! I've never bought a copy of vanity fair, but i will now.

they missed the 2 children he had with his vietnamese nurses, while he was being 'tortured' – (according to Cambodian intelligence reports of the day)

Where is the dipers?

waaaa waaaaa....the McSame camp has done NOTHING but whine all week...It isn't very Presidential

That is absolutely NOT offensive to anybody ... Except the ACLU ...

wow, people are still crying about BILLARY? Go ahead and vote for Mccain, even with Hillary's supporters, he won't win. It is impossible, everyone knows it, that's why they're so desperate. You can see it in every rethuglicans eyes. They're so scared of Obama, even some Democrats, because he will instill morality to congress, something not many are willing to give up.

How in the world can someone who once wanted Hillary elected, now go ahead and vote for Mccain out of spite. Yeah, I was for Hillary too but there is no way in hell I would vote for mcCain. That would be stupid. Obama all the way now!!!!

HEY MCSAME THERE IS NO IRAQ/PAKISTAN BORDER. And this guy wants to be president? He was a joke in Good Morning America. Seriously folks, this guy needs to retire!

At Least This Cover Is Accurate Concerning Them. He Is WAY Too Old To Be President & She Stole Pain Pills From Her Charity For Years!!-Way To Go Vanity Fair!!–You Rock!!–Obama '08, Yes We Can!!

The economy is in the tank. There is a war going on. How do Americans respond? With a game of tit for tat! This election reminds me of Junion High School.

I am an Obama supporter and did not find the New Yorker cover in good taste and do not find this has an better taste.Even though this will not be on the magazine stands it will be all over the internet. Again shoddy journalism. Connie from Indiana

HAHAHAHAAHAHAH!!!! now this is funny. this Vanity Fair cover was good much better than the Obama cover. i like how they have bush in the mirror and how McCain 100 year old self is has to use the cane to walk. if they were attempting satire this worked much bette than the new yorker cover.

A woman that votes for Mccain is a STUPID woman!!! Cmon people!!!

I get a kick out of the candidates that complain Obama gets unfair (positive) media attention. I'm referring to McCain now, obviously, and Clinton previously. Maybe it's just that Obama is great at creating news and earning the media coverage. Anyway, the best part about this piece is that it's going to make McCain look bad if conservatives look down on it since Obama had a piece done just like this one (which was worse in my opinion).

FUNNY! Love it.

I'm an Obama supporter who can see the obvious media bias towards Obama.I've noticed that since Iowa by the way.And McCain kind of has a point in complaining about the treatment he's received from CNN,MSNBC,and all the other networks. The obsession with his age is sickening. What the heck does his age have to do with anything?

This is something I'd expect from the Republicans not Democrats.
Besides,if Obama was 71,I know many people would say 'With age comes wisdom' but for McCain it's, "Oh he can't stay up past 5"

There are better things to attack him on besides his age. How about his Bush policies? Why can't you people understand that?

Last week the BO group was screaming how unfair it is to portray their candidate in such a manner. Tasteless and unexcusable were common terms. I don't see those comments today from that same crowd. If it was tasteless and unexcusable for one person, then it is tasteless and unexcusable for all.

How soon we forget. Mr. Bush did not lie on McCain during their election cycle.

McCain is no war hero!
McCain is an angry old man!
McCain is an adultrer!
McCain is married to a drugaddict.

Thankyou!!!!

I think Vanity Fair is chicken not to use it on the newstand copies!!!

Im a democrat and all is war and everything but the Cindy McCain thing is just wrong

Tit for Tat baby.

How does it feel now McSame?

This is way too funny. McCain complained about not getting equal treatment, be so very careful what you ask for.

While these appear similar on the surface, they really are different beasts. The Obama cover played on things which are patently false – aspersions of terrorism and adherance to Islam. The McCain one played on things which are true – his age and an old addiction problem of hers. Sorry, people, but one is clearly worse than the other regardless of which candidate you support.

Cindy and drugs–not a fair shot; she went through rehab and is said to be clean. I respect that. What they might have shown, however, was Cindy ranking in the bucks by selling booze to alcoholics. She made her fortune on an addictive substance, one that has ruined millions of families. That fortune paid for John McCain's political career. It's dirty money.

Its right on target. McCain doesn't even remember what countries border Pakistan. He's the cranky old forgetful uncle you don't want driving the car your in or leading the country where you live.

It amazes me that things like this get as much press as they do. Seriously, is this really what US politics is all about?

The difference between the New Yorker cover and Vanity Fair's is that the Obamas' cover was a parody and the McCains' cover is the truth.

P – petty
U – unfounded
M – maniacal
A – anger
You're hurting the chances of any future female candidate. Now women are viewed as spiteful voters that hold the idea of a woman president above all else. Don't blame Obama. Personally I find him to be the most appealing candidate in my lifetime. Finally I can vote for someone instead of just against someone. Clinton, McCain, Kerry, Bush, Gore, Clinton, Dole, Dukakis, Bush – nothing really great / all "experienced". My "inexpereinced " heroes – Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Lincoln, Mother Teresa, Jesus.

PUT IT ON THE NEWS STANDS SO IT CAN HAVE THE SAME COVERAGE.

I did not like the Obama Cartoon and this one is just as bad.... at least it is only on the Web though... The thing is I stated previously McCain can not handle the press that Obama handles and if the press cover McCain more it will be covering a Elder man complaining, now that is stereotype that no one want to entertain right? If I said it before and I will say it again stick to the issues... stop mud slinging and America will decide.... the right always throw mud, falsely call names but we on the left do not have to go to their level we are better than that however, If they want to go there we are no wimps hehehehhe ... I must reiterate though the cartoon is simply wrong :0) hehehehehe <== that is silent giggles

The New Yorker cover image reflects how many people view Mr. Obama and his wife. The Vanity Fair “virtual” cover image does not reflect how the McCains are viewed by the majority of Americans and therefore, does not have the same impact.

I think that Cindy clutching the pills puts it a bit over the edge.
Gee whiz, why did Vanity Fair have to do this??
Dang, I can feel another surge coming.

A funnier sight gag would have been them doing the 'white man's high five'...high fiving and missing...instead of the dap. Because not only can't we jump, we can't do a proper high five either.

As a supporter of John McCain, I think this is pretty funny. I'm sure McCain would think so too. I actually laughed when I saw this. Funny how the liberals get upset over the Obama cover, while everyone just laughs about this one. Says a lot about peoples views.

I think both covers were quite funny. I have my opinion which of them is laced with more historical facts and which is sheer imaginable humor. As I said, they are both funny, whether the picture depicts things that are concrete as historical occurrences in the candidates life, or making fun of Americans to become lunatics with their over reactive imagination.

Kudo's to both the New Yorker and Vanity Fair for some good natured competition between themselves. I like it that they could take this time to give us a good laugh at ourselves as well as our candidates.

What can one expect from the liberal media and CNN?

This is just more anti american chatter, "Black In America day after day features to coincide with Obama-but with all of that hatred-anti white hatred which is trying to emasculate an entire generation of young white males, which I refuse to let happen to my sons, who won the last two elections and is poised to win Iraq, the "lost war" of Barack HUSEIN Obama!

Also offensive.

I'm for Obama, but this is too much.

Let's put the civil back in civil rights.

Oh, Vanity Fair is being too kind! No swear words?

What can one expect from the liberal media and CNN?

This is just more anarchist anti american chatter, but with all of that hatred-who won the last two elections and is poised to win Iraq, the "lost war" of Barack HUSEIN Obama!

well, Marie, there's a retard born every minute. If you can't get everything you want, you'll just hold your breath and vote ENTIRELY against your interests.

brilliant.

McCain is a tragedy for the Republican party. He is old, out of touch, not very smart, and lacks personality. He has been wrong about Iraq all this time and continues to press the current administration's agenda like it's the Bible. When will he realize that the current administartion has failed the people? When will he acknowledge that the American people want the occupation in Iraq to end? Even Iraq wants us to leave. Here is a slogan for McCain if he wants to win the election. Get out of Iraq!

HA HA!

I'd have put McCain in a crashed jet with a flag saying "I'll NEVER surrender" and Cindy all dressed up in riches with beer cans falling all around... THEN it might come closer to what the NewYorker did.

But then, at least there's some truth to THIS parody.

This should be available for purchase...TRUTH HURTS doesn't it McOld?

Cindy looks so at home with the PILL BOTTLES in her hands.

Maybe the bottles are minus a couple I would guess.

You should have shown Cindy standing on bundles of money and drinking a beer with her pills!

Can we stop with dividing up people into two groups... Conservatives and Liberals? How about the American magazine?

I will not be divided, thank you!

The age thing is problematic, but the pills were simply unnecessary. Difference is, no one on the left is claiming Cindy is an addict now. No one is saying John McCain needs a walker. We do point out that he's had some "senior moments" and forgets things he should remember.

I wonder who wins the elderly vote? Many older Americans I speak with are torn. They value McCain's experience, but many know from their own experience that advanced age has challenges that interfere with the intensity of the presidency. We'll see.

hahahaha how funny! even the oh so confused PUMA's may enjoy this

barack the vote people

Having had to endure Rush Limbaugh during my workout this morning, I was wondering if Doug in New Jersey didn't get his political affiliations mixed up.

Has no punch..how childish.

While funny... this is not the same as the new york time. If you drew the wife like Marie Antionette saying let the eat cake and McCain in fatigues killing and innocent looking person or lying thru his dentures... then you may be close.

Too funny!!!

hmmmm, nope this one didn't do it for me. The Obama – Michele Islamic anti-american supporting militant fist bump on the New Yorker cover was more true to life

That's awesome. Especially how Bush is likened to Osama!

I didn't agree with the New Yorker Cover and I definately don't agree with the Vanity Fair Cover. So it's not alright to make fun of race, but it is alright to make fun of someone who is older. I see how it is.

You know what's funny is that the Dems will lose this election and then what are they going to do? I mean you've had the lead during July in the last two presidential elections and lost both of them. You think this time around it's any different? The country is getting tired of the left leaning media, as well as the hatred that is spewing out on these message boards from the liberals. Why can't we just debate on the issues? Oh wait, because Obama doesn't want to. He realizes he won't be able to speak from a teleprompter and is afraid he might hurt his image.

The difference being that this cover doesn't use racist and hateful stereotypes in order to get its "joke" across. THAT was the offensiveness of the New Yorker cover – not that they made fun of Obama, but that they used gross stereotypes to make fun of Michelle's "blackness" and, to some extent, his as well.

In order for this cover to be anywhere near as offensive, it'd have to utilize similarly offensive imagery and not just "poke fun." I'm thinking something along the lines of McCain laughingly shoving brown people's faces into the dirt or letting their children starve as he eats the tomatoes they pick ("poking fun" at his immigration policies) or perhaps showing him at some rich, white, elite enclave while frothing like a rabid dog about Asians and Asian countries ("poking fun" at his derogatory comments about "gooks").

It's kind of ironic – the New Yorker cover was ostensibly supposed to show how ridiculously fearful, bigoted, and hateful much of the rights' "concerns" about Obama are, but most people seem to have missed that the whole point was about BIGOTRY and HATE. Not legitimate campaign concerns, like whether a candidate may be too old.

I'm disappointed in Vanity Fair's inability to see the forest for the trees.

Go Obama!!! I realized why I do not want McCain. Tooo Old! I'm in my 60's and he remindes me everything that has gone wrong in the last 50 years!! I lost a lot of friends in Vietnam–another unwinable war that we never should have gotten into. McCain keeps popping up in all wars!! Sad–very sad!! Peace is Patriotic!!!

I simply cannot believe how so many of my ex fellow democrats have falling for the fast-talking, hype-driven, sweet-talking drivel that obama keeps pushing out of his mouth.

Its pretty sad to be honest.

Vanity Fair almost as left wing liberal as the 'New York Pravda' is

I will be soooooo glad when this political season is over. Bickering, remarks, then apologies, flip-flops, denial denials (via All the Presidents Men), scandals, sex, drugs, thieves, homosexuals in the restroom, hillary's cackles, etc. Are you folks as fed up as I am?

Obviously this is a parody. There's no way McCain could lift his arms high enough to "fist-bump" anybody.

Both covers were funny parodies. Why is one considered offensive and insensitive and the other is not?

CNN, in addition to your obvious pro Obama bias, it's disgusting how your minions of lock step Obamabots continually use your blog to spew their ugly sarcastic anti-McCain comments ... which of course all slip through your biased blog moderation. Now, you can join the New York Times in destroying objective journalism in this country.

Are you satisfied now or you need some more?

This one is closer to the truth!!!

McCain is old……the last 7 years its like there was no constitution……Cindy did have those problems……

Uhh, I think this is a bit much. The New Yorker cover pointed out obvious stereotypes. It didn't dig up the Obamas' sorted past. Making fun of someone's prior addiction to perscription medication is in very poor taste. I feel bad that both of the wives are being subjected to scrutiny but Cindy is getting the worst of it here.

McCain supporters writing here seem to really hate liberals. I'm a liberal and have been very upset with republican policies, but would never hate the person promoting them. Logically, McCain has no answers to the problems facing America – affordable health care, cost of living going up while wages are stagnant, job loss, restoring our world image, long term energy needs, educational inequality, affordable college, nuclear proliferation, overcrowded jails, terrorism, broken military, pollution, climate change. Over the past 8 years the policies that John McCain would continue have not helped any of these issues.

The difference between Vanity Fair's cover and the New Yorker is that everthing on The New Yorker's cover has been PROVEN FALSE TIME AND TIME AGAIN about Obama. To the contrary, the "symbolism" of the cover of Vanity Fair in most respects HAS PROVEN TO BE TRUE!!! Cindy did have a drug problem, McCain is elderly and McCain does support Bush.

Why is it so hard for people to see that THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE!!!!

I'm still waiting for an apology from the New Yorker. Can someone tell me who their advertisers are so I can boycott them.

New Yorker–a true rag.

YOU OWE SENATOR OBAMA AN APOLOGY. He doesn't have a thick skin when something is funny, but saying he burns the American flag is NOT funny.

NEW YUCKER Editors are cowards and the lowest form of life.

oh my, I hope that this does not offend Lou Dobbs. Someone make sure he remains calm after witnessing this cover.

I'm sorry this just doesn't do it for me. The New Yucker's attempt to pacify us, and pretend they didn't insult the Obamas and millions of patriotic Americans is outrageous.

Earth to the NEW YUCKER:

You are still the lowest form of life and no matter how high-brow you think you are, your magazine is still vile. Eat sewage scum, you putzes.

It's a rip off of a political cartoon I saw last week... but still, it's good to show the other side... esp the constitution in the fireplace.

Yeah but there is one thing about this though. This is actually true. LMAO!

Hurrah! I am a liberal and I loved the New Yorker cover (sweet fun) and I love this Vanity Fair the same way. Relax, folks, we have the two sweetest candidates we've had in my lifetime. God Bless America. But when it comes to vote, well, please: Barack Obama, not dear old (OLD) John!

CNN IF YOU POST TEXAS TD< YOU GOTTA POST THIS

wow but the thins missing; the map showing the Iraq/Pakistan boarder, McCain wheeling over his first wife and a mistress in the closet, a group of Lobbyist sitting at the table, McCain hugging Keating, Phil Gramm with a box of tissue and models of the 6 planes he crashed while in the Navy...oh yeah a vault reading above it "Military Records, top secret"

OH YEAH TEXAS TRAIL DOG...you proved Obama's statement true...got the Bible, wheres da Gun?

Obama has a Syrian and Muslim father.
Does that mean the Syrians and Muslims like his opinion.
Does that make it more or less safe in our country?

Unlike the candidates, I appreciated the New Yorker's satire even though I am supporting Obama. The satire was evident to anyone with an IQ above that of a toad, and the accusations it debunked were those of lowbrows even further down the scale.

Vanity Fair's McCain cover is clever as a satire of a satire; but it hits too close to too many partial truths to be comparably tongue in cheek to the New Yorker's. The Obama cover was brilliant in all aspects. The McCain cover is mean-spirited in its depiction of McCain's age and Cindy's past addiction, even if it is on the mark in its placement of W's portrait on the wall and the Constitution burning.

Still, no comparison to the New Yorker cover...not even close.

Would the media please do specials on Wright, Rezko, Farrakhan and Obama's father.
If you forgot, Willam Ayers would be one to discuss also.

If McCain was connected to any of these people, the media would be all over it.

Please hear Americans. They don't want Obama as " ruler"

This picture of the McCains is still American. That is what is so awful about their depiction of the Obamas. No American burns a flag–that was just mean spirited, and awful.

Your attempt to apologize to the Obamas won't work. Your rag is still filth and you are a slimey, scummy dog of a magazine. You put that garbage out about the Obamas and you and your ilk had a good laugh. May you and your magazines burn in hell.

BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA ARE AMERICANS, you animals.

The difference is relevance, Obama's is relevant and McCains is just stupid. This is what this country has come to, we are a pathetic nation and we will get what we have coming!

I like how they dolled up Mrs. McCain. Quite a contrast to how Mrs. Obama was portrayed.
Problem with this is that the senior moments are actually possibly true. The New Yorker was clarly just fodder.

LOL

Oh my god, now That's Funny !!!!

Doug – I'm for one agree with you.

At least McCain isn't scary.
Obama is so frightening.
What do the American people have to do to make the media understand they are scared to dealth of this man.

There are many angry people on the left and right. Very rude crude people. Prejudice and avarice. Hatred masked as holier than thou. The news media feeds it. Don't sit down calmly and consider the options, that's too boring. Pick up a gun and start shooting! That's how to get your political views noticed by CNN. That's what most people posting here have chosen. Irrationality over reason. Look at you all. Shame on you. You do not represent real Americans to me.

Is this supposed to be an apology to the Obamas? It is not and the New Yorker is still garbage.

Unfortunately, the McCains are still seen as patriotic, and the Obamas were not dipicted this way. It was awful what they said about Senator Obama and his wife.

Whoever wrote the article about the Obamas is a fool because I'm told the article was pretty good. I will NEVER read it because it is wrapped in garbage. No matter what the article says about the Obamas, the cover still stinks.

The New Yorker is still filth, and owe the Obamas an apology. Understand this–no cover of McSame and Cindy Lou will justify what they did to the Obamas.

You burned the American flag on the Obama cover and that was just mean and a vicious lie.

The only cover I will accept is one where the New Yorker is burning in the fireplace, they're dirtbags.

Uh, those are all largely factually correct (Cindy's drug use, McCain's frail physique, etc.) whilst the one of the Obamas reflected lies. Or, as John McCain says "GET OFF MY LAWN, YOU DARN KIDS!"

Sometimes, the best response is no response. Responding lends credence to the original outrage. This does nothing but soften the New Yorker's blunder, and we need to stay outraged until that type of media is a figment of a racist's imagination!

People give each other "dap" not daps. The only people who give daps use the "internets."

Big difference here people!!
The depictions on the Obama cover were false (He's a terrorist, she's a radical, they hate America and love Osama)
The depictions on the McCain cover are true (He is old, she did have a pill problem, he would continue the Bush policies)

Bravo Vanity Fair!
Vanity Fair is trying to show the absurdity of the smears on both candidates. But the real obsurdity is people fly off the handle and don't even read the article.

That is less than what he really is..
The should have shown McPain in a wheel chair of a mental institution getting shock treatment.
He cares more for Iraqi people and calls us Whiners.. Maybe he should go an live there in his favorite land
OBAMA (2008 -16)

i'm crackin here! LOL!

considering the magazine name and wat Mc Cain was complaing abt LOL!

CNN simply post!

Beautiful portrait of GW Bush on the wall next to him. Nice touch.

The difference between the two covers is that this one is actually somewhat accurate. The cover with the Obamas was blatant lies.

Was I the only one who watched Obama chuckle at the New Yorker's cover? I thought to was funny, but some people out there will believe the hype. Don't Believe the Hype on Either Candidate.

I guess McCain would joke about the picture. Remember he often joked himself he is really old! I do not think McCain will make a fuss about it.

LLOL!

Beware of what u r wishing for!!!

Love it all! No doubt about it....McCain is older than Obama.

However, I especially liked the New Yorker version of Obama and Michelle the Mouth......factual, it said it all. Well, not quite all.

Things it left out......Obama is an empty suit, he's "speechless" without his teleprompter, there is nothing to depict dirty Chicago politics, I don't see Alice Palmer hanging from the rafters by her fingernails, I don't see Rezko in prison garb, I can't find Auchi anywhere, and where is the thimble that holds all of Obama's experience, especially his foreign policy credentials?

Was for Hillary, now for McCain!

PUMA

I don't see anything to get excited About... "The Dance of Love"... Comes to everyone. Even John McCain...
Dancing the "Light Fantastic".. Away to go John... I always said this guy was fit for the office of Commander in Cheif... Now even "Vanity Fair" agree..

this is to Doug in New Jersey -
having a independent, liberal opinion is nothing close to hate.
it's more interesting to ask why you feel so threatened by people who are different that yourself.
you must be really young – if you actually looked at the facts, you would see how many right wing conservatives spew dolus dogma regarding women's reproductive rights, civil rights, human rights, gay rights.
you wanna talk about hate?
look in the mirror.

The difference is the New Yorker portrayed and perpetuated made up lies by the GOP... this one seems to exaggerate facts a bit more so isn't as offensive. Exaggerations are like caricatures so it's seen as somewhat "funny"

All is fair in politics I guess. The shoe is on the other foot. Unfortunately, Vanity Fair used true facts regarding the McCains.

July 22nd, 2008 5:17 pm ET
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and Cindy did steal drugs from her charity. Not much of a stretch.

WOW !!!!! All I can say is " What's good for the goose, is good for the gander " WOW !!!!!

And you know what they won't. This country is ready for a major change and putting another Republican in office is not their choice. Oh well if the press and media do not support him. Media tends to go to whom is making the most noise and has the most attention and that is Obama. Iam still a Hillary fan and wish she had won. But I will not support another 4/8 years of a Republican nominee and certainly not someone who looks and acts like is is 80 years old. The cahnge we needs has to build excitement and have the power of the people behind him/her, McCain doesn't!

I really wish all of this would stop. McSame's campaign is running the most deceitful, ignorant ads. Oh yea, the same people who ran Bush's campaign runs his. I was hoping that we could just be civil, for once! Obviously not.

Oh print it please! I hope the whole nation is laughing now. We all need to lighten up; all of us.

To me neither of these satire caricatures, (Obama or McCain) are even worth smiling at. I think that our younger people are getting sicker in the head as the yrs go by.

Funny how you Obama people didn't think it was funny before but now you do.LMAO You guys whine too too much.

McCain'08

Bravo, Vanity Fair!

http://blackinmontana.blogspot.com/

Hey CNN – run this one for a week – every hour one the hour – equal time with what you did to the Obamas.

You don't have the nerve. Nor are you unbiased.

Its funny cause its all true..

In the wake of the New Yorker flap, at least folks will view this as a joke; a parody.

That's the difference between this and what the Obamas have to deal with.

As usual, Obama always goes through something 1st and McCain gets to play FOLLOW THE LEADER. It always softens the blow for him. McCain gets the " open-book exam" after Obama has taken the tougher situation.

Doug, as a matter of fact I do disagree. The only thing I hate is people who pose opinion as fact. There is a lot of discontent on the left due to the way this country has gone down the toilet the last eight years. Maybe you are misconstruing discontent and anger for hate.

I stopped buying Vanity Fair along time ago. We knew during the primary who they were in the tank with. I think the New Yorker and Vanity Fair covers were disgusting. .

I don't think this is what he meant lol.

I wonder if McCain will whine about this cover the way that Obama whines about everything that doesn't show him all the adulation that he believes he deserves so much.

The Democratic Party leaders have betrayed our core principles of democracy and have failed us all.

NFIL
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That's hilarious, just wish they would put it in print!!

Well, he got what he asked for now he can quit complaining about Sen. Obama getting all the attention. The only difference is McCain's speaks more toward the truth about him and Cindy, Obama's was FICTIONAL. This is so funny.

A+++++ Vanity Fair this is too funny lets see the Neo-Cons defend this one. The New Yorker was a well respected liberal puplication and we just did not have a sense of humor is what was said,so lets see what is said about this cover !!!

Oh this is blatant RACISM and the evil RIGHT WING Vanity Fair should be ashamed of itself!!! (Yeah, it sounds equally silly when I say it, too.)

But you forgot to draw in his walker, a TV playing the Wheel of Fortune or Matlock or Murder She Wrote, and of course his Depends... and the fact that it's perfectly acceptable to be an "age bigot," but a race bigot, ooooh, that's a no-no. I guess the only way to understand "liberal thought" (I know, it's an oxymoron) can best be summed up with the old adage, "Do as I say, not as I do."

Wow. So much hate out there. There was a huge up-roar from both parties over the New Yorker. McCain came out right away and said it was horrible and had no place in politics. Wonder if Obama will say anything about this cover ...

Also, the cover on the New Yorker was clearly a satire and EXTREME and WRONG opinions of Americans. This cover seems to be going after things that are actually true of both Sen. McCain and his wife Cindy. It is horrible to link Sen. Obama and his wife Michelle to terrorists. It is even worse to poke fun at someone for an addiction they fought hard to overcome, old age and burning of the constitution. This was not made in the same light or satire or mind set that the cover of the New Yorker was made. This is worse.

Also it must be pointed out that the New Yorker is a very liberal magazine and their cover simply drew hate from the left and enraged even more people to try to get them to come out and vote for Obama or continue their hate bashing of the Republican Party and/or Sen. McCain. Vanity Fair is also a liberal magazine and their cover is to poke fun at McCain, Republicans and draw more hate from the left in an attempt to bring more folks to Obama.

It is suprising that all this hate from the Left is Causing people to vote. I would like to think Americans are better than that, but from the press and reading these postings it appears that most of the Obama Supports are full of hate ...

Time to get over yourselves and try to have a real discussion.

Sorry "s for obama", but Hussein Osama is simply not good enough for this countries top office. His learning curve is several years behind, and he wouldn't even give you, a supporter, a straight answer if you put money in his hands and gave him a monica on top of it. But that doesn't bother you, does it.

You wanted equal time. Here you go. Also be prepared to see the media hammer you and create faux 3 day media firestorms (i.e.- the fake flip flop that you and the media accused Obama of about Iraq over the 4th of July weekend) like they've been doing to Obama for the past few months. Also be prepared for campbell Brown to spend 3 segments of her 4 segment Election Center show debating the political fallout of you sneezing. Good luck Senator McCain. With all the stuff that we've been crying for the media to report on like your bad jokes and many gaffes and dozens of lobbyist in your camp, and the fact that no one's pushed you to define "victory" in Iraq...you'll need the good luck. Maybe they'll also cover the fact that you gamed the public finance system.

I find neither cover thought-provoking or humorous. I believe both candidates, who each are United States Senators, deserve a little more of our respect. Both sides should temper their rhetoric and concentrate on issues. Words like "naive", Mr. McCain and "out of touch", Mr. Obama, are getting a little stale.

There You Have It McDummy
Some press for you...Happy Now
BARACK THE VOTE !!!

Wow!!!!.... It's about time Some big-wig magazine exploit the true face of Mccain and his party!

Thank You,

Vanity Fair

Yes, McCain is leading Obama by 10 points in Ohio according to a new Rasmussen poll!!!!!

The Vanity Fair cover represented the actual symbolism that constitutes
John McCain – the Bush camp guy, an older man with the limitations we face as we age, the destruction of the constitution. The New Yorker
story did not accurately represent Obama and Michelle. Huge difference!

Well... he was compaining about not getting as much media coverage as Obama.

Once again, it is satire.....too bad they don't do a satire on the entire press corps....Another satire would be Obama with a halo over his head, floating, while the press corp, the Senate and Congress kneel at his feet....

Payback is hell, but this one the McCains is more realistic!!

The New Yorker cover was completely NOT true.

The thing about the Vanity Fair cover though, is IT IS TRUE!

The VF cover nails it.

That's how far the Democrats have gone off course. they are so far to the left they'll not recover. Homosexuality amok, abortions amok, breaking the ten commandments even in Church amok, catering to terrorist amok, telling lies and not the truth about iraq, OR ANY OTHER SUBJECT JUST TO GET ELECTED, amok, OBAMA THE GREAT LIAR, CONNIVER, GANGSTER AND SPEAKER WITH A FORKED TONGUE HAS AMERICA IN HIS GRIP. BUT THANKS TO THE LORD THERE IS ENOUGH OF US WHO WILL NOT BE DECEIVED BY THE WICKED FORKED TONGUE OF THE DEVIL'S DEMON. WE WILL NOT FALL UNDER HIS SPELL. But unfortunately he will destroy the world's leaders image of America. It has already started with him overseas now. Our enemies are laughing at the stupid Americans. We had a moron in office and now we're prepared to put an idiot in his place. POOR< POOR< POOR America we are lost souls. WHEN WE ALLOW OUR LEADERS TO TAKE GOD'S NAME IN VAIN IS BLASPHEMY. GOD WILL TURN AWAY FROM AMERICA AND WE WILL NOT WIN ANY MORE WARS, STARVATION, AND DISEASE WILL FALL UPON THE LAND. GET READY FOR THE BODY BAGS TO COME BY THE MULTITUDES.

LOL Check Mate

No harm, no foul. I thought the one from the New Yorker on Obama was a lot closer to the truth.

HIILLARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it!

The only thing missing from the obama cover was the bus running over everyone he used to be "friends" to...everyone he used to get where he is, and the blind people who follow him!

Though McCain 'appears' to be getting the same treatment as Obama with the magazine cover, there is still a very large difference in portraying someone as old, and portraying someone as a terrorist. The first one might be mean... the second is unforgivable.

This is so not the same thing. These images don't strike fear in the hearts of people. Portraying a potential president as a terrorist who supports the murder of Americans, even if satirical, does. Yeah, the Bush picture is the same as Bin Laden's. Cindy's pills are the same as Michelle's machine gun. McCain's walking aid is the same as Obama's turban. You really showed 'em, Vanity Fair.

Fair and Balanced news at its best....
Only missing a swastika on the wall

As tasteless as the The New Yorker cover.

I wonder if the liberals will clean out the newsstand of this issue as fast or faster than the conservtives did for the New Yorker?

Perhaps CNN can do a follow-up on that.

This is really dumb on Vanity's part. The Obama's cover was in regards to smashing myths and stereotypes. The McCain's have dealt with pill popping, befriending Bush, McCain has not referenced the Constitution at any times to the polices he wishes to implement and McCain is old. So I'm not sure what I'm suppose to take from this cover, but I will say it was a poor attempt of pulling "their friend-New Yorker" out of the rut...bad try!

Stupid idea on both parts...seriously guys stop it already. First, New Yorker. Now, Vanity Fair. No longer a subscriber.

He got an A- on that one compared to Obama.

Landslide Obama.

Obama 08 & 12.

NOW things are equal. Thanks for being fair.

they forgot to add Mccain walking over his first wife Carol, the burning planes McCain destroyed while in the Navy, McCain brow nosing Keating and a Victrola spinning a record of Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran...otherwise it is perfect...

MC LARIOUS FUNNY AS HELL..

CNN-can we get more coverage on the Obamas-maybe their bathroom schedules. We need to know everything about our Messiah.

The difference between the two covers is that the New Yorker depicted stereotypes of the Obamas, and Vanity Fair depicted some facts regarding the McCains:

New Yorker: –Obama depicted as Muslim False
–Michelle depicted as terrorist False
–Portrait of Bin Laden implying False
they follow his policies
Vanity Fair: –McCain depicted as old True
–Cindy depicted as someone
who abused prescription drugs True
–Portrait of George Bush implying True
they follow his policies

i love it!!!! BE CAREFUL OLD MAN WHAT YOU ASK FOR....YOU ARE GETTING LOTS OF IT AND I DON'T THINK YOU WANT IT!

and Cindy did steal drug from her charity. Not much of a stretch.

I LOVE this cover...... Now you know how the Obama's felt...it NEEDS to be on the newsstands TODAY.

PLEASE POST CNN!!!

The funny thing is, the New Yourker's cover was based on rumors. Vanity Fair's cover taps into real situation. John McCain being ancient, Cindy McCain being a popper, and George Busg being their political Godfather!

I want dat......

Gotta love it.
Freedom of the press and speech work both ways.
I wonder if the Republicans will find this as funny as the one on Barack.
Just remember: "It's satire".

i been waiting on the cover.. This is just what i have been thinking about the McCains all along!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahaha

CNN) – John McCain’s campaign complained Tuesday morning that the press wasn’t treating the presumptive Republican nominee like they had covered Democrat Barack Obama.- There you GO BUDDY!!!

Grit your teeth and heh-heh, McCainiacs. If you can't pretend to laugh at this, you can't laugh at the New Yorker cover.

It's different for us liberals, though. Since the target of this cover is obvious, it's actually funny, where the Obama cover wasn't.

Ha!

WOW!!!

Only in America!!!

Be careful what you ask for.......

The difference between this pic and Obama's id that this one of John Mccain is factual whereas the one of BO is all lies.

SWEET

It's be more accurate if he was giving a fist bump to the heads of Exxon Mobil, Merck or Fanny Mae.

They said they wanted equal treatment

Cute.

McCain, at least, has a sense of humor–he will understand that this is satire. Interesting that media gives equal derogatory treatment to McCain when their hero is insulted–but not equal media coverage of the "messiah" category. I have news for MSM–most of us voters are smarter than you are giving us credit for–we know hype and power plays when we see it and won't be fooled.

The only difference is that the Obama one was arguably more truthful. Have you ever read Michelles dissertation?

McCain is too tall but otherwise, not a bad cover.

Be careful what you ask for McCain!!!! LOL LOL

HAHAHAHA, cry about the McSame! I love it... now all BO has to say is "it is in bad taste" and they will be even.

I guess he wanted the same stuip treamtment and he got it. McSame, your wish just got granted.

Seriously Senator McSame...it is time for Democrats to clear your boys dirt. The world is waiting for our next president...President Obama.

This magazine cover does not have anything comparable the clearly racist innuendoes of the horrible New Yorker Cover.

john mccain is too old.

Actually, it ain't funny either.

Sorry Vanity Fair! John McCain will laugh laughed it off as the work of a crank, but poor Obama and his supporters! the cover from The New Yorker was printed on people mind already! can't help it!

Obama, beware the media. They love to build you up and then knock you down. Prepare soon for "The Rise and Fall of Obama."

The Obama cover was satire. This cover is true.

CNN) – John McCain’s campaign complained Tuesday morning that the press wasn’t treating the presumptive Republican nominee like they had covered Democrat Barack Obama. Tuesday afternoon, they got an unexpected jolt of equal treatment: their own parody magazine cover, modeled on the controversial illustration that graced last week’s New Yorker...........are you SATISFIED !!!!!

hmmmm........they should have had one of Johnnyboy's mistresses hiding in the closet. haha

To all the repuglicans out there who thought the Obama and Michelle cover was great, karma is a bit... ain't it? This is a much truer representation though than the Obama and Michelle cover. Cindy was addicted to pain killers, John did vote for the patriot act thus killing our constitutional rights, he is old, he can barely remember his name and he is a strong supporter of bush policies. I think I will frame it.

That enough equal media attention for you McCain?

This is hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, Vanity Fair – I needed it.

good

This picture of McSame and Cindy McSame cannot even scratch the surface of what they displayed of Barack and Michelle Obama which was very outrageous and most of all hurtful and offensive to us Americans.

ha ha ha ha! too funny!

THEY SHOULD MAKE IT TO PRINT. THAT IS TOO FUNNY

I can already hear the uproar from AARP and NA.

now,that's funny!

John Mccain looks about 105 years old, with Bush in the background.

Be careful what you ask for Mc Cain

here's the media coverage you've been whinning about ....

That's some funny stuff. As long as the media pokes fun at both candidates, I'm fine with it. Fair and equal!

WOW IM SPEECHLESS!!!

Right on, Vanity Fair! Your issue on Bush, Cheney, Addington and Yoo's war crimes will be required reading in American schools years from now...

wow- "John McCain’s campaign complained Tuesday morning that the press wasn’t treating the presumptive Republican nominee like they had covered Democrat Barack Obama. Tuesday afternoon, they got an unexpected jolt of equal treatment"

- Aint that the truth- for the record, I think its unkind to make fun or light of Cindy’s addiction which she beat and the ageism isn’t cool at all but the BILL OF RIGHTS In the fireplace is such appropriate satire.

Wow, one liberal rag uses a stupid cartoon to create a fake victim hood of their Messiah that they will later blame on conservatives who had nothing to do with it at all and then another attacks the moderate running for president for no reason at all. Yeah, there is tons of hate in America, but almost all of it resides on the left. If you disagree with that then you just admitted that you hate something as well, facts!!!

Bad week, McCain. Your shine is now officially off....

Turn about is fair play. Let see what both candidates supports have to say about this.