See Who’s Laughing at the GOP Candidates in the Latest New Yorker Cover
- Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:11pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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The 2012 Republican presidential primary has been a bruiser thus far, and the lastest New Yorker cover illustrates who’s enjoying it the most.

From the endless barrage of GOP debates that some have compared to reality TV to Bain Capital to ’cannibal’ attack ads, many have speculated that the Republican candidates who have indulged in breaking Ronald Reagan’s eleventh commandment by speaking ill of fellow Republicans, have done nothing but aid the Obama reelection effort.
On CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday, RNC Chair Reince Priebus said that the infighting among Republicans would ultimately strengthen the nominee come general election time, as it did with Barack Obama following his bitter campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in 2008 against Hillary Clinton.
Still, with both Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul vowing that they will stay in the race and continue to challenge campaign front-runner Mitt Romney through the national convention this summer, President Obama is likely to benefit thanks to having plenty of time to sit back and watch Republicans deliver blows against one another through August.
On a side note, the cover is entitled “The Big Game” referencing the upcoming Super Bowl, and was drawn by Barry Blitt– the artist responsible for this controversial 2008 New Yorker cover:




















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loveoursoldiers
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:49pmBut I thought all the Tvs in the WH were tuned to Al Jazeera.. I doubt they will carry the Superbowl.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:32amWhile the rest of us are laughing at “New York” who sports some of the highest taxes in this country.
Will the last wealthy person leaving New York please turn out the lights?
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:52am.
Does anyone even read “New Yorker”?
Snobs living in a garbage dump
Report Post »looking down their noses at real America.
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:02pmSECRET SQUIRREL
News flash, bro. It’s all real America. The whole country, believe it or not, is REAL AMERICA.
Get a clue, hick.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 2:47pmThat artist is pretty good, I could recognize every one of the people it depicted. He made Newt look athletic, sort of. That is funny. I don’t care who you are!
TEA
Report Post »mathews2113
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:15pmI’m sick and tired of voting for the one that so called most electable. I’m voting for the best one i think could lead this country. The one i trust the most is Rick Santorum
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:52pmAs I read all these comments all I hear is confusion and disharmony and nobody realizing that election’s are controlled and have been for a long time now by the election process. Nobody that speaks for the people has any chance at all. We are told what choices we have and that’s it. Here we have the New Yorker cheer leading for Obama. Why in the world wood you support this partisan story book by buying their magazine Wake up, stop, look and listen. If we stop spending on them they will get the message “What’s wrong with this song” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_9134749
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:15pmUnfortunately, by doing so, you will be giving Obama a vote. While Santorum is a worthwhile candidate, there are not enough people that agree with you. We need to ALL get behind the same conservative candidate. This upcoming election is not the year to practice ‘multiple choice’. It is crucial to the survival of our country that we unite to defeat the socialists in the White House. Saying that you will vote on principle is a wonderful thing to say; but if it gives Obama four more years, it is foolhardy.
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 9:49pmI am with you on that. Rick may not be the “perfect” candidate in my eyes, but he is the one I most trust to consistently move this country in the right direction.
Report Post »LibertarianRight
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 4:06amI too, trust the fascist Santorum. I was just telling my imaginary friend that the Santorum was right about the pursuit of happiness harming America, and what we really needed was someone who would throw everyone in jail for failing to live up to his idea of our responsibilities to our families and the rest of society.
” It is crucial to the survival of our country that we unite to defeat the socialists in the White House. Saying that you will vote on principle is a wonderful thing to say; but if it gives Obama four more years, it is foolhardy.”
I’m not going to vote the socialists out to put the fascists in. THAT is foolhardy.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 10:26am@LibertarianRight
i guess that mean you are pulling for the racist, neo confederate, afghan invading, pork spending Ron Paul. see, i can call names too.
Report Post »jstan442
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:57amcall the rnc and let them know we will not be screwed by the media by having them pick our candidiate–202-863-8500–make them understand we will be choosing our candidiate
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:04pmJSTAN442
Heard of the primaries? You are picking your candidate.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:56pmGuess the New Yorker is like the New York Times: a mouthpiece for the International Left and their local franchise in our White House. ( Guess instead of calling it The Big Apple , we can now call it The Big RED Apple. )
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:05pmYea, they sure are. That‘s why the picture from 2008 was like a Liberal’s postcard.
Looks like they’re dishing it out to both sides. Which, to you, means they’re liberals. lol
Report Post »cicero1776
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:13pmDont U mean the BAD APPLE?
Report Post »For LIBERTY!
WILFREDFROMSUNCITYFL
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:51pmThe GOP better not blow this!
Report Post »ZeldaZick
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:07pmAs a life long GOP voter, I can be certain that they have already blown it! Obama will win re-election.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:38pmZelda joined the Blaze in January …..
Report Post »Duckhead
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 9:12amNo one who joined in January could possibly be right.
Report Post »Except… she is. Mitt won’t win. Newt won’t win. Worse yet, if elected they wouldn’t govern as conservatives. The squishy, moderate, big spending Republicans have won out. The general election will ask the question “Do you want to speed over the cliff, or just coast over the cliff?”
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 12:07pmBARBER2
This idea that ANYONE who comes on here and says anything that’s not foaming at the mouth fanatical right wing speak is some kind of plant or paid representative is a good litmus test for how paranoid and ignorant you are.
Report Post »cicero1776
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:35pmWhy I”M a CONSERVATIVE Constitutionalist:
The GOP establishment gave me (USa) GERALD FORD, BOB DOLE, JOHN MC CAIN.
Why? Because, they were NEXT in line! NOT because they were COMPETENT.
I am sooooooo afraid of their reasoning & judgement.
The TEA Party MUST gear-up again.
Let’s keep this fiasco going to force a nomination from the floor of the GOP Convention
For LIBERTY
Report Post »gemmeri
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:09pmWell, that about sums it up… Is that Santorum on the sidelines? I don’t think Romney would dare attack Santorum in the same way if he rose in the polls, not with the man’s daughter so ill. You talk about poor taste. I don’t believe the party would stand for it. Sorry, but I believe Gringrich has earned every bit of negative publicity he is receiving. Man is a joke & no one on the Hill takes him seriously, which does not bode well. If you people want a President who can get something done, you better not vote for someone who left a trail of dirt for the other dirtbags to use against him to hamstring his not-seen-so-far efforts. Talkers are not doers & we already have too many talkers.
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 1:47am@Gemmeri: Romney isn’t attacking just to be attacking; he is fighting fire with fire. Newt calls Romney a liar over and over again while he himself lies about his past record and I am not talking about his roving eye; He has sided with Dems on too many issues, including health care and praised progressives of the past so I think Sarah Palin must have really thought that McCain was a conservative too. She has her eyes wide shut.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:07pmAll the negativity comes form the Romney team and their money. We could be having a clean, conscionable campaign until Romney decided ro wage a lies and deceit strategy. I honestly will not vote Prez if it Romney because he has no chance at all. Everyone else is an easy win. Romney is a worthless POS. I’ll be voting straight ticket sue to Democrat Saul alinsky infestation nut Romney will lose to write in. Romney is single handedly losing the White house. Romney is going to hand America over to tram obama and his alinsky radicals in the highest offices (including the supreme court) if Romney is our nominee.
Report Post »GET OUT NOW ROMNEY! We do not know you and that will not be good enough for independents nor Reagan Democrats either!
Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:33pmOpen letter to Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and all conservative grassroots patriots and leaders!!
Report Post »Jan 29, 2012 Jim Robinson of FreeRepublic
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2839738/posts
bullcrapbuster
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:11pmNewt has too many skeletons in the closet. Romney is squeaky clean morally but is a tad too wishy washy for my liking. Negative ads work so we might as well get used to them. It will be interesting to see what Santorum can do in Florida. It is great that Ron Paul plans to stick it out to the bitter end. He will be able to inform many people about the value of the constitution and the wickedness of the fed. Hopefully he will be treated with respect and offered a position in an admin run by any of the other candidates.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:04pmIt’s just like water skiing. Your just skimming the surface. The choices have already been made and you (We the People) have nothing to do with it. The OWS movement has been executed by the der leaders. People act in certain ways and controlling the masses is just a game. Thousands of books have been written on the subject and the Stockholm Syndrome was included in the plans. OWS people are a very small percentage, however very effective in carrying out the orders. All it has to do is broadcast the results and mission accomplished. Puppets, all. America as we know it, is gone.
Report Post »mamawalker
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:13pmUnfortunately you are correct and BO will stop at nothing to get reelected.
Report Post »MittensKittens
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 6:58amWow, with that attitude, no wonder. one thing though, a person can still buy a firearm, and still acquire and legally own a Class 3 firearm. With that said, I for one will never roll over and give up. However we obviously know where you satand, or should I say..lay.
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:57pmNo one scrutinized el presidente…and the liberal media will use all of this to keep their pawn in place. JIMHO
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:07pmGeorge Soros says there ‘isn’t all that much difference’ between Romney and Obama
Report Post »..Speaking in Davos, gathering place for the global elites and upscale chattering classes, billionaire investor George Soros – loathed by conservative activists for his ‘zillion-dollar left-wing radical agenda machine’ – seemed to be pretty much OK with the notion of a Romney presidency.
‘Well, look, either you’ll have an extremist conservative, be it Gingrich or Santorum, in which case I think it will make a big difference which of the two comes in,’ he told Chrystia Freeland of Reuters in a videotaped interview. ‘If it’s between Obama and Romney, there isn’t all that much difference except for the crowd that they bring with them.’…
http://youtu.be/VeDtzeKo-G8
gemmeri
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:14pmSoros & Gringrich are members of the same club. These guys all know each other. I’ll pick Santorum as the most conservative because at least he knows when to keep his mouth shut & he behaves like a reasonable adult when the others are going at each other. The other are too old or too established & have too much baggage. It’s sad when one has to pick the one who carries the least amount of dirt.
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:29pm@gemmeri I really wish Rick could win, but he can’t. He is a good, good man, with high moral standards. I just do not believe any of the mushy middle of the electorate would even consider him IMHO
Report Post »gemmeri
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:36pmThen I will have to force myself to vote Romney if I absolutely have to to get that unqualified treasonous traitor out of office. I am voting against corruption of the worst kind for corruption of a lesser nature… God, What a country…
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:26pm@Stuck Your full of it, “I wish Rick would win” Your a progressive like Newt and a Newt supporter, earlier you agreed with Newt that FDR was a GREAT president.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:37pmSTUCK: so you actually believe anything Soros says ? I think if he said that about Romney, Soros was trying to trash him by painting him as similar to Obama. Soros knows how conservatives feel about Obama . And Soros is a Great Deceiver who makes money by betting on the negative .
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 7:06pm@ Stuck_in_CA…..says……”George Soros says there ‘isn’t all that much difference’ between Romney and Obama”
First of all George Soros is a manipulative skunk. Second:if you believe that there is no difference between Obama and Romney you are either being disingenuous or naive.
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:43amWell you vote for the same ole crap, you get the same ole crap and you will deserve it!
Report Post »http://billmoyers.com/episode/crony-capitalism/#disqus_thread
Let’s see, who fits this description??? Why is the establishment so against Gingrich?
Compare contibutions once you watch this, you will see who is the same ole crap!
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?id=N00000286
hipconservative
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:48pmThe picture on the screen should be any of the talking heads who have given this guy zero scrutiny of his past or his policies. They are such dupes he can’t contain his laughter.
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:47pmIf Romney is for the Health care mandate, then anything can be made a mandate!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:53pmCHARACTER MATTERS AND ROMNEY’S WORRIES ME by Mark Levin
Report Post »I am beginning to think that the nature and level of attacks being launched by Mitt Romney against Newt Gingrich, which he would surely use against any conservative threatening his nomination, are going to make it very difficult for Romney to unite the different factions of the GOP and the conservative movement behind his candidacy should he win the nomination. While I have said that I would vote for Rick Santorum, I am appalled at the “anything goes” assault on Gingrich. See here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/us/politics/the-calculations-that-led-romney-to-the-warpath.html?pagewanted=all?
Romney is not a conservative in the traditional sense, and he has a record of big-government Republicanism. Even many years after the success of the Reagan administration, he sought to distance himself from Reagan and the GOP, self-identifying as a progressive and independent. Thus, he resorts to spending multi-millions of dollars trashing his opponents, rather than providing thoughtful arguments on conservatism and constitutionalism. Lest we forget, it was Gingrich who was trying to run a positive campaign and who offered to debate Romney one-on-one, asking Romney to stop with the millions in unanswered ads attacking him. Romney declined. I have no doubt that Romney would do the same thing to Santorum if Santorum was rising in the polls, albeit on different issues…http://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-levin/character-
lukerw
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:56pmExactly!
Report Post »searching for the Truth
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:59pmYes, I have a gut feeling about square pants!
Report Post »Babeuf
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 7:47amFlorida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Romney supporter, let the cat out of the bag last night. The Florida Republican told Greta Van Susteren that Mitt wants Romneycare in every state.
Report Post »She also said she would be on Romney’s Health Care Advisory Team “when he’s president”.
http://youtu.be/SF2YB4pGrjk
DD313
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:33pmIs it my imagination or does Big O’s expression on the latest cover resemble that of ******** in the “Beavis and ********” cartoon series?
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:38pmCensored? The name in question has nothing to do with a slang name for the posterior. It was chosen to denote a confrontational personality as in two goats butting heads. Check it out.
Report Post »gingirl67
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:43pmlol i think so
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:08pmBlaze censorship can be funny. If I were to write the scientific name for humans it would come out “**** Sapiens”
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:16pmChuck: My favorite censored line had to do with mentioning insects. Only the roaches part was published, not the first word !
Report Post »LIBS-ARE-DINGLEHEADS
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:32pmThe SOB won’t be smiling come November. Get all your friends – and I mean all of them – to vote for anybody BUT Barry Soetero, a.k.a. Barack Obama.
I hope every single redneck. Every single closet racist. Every single voter that despises him comes out and votes him out.
Report Post »Romney: Better
Gingrich: Better
Santorum: Better
Paul: Better
Johnson: Better
My Dog Max: Better
The Guy That Picks Up My Garbage: Better
The Girl At The Store With The Tats And Piercings: Better
A Shrub: Better
IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:41pmSooooo true.
Report Post »- Freedom = Best
http://youtu.be/7kqVZUCRth0?t=18m34s
momprayn
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:49pmLOL — And….as Mark Levin says, he’d vote for an orange juice can ! Please – everyone — please vote for whoever our nominee is. If you are one of those that says you won‘t vote if your guy isn’t the one or vote 3rd party, you do not know who we are up against. Get educated before it’s too late.
Report Post »http://www.commieblaster.com
lukerw
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:55pmWhat is the position of Max… upon the 2nd Amendment & Foreign Policy?
Report Post »gemmeri
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:21pmI like the shrub. We could just park it in the oval office behind the desk & admire ourselves for an excellent choice of a do-nothing President who listens to all sides of an argument without distraction or prejudice.
Report Post »ZeldaZick
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:14pmSorry, nothing will change if we all keep holding our noses and voting for the trash the GOP keeps pushing at us. I’m ready for a 3rd. party, I won’t vote for Plastic Willard, like I didn’t vote for McCain. Santorum yes, Newt maybe?
Report Post »The GOP is at fault, not the American Voter, and yes we’ll all suffer for it.
barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:21pmSo many new January Trolls who claim they won’t vote for this or that Republican. Am sure that the Democrats have two game plans for 2012: Character Assassination and Divide the conservative vote. We know they can‘t win on their record so it’s Plan B for the Democrats .
Report Post »geonj
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:32pmso, how do you lose the first three primary races a get called the frontrunner? is it because the media (blaze included) has it’s heart set on a romney/obama election? it seems that the media already has itself geared up for a romney smear campaign. nothing else will do.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:32pmWhat they are saying is true. All the infighting will strengthen 0bamabots,,, I don’t understand, if they really want to beat the Monarch they should be after him not each other…we lost to Clinton because of 3rd party Perot,,, and we mmay lose again because Ron Paul isn’t going anywhere and will be 3rd party probably,,, and that will screw us in the election,,, all you have to do is the math,,,and that’s not counting the dead people 0bama has voting for him,,,MHO
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:29pmWeren‘t we all laughing at the massive fight between he and Hillary back in ’08? I recall that was a bit of a knock down drag out then. And funny too. Along with the first mention of his place of birth.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:10pmYes. Wish someone had brought up the hidden school records at the time. But the Dominant Media, following their international Left friends , were too besotted to bother with such ” details.”
Report Post »marybethelizabeth
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:27pmIt’s designed to be funny, a distraction; the purpose of the levity is partial compensation for our pockets being picked clean.
The most humorous aspect is the conduct of those that give this circus anyl serious consideration; as if the outcome could be changed.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:00pmYes, you are quite correct. Barry and his band of thieves in the DEMOCRAT Party have picked the 53% almost clean.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:08pmAm assuming the “ circus” you are referring to are the Occupies in various Democrat controlled cities: costing us a bundle and all made up of anarchists and Democrat Theater of the Absurd Players who are protesting against the “rich” and capitalism ! Karl Marx would be so thrilled . ( JFK and a good number of other dead Democrat presidents, must be twirling )
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:26pmWho reads this Faux liberal pablum
Report Post »PKama
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:24pmI really like the second picture. It is more like what he is doing. Look at the US flag in the fire place.
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:27pmGreat observation
Report Post »freedomofspeech
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:31pmyep, picture is a thousand words. They look like Egypt protesters, and they captured M. Obama’s expression perfectly.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 6:04pmEspecially Michele as Angela Davis . Have a newspaper photo from the 2008 campaign of the first lady in a very un-first lady pose : Arm raised with a clenched fist in front of her very activist expression . Think that photo was a harbinger of the real changes these guys were planning behind all of that sweet, uniting baloney they were selling to the public. ( The start of the Big Lie routine we have grown to expect – like that 99/ 1% baloney. )
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:24pmNo Comment
Report Post »garyM
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:24pmI think Newt purposely put the space story out there because he knew he would get any news coverage otherwise if he didn’t. It’s clear to see the liberal press, including the Blaze and Fox news is in bed with a Mass liberal named Mitt Romney! Sicking just plain sicking! A Romney nomination will lead to 4 more years of Obama. I say Maranatha! which means come LORD come!
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:47pmHe would be my last choice – BUT – he would be 5 trillion times better than BHO.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 5:59pmCan’t wait until we have a candidate. Am tired of all of the politicking/ criticisms of Republicans we get during this primary mess. Am looking forward to uniting against Obama and the Democrats.
Report Post »Got2bRoni
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:20pmYawn…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:19pmVote Santorum!
OMG 2012
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:38pmNowhere near perfect, but he is the only decent candidate remaining. In my humble opinion.
Report Post »IMPEACHBHO
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:48pmI like him!
Report Post »BenInNY
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:17pmChris, um, “rememberable?” It’s ok, it’s Sunday.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:16pmHe who laughs last…
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:15pmWhat a worthless, lib magazine. Just trash taking up space on the newstands.
Report Post »DD313
Posted on January 29, 2012 at 4:44pmHey! without the New Yorker, we might not have ever had the Addams Family.
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