News: The Audacity of Opportunism

Here, we have the July 21st cover of the New Yorker:

If I were Barack Obama, I'd send the editors of the New Yorker a big fat check. The cover is a criticism of the "Barack Hussein Osama" crowd, and yet the image allows an indignant presidential candidate the opportunity to denounce a nonexistent attack on his patriotism while getting some free PR time. Here's my take on that: