Satire from The New Yorker

It's probably safe to say ye socks from this little corner of heaven are not frequent readers of The New Yorker magazine.

So, you may be unaware of the recent cover that is causing more than its fair share of controversy in political circles this week.

The cartoon satirizes a laundry list of image problems the junior senator from Illinois and his supporters have failed to fully address:

* There's his overly-strident better (?!) half in her camo pants and boots toting a machine gun.

* The power couple are engaging in their trademark fist bump, as if they've just successively hoodwinked somebody . . . or a large percentage of the general population.

* There's the junior senator in Middle Eastern garb.

* Old Glory smolders in the fireplace.

* A framed portrait of Osama bin Laden occupies a prominent place over the mantle in the background.

Really, it's all just laughable, isn't it?!

Well, not according to the presumptive Democratic nominee. He's apparently fuming over this little piece of satire. Rather than laughing it off and pointing out all the absurdities it highlights, he's nearly spinning out of control.

I think the reaction says an awful lot more about the candidate than the cartoon ever could have hoped.

Don't you?