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I think where it fails for me is that it could've just as easily been drawn by a right wing nutjob. To be effective satire, it would have needed to take the point of view it is showing to some sort of extreme, or to give some other perspective on the scene. But it doesn't. The comic says pretty much exactly what the right wing nutjobs are saying - Michelle Obama is a militant black woman, Barack is a secret Muslim terrorist, and if he's elected, he'll destroy America. Granted, it is hard to satirize these people, because their worldview is so twisted.
So it's not quite extreme enough, or clever enough, to make good satire. Failing that, it's just mildly offensive.
BTW, by right wing nutjobs, I don't mean all Republicans, or all conservatives. I mean the ones who believe and/or espouse this kind of worldview.
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