November 28, 2008 - 10:30am
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Satirical Spanish magazine pokes fun at Obama's 'manhood'

The cover of the November 25th issue of El Jueves features a satirical take on Obama's "manhood": (click to enlarge)The cover of the November 25th issue of El Jueves features a satirical take on Obama's "manhood": (click to enlarge)While American cartoonists are dealing with Obama's sudden shift to the right in his choices for certain cabinet positions, the Spanish satirical magazine El Jueves decided to tackle a different sort-of swing with it's latest cover illustration.

"Watch the pendulum and repeat with me...everything will be alright ... everyting is going very well," the grinning President-elect is saying as a black bar swings back and forth beneath his waist.

The illustration was accompanied by a comment on the El Jueves website, which made the point that while many people see Obama as a dangerous communist, not to mention "a little black," the climate of change is only an invention of the left, and the truth is "that a vast majority of this planet has felt the victory of Obama as an orgasm"

El Jueves specializes in satire (its complete title is El Jueves, la revista que sale los Miércoles, which means Thursday, the magazine that comes out on Wednesdays) and has been notorious for making fun of all sorts of authority figures.

Just last year, two of its cartoonists were found guilty of offending the royal family and fined 3,000 euros each with an illustration depicting Crown Prince Felipe and his wife Letizia having sex.

"Do you realize," says the crown prince in the cartoon, "if you get pregnant this will be the closest thing I've done to work in my whole life."

The cartoon was an attempt to poke fun at an announcement by the government that it would pay Spanish couples for each new baby they had.

Rob Tornoe can be reached via email at rob.tornoe@politicker.com.

Related topics: El Jueves, Barack Obama

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Improve your Spanish: "cambio climático" means "climate change" refereing the weather not "climate of change" refering Obama's slogan.

12/02/08 10:17 am

LOL


RotfL! Where can I buy that magazine man?

12/02/08 10:29 am

It's just humour!


I used to buy it some years ago and it is quite good since it focuses mainly on politics through a really cynic and satiric scope, objectiveness first. The magazine is one of the most popular ones among the country. Don't get mad on them, they just have fun of everyone.

12/02/08 12:22 pm

It's just humour!


I used to buy it some years ago and it is quite good since it focuses mainly on politics through a really cynic and satiric scope, objectiveness first. The magazine is one of the most popular ones among the country. Don't get mad on them, they just have fun of everyone.

12/02/08 12:23 pm

LOL


They did it for the lulz.

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