This July 14, 2008 handout image courtesy of The New Yorker magazine shows the cover of the July 21st issue, entitled 'The Politics of Fear,' in which artist Barry Blitt satirizes the use of scare tactics and misinformation in the Presidential election to derail Barack Obama's campaign. Barack Obama's campaign decried the cover showing Obama wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashnikov.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

Related: Obama sees New Yorker's cover offensive

    WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign condemned on Monday as "tasteless and offensive" a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Obama in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.

    "The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree," said Bill Burton, spokesman for the Obama campaign. Full story