WOW, Newsweek Cover: "The First Gay President"

[Daemonaquila]

79. I have to disagree - the way they did the picture also is meant to incite teabaggers, etc.

This is Newsweek looking for big sales at the President's expense. If they just used the headline, then I don't think there's really a problem (except that the teabaggers will start spouting "OMG!!!! He's Muslim AND he's not a natural born citizen AND he's gay!!!!). But a halo? Really? When you put the halo and the headline all together, it comes across as mocking Obama with a really over-the-top image. I'm bi, and *I* would be offended if someone made an image like that of me.

The headline gives a nod to Clinton being called the first Black president (which was also weird and inaccurate, though not offensive). It could be kind of clever, but only to people who actually remember that reference. On anyone else it's lost, and the headline gets read literally. But WTF is up with the halo, rainbow or otherwise? It's like they're setting the cover up to go viral across every right-wing email blast for the next 6 months.