"I've seen and heard worse," he said.

If it was a photo of her in the nude, could America deal with it? There have been many nude photos of the French president's wife and no one on this side of the Atlantic got too excited.

It may not do Obama's campaign any good but it wont do America any harm in the long run if it faces its race demons. IMO, the KKK is only a white sheet away, no matter how it's dressed up. One benefit is we see who still retains their white sheet or their noose even if only figuratively.

The problem is that the satire miss the mark. Usually it is the subject of the piece that is what is being ridicule. Now had they added to good old boys watching Tevee and drinking Bud saying "I believe that" (and some have done here) or maybe a mirror or some such in the picture then we would see beyond the blatant. But it is quite a bit of a stretch to say that only a "certain" kind of people will get it.

Expect this to be used and abuse by the Limbaughs Savages, and Becks of the world. Also expect their dittohead audiences to go "Aha, aha, yep, yep!" Remember those people vote.