Remember when Barack Obama told a Jacksonville, Florida audience this?

“We know what kind of campaign they’re going to run. They’re going to try to make you afraid.

“They’re going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name. And did I mention he’s black?”

Once again, Barack Obama has been proved right … but once again, not by Republicans.  The New Yorker could never be confused with National Review or the Weekly Standard, but its cover looks like a MoveOn conception of both:

The Obama campaign is condemning as “tasteless and offensive” a New Yorker magazine cover that depicts Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) in a turban, fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife.

An American flag burns in their fireplace.

The New Yorker says it’s satire. It certainly will be candy for cable news.

The Obama campaign quickly condemned the rendering. Spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement: “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.”

So Republicans must be thrilled with the New Yorker, right?  Well, not exactly:

McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds quickly e-mailed: “We completely agree with the Obama campaign, it’s tasteless and offensive.”

Here’s the cover:

Obviously, the New Yorker wanted to go for satire, poking fun at what they see as the image of the Obamas among conservatives.  Just as obviously, the editors of the New Yorker showed very poor judgment in approving this cover.  A satirical cartoon on the inside would have been more appropriate, but having this on the cover shouldn’t just offend the Obamas, but also conservatives who have a number of substantial issues with Barack Obama.

This makes the third bigoted attack from the Left on Obama.  Two weeks ago, it was Ralph Nader acting as the arbiter of black authenticity, and last week it was Jesse Jackson wanting to castrate Obama.  One side in this cycle certainly seems obsessed by identity politics, but so far it isn’t the Republicans.

Update: “Third bigoted attack” was tongue in cheek, people.  Get a clue.  The New Yorker is attacking conservatives, but Obama’s the one taking offense (and for good reason).  Obama warned that the Republicans would obsess over his ethnicity, but so far only the mainstream Left has made it an issue.