from the first shock of horror when I saw the cover, to accepting it as "effective satire".  

Why?   A good bit of yesterday, I flipped channels between the MSM's on TeeVee and they had their panties totally in a wad on this.   Fox especially voiced faux outrage.

But after they get that out of their system, will they think twice about doing the next "some email says he's a Muslim" story.   Will they remember the absurdity of this cover when they talk about "how angry Michelle is"? 

I know you think I'm giving them too much credit, but I think that this cover and all the absurdity it demonstrates will linger in their thoughts and too some extent, color their future "reporting" and opining.

Now for those "hard working" Dems that won't vote for a black man, I don't think this cover will change anything.   But it may affect those who produce our "news" programming and print media from Washington DC and NYC.   And maybe that's effective enough.