AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CALLING US "DUMBO"

The cover of the October 16th issue of TIME magazine features a full-page photograph of the rear end of an elephant, with the accompanying caption: "Why a tawdry Washington sex scandal may spell the end of the Republican revolution."

Within hours of this issue hitting newsstands around the country, a lawsuit was filed in New York City against TIME by the Pachyderm Rights Committee (PRC), an advocacy organization that monitors the portrayal of elephants in the media. According to PRC attorney Sterling Spackle, "Immediately after the Foley scandal broke, we informed TIME that the elephant community no longer wished to be associated with the Republican party. Elephant butts may be large and smelly, with skin that is grotesquely cracked and dry, but they're not nearly as disgusting as the Republican party these days. The editors at TIME were fully aware that, come November 1st, the official Republican mascot will be the saber-toothed jackal. There's simply no excuse for TIME running an elephant photo."

Tsk, tsk, TIME. Or should it be "tusk, tusk"?