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Quirky cover imagines Hillary Clinton as a planet; Internet reacts as you'd expect

When the New York Times Magazine released its cover for this weekend's issue featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Web reacted like only the Web could — by creating a viral meme.The cover features Clinton's face on the side of a planet with the headline "Planet Hillary." The Times posted a column detailing the concept behind the cover, explaining that it symbolizes "Clinton's
New York Times Magazine cover
New York Times
By Matt Murray
NYT
Today

When the New York Times Magazine released its cover for this weekend's issue featuring former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Web reacted like only the Web could — by creating a viral meme.

The cover features Clinton's face on the side of a planet with the headline "Planet Hillary." The Times posted a column detailing the concept behind the cover, explaining that it symbolizes "Clinton's influence on the various people within her political universe." 

The image immediately ignited a firestorm of memes.

Hillary as Miley's "Wrecking Ball"

Miley+and+Hillary+on+NYT+Mag+cover.+how+weird+pic.twitter.com/OxsGxVMUtK

—+Chris+Carlon+(@christofear)+January+23,+2014+

The annoying orange

Alternate+version+of+NYT+mag+cover.+pic.twitter.com/wow4RKPM7F

—+Tom+Tomorrow+(@tomtomorrow)+January+23,+2014+

Woman on the moon?

New+Hillary+Clinton+cover+on+NYT+magazine+is+clearly+a+terrible+ripoff+of+great+French+filmmaker+Georges+Méliès+pic.twitter.com/NhexEGwOyl

—+marcus+baram+(@mbaram)+January+23,+2014+

The "E.T." silhouette 

pic.twitter.com/EdN9c4YB0c

—+Chris+Heller+(@c_heller)+January+23,+2014+

"Goodnight Moon"

i'm+sorry+@darth+i+couldn't+wait+pic.twitter.com/tLtBUflkod

—+lindsay+blackwell+(@linguangst)+January+23,+2014+

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