NY Post Chimpanzee Cartoon

[biscuit jake]

Catch it quick on Google. The cartoon shows that a couple officers shot a chimp. The cartoon was done to relate to an recent incident where a chimp mauled a woman. The officer's comment about the stimulus bill has caused some to equate the chimp with Obama.

Well, I see that as a stretch; noone is going to suggest that in a news piece but what the h*ll. They have to complain about something. Otherwise, the cartoon appeals to my dark sense of humor about writing bills in congress.

[TGRIZWALD]

i think it was great and the new york times stands behind it.

[PKnTX]

In bad taste.

They have every right to print it, but it's in bad taste.

[DougMD]

Bush was portrayed as a monkey in quite a few cartoons, as I said in the other thread. I even posted one. If this is reprehensible, where were the complainers when Bush was the monkey? Besides, the caption in the controversial cartoon implies the monkey WROTE the stimulus. Obama didn't write a word, he simply signed it. Clearly, it was not directed at him for that reason alone.

[stealthycat II]

If it had been McCain in office and same cartoon no one would have said anything ....... Obama is 1/2 white BTW, and has no US slavery blood in his body, that cartoon even if it DID have those connotations would have meant nothing to him anyway !

[DougMD]

Something has to keep Al Sharpton and company relevant, I guess. With Obama's election proving that America isn't racist, he and Jackson have become irrelevant.

[bergall]

All this was, is an opportunity for the Libs to take a caricature of congress (the MONKEY) and
apply it to Obamhole. These are the true racists....

[James B]

Look at the ears, enough said.

[bergall]

ORIGINAL: James B

Look at the ears, enough said.

Well, if you REALLY wanna get technical, there's a true dichotomy here:
a: Chimpanzees have WHITE skin beneath the fur
HOWEVER
b: A chimpanzee is SMARTER than Obamhole....

SO

I call it as a 'tossup'...