I Call It Racist

Here's the excuse the New York Post gave for its threatening and racist cartoon directed at President Obama: "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy."

It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy? Please! That effort is clearly associated with Obama and it uses a monkey to depict him, a racist image. The message that "someone else" will now be needed indicates that the cartoon has someone in particular in mind in the representation of the dead chimp. That someone is clearly Barack Obama.

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on Wednesday. The drawing, from famed cartoonist Sean Delonas, is rife with violent imagery and racial undertones. In it, two befuddled-looking police officers holding guns look over the dead and bleeding chimpanzee that attacked a woman in Stamford, Connecticut. "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill," reads the caption. At its most benign, the cartoon suggests that the stimulus bill was so bad, monkeys may as well have written it. Others believe it compares the president to a rabid chimp. The New York Post has released a statement defending its cartoon and slamming Al Sharpton. Read it here.