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"The critics of this comic are almost certainly reaching when they make claims of racism. Still, small wonder that newspapers are dying when their editors can't figure out that having a black man represented by a dead monkey is a bad idea."

I must have missed that one.
I only saw this one that has congress represented by a dead chimp:

2/24/2009 7:33:32 AM

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"Good, but not enough, the Rev. Al Sharpton said in response to New York Post Chairman Rupert Murdoch's apology for a controversial editorial cartoon published in the newspaper. Online Wednesday, some Post readers reacted similarly. "

gimme a break sharpton; isn't it about time for you to retire

2/25/2009 11:23:16 AM

much ado about nothing.

2/25/2009 11:23:47 PM

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"I only saw this one that has congress represented by a dead chimp:"

Still highly questionable. The comic itself isn't exactly clear, especially since it's a sure bet that most Americans (hell, most people who follow American politics) attribute the writing of the bill to Obama's administration.

And yes, I'm familiar with the difference between a monkey and a great ape. It's the wolfweb. Please, Willy Nilly, I beg you, will you have the great well of mercy necessary to forgive me for my egregious taxonomical error? I doubt I should survive without your pardon!

[Edited on February 26, 2009 at 12:59 AM. Reason : ]

2/26/2009 12:59:00 AM

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"I only saw this one that has congress represented by a dead chimp:"

SWEET, WE'RE NOT BLAMING OBAMA FOR THE STIMULUS ANYMORE GUYS

CALL IT OFF

ITS ALL CONGRESS

2/26/2009 1:58:06 AM

Seems to me it implied that either Congress/the Obama administration/Both hired the chimp to write the bill, not that they are represented directly the chimp.

2/26/2009 2:16:08 AM

^...directly by the chimp.

Too late to edit.

2/26/2009 4:45:01 AM

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"I'm familiar with the difference between a monkey and a great ape. It's the wolfweb. Please, Willy Nilly, I beg you, will you have the great well of mercy necessary to forgive me for my egregious taxonomical error?"

lol... It did feel kinda douchey to point that out... In my defense, after I had "corrected" the wording to make my point about congress vs. Obama, it seemed fitting to not leave the incorrect monkey term.

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"I doubt I should survive without your pardon!"

Well, you need not apologize to me. The family of the chimp, however....

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"most Americans (hell, most people who follow American politics) attribute the writing of the bill to Obama's administration."

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"SWEET, WE'RE NOT BLAMING OBAMA FOR THE STIMULUS ANYMORE GUYS... ITS ALL CONGRESS"

So... I mean... I guess we're all just gonna stop pretending that there's a separation of powers, huh?

[Edited on February 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM. Reason : ]

2/26/2009 8:45:32 AM

whole lot of retarded motherfuckers in this thread

the monkey is pelosi, not obama

god damn you race card pullers are still as pathetic as you have always been

I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE CARTOON BUT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD BE MAD

[Edited on February 26, 2009 at 3:33 PM. Reason : .]

2/26/2009 3:30:25 PM

With Obama stealing the spotlight; Al Sharpton needed something to get attention back to him.

Sharpton: "Well i tell ya the white man be holding us the american black people; oh wait a second...."

2/26/2009 5:00:45 PM

obama is half-white

2/27/2009 3:27:00 AM

^^^ rawr everyone's life experiences must be the same as mine rawr

2/27/2009 12:59:23 PM

what exactly do life experiences have to do with a bunch of people in this thread pulling the race card because they completely misunderstood the cartoon?

2/27/2009 3:15:51 PM

The problem is not the cartoon, it's Al Sharpton. The whole controversy just gives legitimacy to a hack who should be ignored by the whole country. He's getting exactly what he wants and the media is too stupid to realize it, just like they blindly followed the idiot Obama.

2/27/2009 6:02:37 PM

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"I guess we're all just gonna stop pretending that there's a separation of powers, "

holy fuck you have a lot of faith in people

you honestly haven't heard anyone, ANYONE, suggesting the stimulus bill is obama's handicraft?

whats it like living in a vacuum?

2/27/2009 6:45:56 PM

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"The whole controversy just gives legitimacy to a hack who should be ignored by the whole country. He's getting exactly what he wants and the media is too stupid to realize it,"

The media doesn't have any incentive to NOT give in to Sharpton's sensationalism. It's hype and hype gets them ratings. Because the public at large loves some fucking drama, regardless of how much it goes against social progress. Unfortunately.

[Edited on February 28, 2009 at 1:50 AM. Reason : .]

2/28/2009 1:49:58 AM

I said it before, and I'll say it again:

I think it's a weak argument to try and compare the chimp to Obama, but it still was a stupid idea to even put something out that could be construed that way. In general, for the next 4 years, at least, it's not a good idea to draw a monkey and equate it to the federal government

3/6/2009 11:48:55 AM

The n-word is their word, now they want the monkey to be their animal.

[Edited on March 6, 2009 at 12:44 PM. Reason : no racist]

3/6/2009 12:44:16 PM