Sharpton blasts Post cartoon linking stimulus bill to chimp (but OK if it was President Bush)

cnn ^ | 2/19/2009 | cnn

[tobyhill]

A New York Post cartoon Wednesday drew fire from civil rights activist Al Sharpton and others who say the drawing invokes historically racist images in suggesting an ape wrote President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package.

The artist, Sean Delonas, called Sharpton's reaction "ridiculous," and the newspaper defended its decision to run his cartoon. But other African-American leaders joined Sharpton, who has been the butt of previous Delonas panels, in attacking what they called the cartoon's racial overtones.

"Sean Delonas' cartoon in today's New York Post is insensitive and offensive," National Urban League President Marc Morial said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon. "Comparing President Obama and his effort to revive the economy in a manner that depicts violence and racist inferences is unacceptable."

The cartoon showed two police officers standing over the body of a chimpanzee they just shot, a reference to this week's mauling of a Connecticut woman by a pet chimp, which police killed after the attack. In the cartoon, one of the officers tells the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

[King Moonracer]

I think Sharpton was afraid that the chimp was actually a teenage girl, covered in dog poop, pretending to have been raped by white cops. He’s got some imagination, I tell ya.

[R_Kangel]

Someone should clue Sharpton in and let him know that Obama didn’t write the bill.

[xcamel]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=chimp

[Squantos]

Al who ?

Surely he was notified that his race card expired on Nov 4th 2008 !

[cripplecreek]

Chimpus Kahn was OK though.

[GinaLolaB]

(but OK if it was President Bush)

That is the first thing I thought when I read the story. The libtards always called Bush "chimpy."

[mylife]

It’s only been a month and I already miss “Chimpy” as the Dems affectionately called President Bush

[LiberConservative]

Hypocritical double standards are the trademark of the leftists/liberals/progressives.

[tobyhill]

Even though I find the cartoon pretty dumb, the cartoon would have been praised by the MSM and the rest of the Libs had it depicted President Bush as the ape. They would have told us to lighten up, “it's free speech”.

[upchuck]

Dear Al, Marc and other assorted race baiters,

You are showing your ignorance in insinuating that nobama wrote the stimulus bill.

Love & kisses,

upchuck

[Psycho_Bunny]

Go to hell, Al.

[guido911]

Where was this douchebag with Obama’s “Lipstick on a pig” comment?

[WakeUpAndVote]

He’s black but, not authentic like me.

-Al S.

[tobyhill]

I forgot about that one. It's always ok when the Libtards say it or draw it but they sure do yell when it's about them.

[Redgirl]

Nothing much was said when Condi was the subject. You have to qualify as a “magic negro”.

After eight years of monkey cartoons, assasination movies, etc., no jokes should be off limits for Presidents. Don't they know they're stifling creativity?!

[mylife]

The fools at DU have their panties in a twist over this! L0L

They called GWB Chimpy at every opportunity L0L. These people at bat guano insane!

[Post Toasties]

What's Sharpton so offended about, since he probably has called George W. Bush 'Chimpy' on several occasions? Hasn't he ever heard the old saw that with enough chimps, one would eventually come up with Shakespeare?

Well, one chimp could've written the Leftist Porkulus package on the first try. It's that stupid. Sorry, Nine Percent Peloser.

[pointsal]

For heaven’s sake....what’s wrong with this cartoon?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Thanks for posting that chuck! I hadn’t seen it. Now all my friends will.