I feel like people are actively looking for racism these days or something. I look at the cartoon, I see the author comparing the president (or maybe even like Janszoon said, Washington in general) to a monkey. My first assumption is "He must think that the president is stupid." What do others think when they see this cartoon? "He's comparing the president to a monkey, he must think that black people are as dumb as an ape. Racist!" If the same exact cartoon would of came out while Bush was in office, but the stimulus thing replaced with a different issue, I bet nobody would really be offended and would just think "He thinks the president is stupid."
I don't see how its worth all of the media attention though. To me, it just looks like a crappy cartoon.
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