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Monkey Business

This cartoon has Al Sharpton and others in the race industry all aflutter, saying the chimp is a thinly guised reference to Barack Obama. The caption reads “Now they will have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.”. Is this racist? A question or two will help resolve this.

Mr. Sharpton, who wrote the stimulus bill?

Answer: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and a VERY WHITE Congress – NOT Barack Obama.

Mr Sharpton, who remembers the “Monkey” reference to blacks any more?

Answer: Since the last time someone got in trouble for the monkey reference was Howard Cosell in the early eighties, not many… well, except for the fact that YOU have once again reminded us of the reference.

This pseudo-controversy could have been avoided if the cartoonist would have been a bit more concise and indicated that the chimp indeed represented Congress, but I guess the cartoon guy though the reference would be obvious.

Now, on to the harder task of mollifying the animal rights guys, who are up in arms that the cartoonist would dare compare chimpanzees to Congress!

PS. Curious. If the previous cartoon is considered racist, is this racists too???