I DON'T GET IT...

Obama-as-chimp cartoon blasted (Jennifer Harper, February 19, 2009, Washington Times)

The cartoon wars have erupted again.

A cartoon in the New York Post on Wednesday ties together two current news items, the economic stimulus bill and the police shooting earlier this week of a rampaging chimpanzee in Connecticut.

This time, the war centers around the New York Post, which ran an editorial cartoon Wednesday casting President Obama as the infamous pet chimpanzee shot dead by police earlier this week after the ape went on a rampage. The cartoon shows a bloodied chimp, two cops, a smoking gun and the caption, "Now they'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

New York Gov. David A. Paterson and others are not amused.

"It's important for the Post to explain what the cartoon intended to portray. Obviously, some associations have been made; they do feed a negative, stereotypical image," Mr. Paterson said.

...is the monkey blind?

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 18, 2009 10:39 PM