Al Sharpton Rips Racist New York Post Cartoon on Keith Olbermann's Countdown

[Turborama]

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Reverend Al Sharpton comments on a New York Post political cartoon linking President Obama and a chimpanzee on "Countdown".

In the cartoon, two cops shoot a chimpanzee dead, and one of the cops says to the other, "They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."

The cartoon contains a reference to a story in which Connecticut police had to shoot a pet chimpanzee dead because it was attacking a human being. The cartoon also refers to the economic stimulus bill, recently signed by President Barack Obama.

The New York Post has "a real deep seeded disregard for people's feelings," said Sharpton to Keith Olbermann. "The shooting of the chimpanzee had nothing to do with the stimulus bill."

February 18, 2009.




(edited to fix typo)

[Captain Hilts]

1. It doesn't help to inject Rev. Al into the issue. nt

[Turborama]

2. I agree with everything Al Sharpton had to say on this. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

3. I probably do too. But...

it doesn't help to inject Rev. Al into this.

And how Al became a black 'leader' and the fact that the media thinks black Americans - like female Americans need a 'leader' is insulting. Especially when it is a race baiter like Sharpton.

[Bette Noir]

5. Me, too. Probably the first time I've ever agreed with him.

And, as he told Keith, getting media attention is his job.

[Number23]

4. I NEVER thought I'd say this...

But you GO, Al Sharpton!! Wooo wee! He just broke it down and knocked my socks off at the same time.

Happy to rec!

[HowHasItComeToThis]

6. DEPORT MURDOCK, A SLIME OF THE LOWEST ORDER

[cboy4]

7. Hmmm. Well, considering President Obama is black,

the cartoon is not appropriate and should not have been published for obvious reasons.

No question about it, for a number of reasons -- not the least of which is because there's the whole BART train shooting of an unarmed black passenger in Oakland (by a white cop), still very much in the news.

However, let's be honest and think about this objectively ... let's examine the cartoon for a second without taking race into account.

Political artists almost always tie the issue they've been assigned to cartoon .. this time: (stimulus bill controversy), into a recent news event.

Think about comedians like Letterman -- they try to tie a news event to celebrities and issues. People get it, because it's a fresh on their mind.

The Republicans, with the exception of only three politicians in all of the house and senate, voted NO on the stimulus package. They voted "yes" It was a huge nightmare for weeks and weeks.

So that was the idea. Associating the stimulus fiasco with "shooting" it down by the overwhelming number of Republicans.... It just so happens cops had to shoot down a chimp recently.

Perfect! But it wasn't perfect, considering black people are stereotypically associated with apes by a lot of racists and bigots.

Never-the-less, the cartoonist decided to use the chimp as the object of the shooting.

Keep in mind, theoretically, the artist could have drawn a GOP elephant standing next to the smoldering remains of that plane wreckage in suburban Buffalo and said the same thing -- but Jesus ... can you imagine how that would have played out?!?

Ape standing next to the rubble saying, "they'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill." :wtf:

Instead, the artist chose the current event that killed nobody as opposed to 150.

Again, I don't think the cartoon below should have been published because it can easily be, and has been, interpreted as racist.

However I think the cartoon is clever and creative on its own. I do.

LONG ass explanation I know, but I wanted to make sure everyone understood my position perfectly:

Clever, creative cartoon....Bad idea to have published it.

And by the way .. disappear Al Sharpton. I'm really sick of everything being racist.

[Turborama]

8. With all due respect, there's nothing 'clever' about it, it doesn't actually make sense

unless it's comprehended in a racist way. Even then it doesn't really make sense, either.