What's your opinion on this cartoon?

[proud2BlibKansan]

The local radio stations and blogs (largely right wing, of course) are up in arms and one even asked the cartoonist to apologize for implying Republicans are racist. I thought it was pretty funny and the outrage has kind of surprised me.

So what does DU think?

[blonndee]

1. I think it's spot on.

[TahitiNut]

17. Yup. The foo shits and reich-wingers fall all over themselves to wear it.

:shrug: The reaction proves it hit a nerve.

[GreenPartyVoter]

31. I think so too

[asdjrocky]

2. Funny-

I wonder how many have seen the buttons, or the monkey. What crap.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I thought about those too.

[Taverner]

3. Yup

This, in their heart of hearts, is what Republicans are hoping for.

[uppityperson]

5. I think it is true for a number of people.

But I have been surprised at a repub acquaintance who is really upset over making skin color an issue, and at a dem acquaintance who won't vote for Obama because of his skin color.

The cartoon is true for a number of people, and find it funny to put it out in the open like that.

[anigbrowl]

6. Same people who say Muslims don't like freedom of speech /nt

[tridim]

7. Every Republican I know is a covert racist at best.

They're upset because it's the truth, and the truth hurts.

[TomInTib]

8. Wow. The KC Star ran this in print?

Goodness.

[proud2BlibKansan]

22. This cartoonist is pretty far left

And the red state hellers really hate him. LOL

[On the Road]

9. I Sort of Understand the Criticism

even though all it's saying is that Republicans are hoping for anything that would cause Obama to lose. It would be equivalent to saying that Democrats are hoping that American is prejudiced against the elderly.

[Vincardog]

23. OK I'll take a shot at that, I am prejudiced against fossilized bigots.

IT helps if they are warmongers and flip flopping fools.

[jimshoes]

10. Sometimes the truth stings a bit

They like to keep that hidden for the most part but it's alive and well amongst most of the piggies.

[graywarrior]

11. In the words of Jack Nicholson, they "can't handle the truth!"

[chknltl]

12. The feet look funny.

Everyone knows that a pair of bugs feet cannot possibly support the weight of all that corporate greed, all that hypocrisy and all those hateful harmful bigoted fears!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. Oh, yeah

I've been saying that we're going to see things happen in this campaign that we'd never imagine happening in today's America.

The racism is almost so subtle, it's sometimes hard to detect. But it's there. Oh, boy, is it ever there! And we'll be seeing all of it.

I've heard a number of people say they could never vote for a black man. When I point out that he's also half-white, which, by their reasoning, also makes him a white man, they sniffle, curl a lip, and blather something unintelligible.

Racism, ever so insidious, is going to permeate this election. And maybe we'll all learn something about each other because of it.

It's a dead right on cartoon. Thank you for this.

[jody]

14. Political cartoons generally offend either Dems or Repugs. Isn't that their purpose? n/t

[Mojambo]

15. It's fine. It's not really saying they are racist, just that they hope to benefit from racism.

Which is completely true.

[nomorenomore08]

20. Good point. I don't see the need for so much defensiveness, but then again, I do.

I don't think that Republicans/conservatives are universally bigoted people, any more than Democrats/liberals are completely free of prejudice. But those who aren't truly hateful need to face up to the fact that their party has exploited racism in almost every possible way. So the cartoon is true, insofar as the GOP establishment of 2008 is relying desperately on fear and ignorance, knowing that they've run a historically weak candidate.

[asjr]

16. Is that elephant dressed in judicial robes?

[Terran]

18. Not all repubs are racist

but it's the Party of Racism, institutionally. Ergo...

[blonndee]

19. ...but most racists are republican.

:)

[applegrove]

21. Called the Southern strategy. Been used since th e1960s. Nothing new to see here.

[leftofthedial]

24. pretty much exactly sums up the repuke strategy.

[Greyhound]

25. Freakishly accurate? n/t

[riverdeep]

26. Hilarious.

But then, hilarity often depends on whose ox is getting gored. But let's be honest, you're not going see too many non-white faces at the Republican convention.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

27. It's right on the money.

:hi: :)

[Monk06]

28. Has Rush 'Magic Negroe' Limbaugh issued a fatwa yet?

[blue sky at night]

29. oh...I dunno....

but almost all the pukes I know are racist. I have a cousin who comes to mind, he quotes Ben Franklin, "god helps those who help themselves" as a way to ignore problems in the black community. The "outrage" is laughable.

[Forkboy]

30. The truth is often a painful thing to those who are targeted by it.

On the plus side, and I'm being mega optimistic here, maybe there are a handful of Repubs who are genuinely upset at this because they aren't that way.

In which case they should register Democrat toot sweet. :)