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The 2009 ”What The HELL Were They Thinking?” Award Goes to…

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2009

The New York Post. Because it’s inconceivable that anybody’s going to top this one (and yes, “inconceivable” does mean what I think it means).

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Where do you even start? As racist as it is, and it’s plenty racist, this political cartoon doesn’t even begin to make any sense.My first thought when I saw this was, Does the New York Post have no editors? Nobody whose job it is to say Whoa, this is probably not a good idea?

But it turns out the Post continues to believe no mistake was made. Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said, “The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.”

Well, of course he is. But like the broken clock that’s correct twice a day, Sharpton’s absolutely right this time.

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Oprah

Cidu Bill on Jan 12th 2008

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“Because, son, Oprah doesn’t have an obligation to support every self-important buffoon just because he happens to be black”?

Or he can just sit there thinking “Curtis just asked me a question so clever and insightful that I just have to sit here stunned at his brilliance”

Or maybe I’m missing something here, but I seriously don’t think I am.

Filed in Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Curtis, Jesse Jackson, Oprah Winfrey, comic strips, comics, humor, politics, race | 7 responses so far