"I didn't make * look like a monkey. God made him look like a monkey"

[CatWoman]

:rofl:

My last question was, "A number of cartoonists have drawn President Bush with ape-like physical attributes, and this newspaper has printed a number of those cartoons. Why is it OK for Bush, but not for a candidate of color?"

Anderson: "A little girl once asked me why I made George Bush look like a monkey. I said, 'I didn't make him look like a monkey, God made him look like a monkey.' I can say that, with tongue in cheek, and I can draw him that way, because we don't have a pernicious, racist history of depicting rich, powerful white guys as monkeys. If we did, well, I'd have to reconsider."

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/COLUMNISTS10/802100428/1022

[shain from kane]

1. Yeah, but ... he is a monkey.

[TahitiNut]

2. It's insulting to primates of all species.

That shaped, animated pile of maggot feces is an embarassment to all lifeforms.

[peekaloo]

3. Portraying him as a monkey was a safe bet since papers wouldn't publish

a cartoon featuring a small puckered (unibrowed) asshole.

[Nitrogenica]

4. Maybe it's the monkeys that look like Bush.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

6. Doctor Zaius! n/t

[mntleo2]

5. Now THAT is Funny!

...and true, rich white men ...OMG I am laughing! :popcorn: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Cat In Seattle

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

7. This is actually one of the things I object to

If we are ever going to start to move past the racism in our history you would need to move to the point where we treat all races equal that includes in the world of satire..

[CatWoman]

8. well,

God didn't make Hillary or Obama look like a monkey.

I don't get your point :shrug:

[DadOf2LittleAngels]

9. Well its kind of moot with this

But lets say Obama did look a little more like a lower primate and an editorial cartoonist drew him that way.. You dont think a sh&# storm would result?

[CatWoman]

10. yes, I think so

but aren't we mixing apples and oranges here?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. So you're saying George Bush is a victim of racism?

Is that what you're trying to say?

[Ano Genitus]

17. It's quite clear what this man is saying.

One shouldn't represent a rich, white criminal as an ape, even if he looks like one, because it once was common to represent black people this way.

What's unclear is why this man is saying it, as there is no connection between the racism of the latter and the satire of the former.

[CatWoman]

18. oh, shoo away, before a house falls on you, too

:)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Well thanks, Ano.

Now you scared him off.

[DCKit]

11. All the time I've spent wondering why he appealed to the unevolved Republic masses...

and it all comes down to a strong family resemblance.

[Forkboy]

12. God gave him a monkey's face and a weasel's heart.

And probably a shrimp's dick, too. :)

:hi:

[CatWoman]

15. LOLOLOL!!!

:hi:

:loveya:

[Kurovski]

13. LOL!

:rofl: K&R #5

History, ah...history! :rofl: Sometimes it comes back to bite the bastards right square in the ass.

[devilgrrl]

16. What a stupid question that reporter asked.

Jesus! Do they jump to newspapers straight out of Jr. High?