NY Post Comic: Tasteless?

[Bonds_25]

http://www.nypost.com/delonas/delonas.htm

Take a look and judge for yourself. I doubt the comic was directly referring to Obama but you still have to have the judgment to know people are going to make that assumption.

If it was directed at Obama, then wow.

[RedGoneWILD]

wow...that's impressive

even better was when i clicked the link, i got one of those pop up ads saying "Should Obama pull the troops from Iraq"...LOL

[aw00d05]

Wait the NY Post wrote this? It's a miracle! They usually just kiss *** to Dems, but about the photo, that's in terrible taste...

[Bonds_25]

Wait the NY Post wrote this? It's a miracle! They usually just kiss *** to Dems, but about the photo, that's in terrible taste...

Sean Delonas is the comic who drew it. I'm assuming his comics are routinely in the NY Post.

[OnePimpTiger]

I don't think that was referring to Obama. First, he doesn't write bills, that's up to Congress. Beyond that, I've heard many times things referred to as written by a bunch of monkeys...and the theory (don't think that's the right word) that given enough time, monkeys with typewriters would end up producing Shakespeare (or something like that). I took it to mean that Conress is a bunch of monkeys, referring to their intelligence level, nothing racial.

I can see how it could be misconstrued, but I don't think it was intended that way and anyone who knows how bills are written wouldn't think it was referring to Obama. Maybe they should have realized that not all people are that intelligent and may take it the wrong way, but I don't really think it was in bad taste.

[OnePimpTiger]

Wait the NY Post wrote this? It's a miracle! They usually just kiss *** to Dems, but about the photo, that's in terrible taste...

The NY Times is the completely left rag, I think the Post is either moderate or perhaps even conservative

[Bonds_25]

I don't think that was referring to Obama. First, he doesn't write bills, that's up to Congress. Beyond that, I've heard many times things referred to as written by a bunch of monkeys...and the theory (don't think that's the right word) that given enough time, monkeys with typewriters would end up producing Shakespeare (or something like that). I took it to mean that Conress is a bunch of monkeys, referring to their intelligence level, nothing racial.

I can see how it could be misconstrued, but I don't think it was intended that way and anyone who knows how bills are written wouldn't think it was referring to Obama. Maybe they should have realized that not all people are that intelligent and may take it the wrong way, but I don't really think it was in bad taste.

I know Congress writes bills, but you can't discount the fact that Obama is seemingly the "face" of this bill or at least pushing for it to be passed. Granted the comic does call for shooting the person who wrote it.

It should be a group of monkeys though, not a single monkey.

[OnePimpTiger]

I know Congress writes bills, but you can't discount the fact that Obama is seemingly the "face" of this bill or at least pushing for it to be passed. Granted the comic does call for shooting the person who wrote it.

It should be a group of monkeys though, not a single monkey.

Yeah I see what you mean. There are definitely some aspects that seem questionable, like they should've thought better of it.

[EdgarM_11]

Umm... if this is about Obama, this is beyond bad taste. Its one thing to mock policies, ideas, or exaggerate facial features. Its another to compare our president to a dead, bullet-riddled monkey. Regardless of the side of the aisle.

I'm HOPING the author was TRYING to say that any "monkey" could come up with this bill, and its a bad idea. If that's what he was trying to get across, he did so poorly, and in a really stupid fashion.

[aw00d05]

I don't think that was referring to Obama. First, he doesn't write bills, that's up to Congress. Beyond that, I've heard many times things referred to as written by a bunch of monkeys...and the theory (don't think that's the right word) that given enough time, monkeys with typewriters would end up producing Shakespeare (or something like that). I took it to mean that Conress is a bunch of monkeys, referring to their intelligence level, nothing racial.

I can see how it could be misconstrued, but I don't think it was intended that way and anyone who knows how bills are written wouldn't think it was referring to Obama. Maybe they should have realized that not all people are that intelligent and may take it the wrong way, but I don't really think it was in bad taste.

I can see your point, but it just looks too shaky to not say it COULD be racist. But I can see your point.