Parting Shot — 2/19/09

19 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

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  JeanieSpokane on February 18 at 6:17 p.m.

  It is inappropriate! It’s tacky and really immature. That’s my not-so-humble opinion. I think it speaks ill of the cartoonist.

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  Bob on February 18 at 6:37 p.m.

  Racist as hell. Probably get posted on more than a few tavern mirrors in North Idaho before the week is out. Personally, I hope the wingnut cartoonist who drew this gets pistol whipped and interrogated by the US Secret Service.

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  Escapee on February 18 at 6:47 p.m.

  That was probably not a wise thing to do on the cartoonist’s part, but that cartoon also got past the eyes of the publisher, managing editor, assistant to the editor, proofreader, layout people and others in that newspaper’s food chain, and it’s quite phenomenal that someone at the paper didn’t notice this very obviously-politically-incorrect cartoon before today’s edition went to press.

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  thomg57 on February 18 at 6:49 p.m.

  In the New York Post? Ruoert Murdoch’s New York Post?

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  Joker on February 18 at 6:52 p.m.

  Yes Thom you are correct. Mr. Fox news himself owns the New York Post.

  This cartoon is shameful, ugly, and sad in this day in age. No excuses, the guy needs to be shown the door by security.

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  chatterbox on February 18 at 7:08 p.m.

  Rude, crude and socially unacceptable.

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  moscow_minidoka on February 19 at 7:25 a.m.

  New York Post publicity stunt. This was no accident - they knew exactly what they were doing. It’s didn’t “get by” anybody, because it was sanctioned.

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  Arch_Druid on February 19 at 8:00 a.m.

  You guys need to remember that Rupert Murdoch’s idea of “conservative” is pretty much over the line. That’s why Fox News Channel is often call Faux News. And I refer to it as the frothing opinion making. The more over the line the comments on a news channel, the better the audience. What you see on Fox News you can also expect to find on the New York Post. None of it is surprising. Since I do know that the New York Post has an online edition, you guys can make use of your search engines, head on over and personally voice your disapproval. Nothing wrong with that.

  CNN also discussed this at length. So, I figure I can put in my two cents worth here.

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  toadman on February 19 at 9:43 a.m.

  Poor timing, poor taste, poor judgment…and that’s looking at it in a positive non-cynical light. If I were a more cynical person, I’d say they had every intention of being racist. As it is, I’d like to think that someone’s latent racism was splattered on a cartoon for all to see. Very sad.

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  Whippersnapper on February 19 at 10:18 a.m.

  Toadman, in a later thread you agreed that Americans are afraid to discuss racism. Maybe this is the reason. A cartoon with a reference to two legitimate news item is decried coast-to-coast as racist. Sad.

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