Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Racism from the Left?

Cartoons Portraying Condoleeza Rice in a Racist manner?

The first cartoon, posted on Jeff Danzinger's web site then pulled, was not published in a newspaper. The Wall Street Journal's online opinion page states :

"The cartoon has since been removed from both Mr. Danziger's Web site and that of the New York Times Syndicate, which distributes it. But racist or not, the illustration is certainly revealing. For liberals, Condi Rice's real crime is bucking Democratic orthodoxy and working for a conservative president. This makes her fair game for race-based attacks even when the issue at hand has absolutely nothing to do with race. She is a black woman who, in Mr. Danziger's view, has wandered off the liberal plantation. And this is his way of putting Ms. Rice and other black conservatives in their place."

The second cartoon posted by Pat Oliphant, can still be viewed on today's issue of the Washington Post by clicking on the link, then clicking on Cartoonist Oliphant's name. To view all 3 cartoons this link will take you there.....