"Absolutely Friggin' Ridiculous"

Sean Delonas is in the middle of a brewing controversy over his cartoon( see left) which was published in today's New York Post.   

The Cartoon is referring to the incident this week in Stamford, CT where the TV star chimp was shot by the police, after attacking the owners friend.  However,  many have suggested that the cartoon also ties to President Obama by comparing him to a deranged chimp being shot by the police.  

Rev. Al Sharpton has commented to the Associated Press that the cartoon is "troubling at best."  Also stating that Obama is the nation's first black President and throughout history African Americans have been depicted as monkeys.  He also asked "Being that the stimulus bill has been the first legislative victory of President Barack Obama and has become synonymous with him, it is not a reach to wonder are they inferring that a monkey wrote the last bill?"

Needless to say the cartoon is causing quite some controversy.  However the New York Post is standing by both Delonas and the cartoon.  Delonas also states "Do you really think I'm saying Obama should be shot? I didn't see that in the cartoon. It's about the economic stimulus bill. If you're going to make that about anybody, it would be [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi, which it's not."-boston globe

I try to take people for their word and although Delonas has said the allegations are "absolutely friggin' ridiculous."  I tend to think that the reference to the stimulus bill and the police shooting the monkey, which has always had racial connotations, does in fact tie to President Obama.  It would be one thing for him to defend his cartoon and say he was not meaning to be racist, but for him to say the cartoon did not have anything to do with Obama, after he has championed the stimulus bill is asking a lot.