Cartoon Controversy

This cartoon is a simple political satire cartoon often seen by Americans everyday. After studying this cartoon, I feel there are three possible meanings for it.

1. Obama is as dumb as a monkey.

2. The plan is so poorly written and stupid that even a monkey can do it.

3. All politicians are just a bunch of foolish elites (or monkeys), and the plan proves it.

With the major news stories of chimps attacking people in the last few days, the cartoon creators intertwined that story with the stimulus plan to create this. It is kind of a two for one in terms of speaking their mind. The police were taking down a violent monkey and in the process realized they killed the likes of the stimulus creators. THAT is what this cartoon is about.

I do not think this cartoon says Obama is a monkey. Nor do I think racism plays ANY part of it. In this day and age, political correctness is all too common and people get offended at almost anything. Often, they do not even think about it before getting outraged. I think the better explanations are the second two interpretations I offered. The stimulus bill is a waste and is very poorly written. I think the creators of this cartoon are anti-stimulus. The crazy and corrupt lives of most politicians are represented as an unintelligent creature such as this monkey.