[Egregious Philbin]

I believe the cartoonist is implying that Rice parrots Bush. Why is that racist?

[SierraWasp]

It's a take-off on "Yes Massa!"

[xzins]

A cartoon is both the words AND the art.

[x]

The oversize lips and big teeth are a standard racist cliche. Probably the idea of Rice as Bush's sycophant should have been played down, rather than played up, given all of the caricatures of African-Americans as docile and obsequious servants down through the years.

The question is, how many papers ran this cartoon. What kind of a reaction will they get from the readers, and how will they respond in turn? Knowing which papers run the cartoon may tell you something about what their editors are like.

[Exton1]

Because this would not happen if Pro. Rice was a Asx Kissing liberal. These type of cartoons did not show up under the ClintHong admin.