What you say is absolutely true....
But she is not fair game to be personally attacked and insulted by a racist presentation such as this cartoon....and if you argue that what you see in this cartoon has no trace of racism you truly are our of touch with reality.
"and if you argue that what you see in this cartoon has no trace of racism you truly are our of touch with reality."
Not sure I see the racism. I see a charicature that emphasizes her hair style and I see her 'parroting' of the party line being parodied. Not sure what the racism is?
And no, I'm not out of touch with reality. I just know that I don't have the right to not be offended and neither do you.
That said, I hope Ms. Rice does a fine job. My only hesitation with her is the sad fact that, as a woman, she'll have difficulty getting respect from the less-enlightened, male-dominated societies in other gov'ts that she'll have to deal with (Iran, N. Korea, China, etc.). If you deny that, then you are out of touch with reality.