http://www.cnn.com/.... bojorquez.obama.tshirt.controversy.wsb

this has nothing to do with today's strip, although at first glance there is some cursory parallels with the fact that i drew a president talking. it's not my point.

i just thought this was interesting. this guy is selling kind of a lame t-shirt that says "obama in '08" and has a picture of curious george on it; i guess the point being that obama resembles curious george. people are picketing and calling it racist. i would be inclined to agree, except that bush's looks have been compared to a monkey many, many, many times and no one batted an eye.

i guess the thing that worries me is that, by being totally fine with saying bush, a white guy, looks like a monkey, and getting terrified and up in arms when we say obama, a black guy, looks like a monkey, what we're really saying is that obama actually looks uncomfortably similar to a monkey because he is black. which is actually racist.

example: two guys calling each other "retarded," but they get all pious when a third guy shows up who has facial tics that lead them to believe he is actually handicapped. even if the guy isn't. this implies that the two guys really think this guy is retarded due to their sudden increased sympathy.

i don't think obama or bush looks like a monkey. i thought it was a dumb shirt. maybe the guy is racist, maybe not, but now he's sold a zillion shirts when he shouldn't have. guh.