Al Sharpton Calls For The FCC to Investigate The New York Post

 Today Al Sharpton called for the FCC to investigate the New York Post because of the political cartoon that ran in the paper last week. You have probably heard about the cartoon by now but just in case you haven’t I will recap.

 Following the story of  “Travis”  the chimp, who mauled a woman and ate her face and was subsequently shot and killed by police, the New York Post ran a political cartoon that portrayed the police standing over the dead  “Travis” and the caption read “Who is going to right the new stimulus bill now?”

 This cartoon has been interpreted by people like Al Sharpton, either intentionally or not, as calling President Obama a monkey. That was not the intent of the cartoon. The intent of the cartoon was to make fun of this ridiculous stimulus package that everyone knows is not a stimulus package but a trillion dollar welfare check.

 The cartoon was not comparing Obama to a chimp, but somehow intent no longer matters. I will be the first to say that this cartoon was probably a bad idea from the get go. It is surprising that nobody at the Post stopped this cartoon from being published as this misinterpretation was a guarantee.

 But there is another problem here, a greater problem. And that problem is the way people are projected who do not agree with Barack Obama’s policies. We are seeing people criminalized and investigated who hold opposing views to Obama. They are trying to silence debate by intimidating their opposition through accusations of racism. This is a feeble and weak-minded approach used by those on the left who are unwilling to debate.

  Last week a man was investigated by the secret service for displaying an anti-Obama sign on his car, and yesterday we had Al Sharpton demanding an investigation into a newspaper that ran a cartoon that he didn’t agree with. But this has been going on since the campaign was in full swing.

 I have written stories about a Missouri sheriff who was investigated for using Obama’s middle name, the truth squads sent out to threaten television stations who ran anti-Obama commercials, and an anti-Obama writer who was detained in Kenya before he could hold a press conference. And the list continues.

 There is a track record here in regards to speaking out against Obama. In today’s America we are not allowed to oppose Obama because of his policies, we are automatically called racists. When word came down that three Republican governors were going to refuse the stimulus money Rep. James Clyburn basically said that this was racially motivated. He called it a “slap in the face to African-Americans.”

  A person being in opposition to the stimulus bill can only hold that position  for one reason according to Cluburn, because the opponents are racist. It couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that we think that either printing money or borrowing money during a recession is an incredibly stupid thing to do. No, there has to be more to it than that.

 This seems to be a theme that we who oppose Obama are going to have to contend with over the next 4-8 years so we are just going to have to get used to it. Once we were told that opposing an administration (any administration)  was patriotic (right Hillary?) now we are being told that opposing this administration is racist. We will be under attack for having the audacity (of hope) to debate and criticize the policies of this president. Instead of debating the merits of our arguments they will call us names and have us investigated.

 It is really a small minded argument by the left to throw the claim of claim racism out there because we choose to engage in one of the oldest and most  time honored traditions in this country; debating politics and government. Instead of debating our positions they would rather attack us on a personal level. I am okay with that, it was to be expected. Some day the left will move beyond race and we will be able to have an honest discussion about all of the political issues without there being a disclaimer. Until then we will just have to keep fighting and put up with their baseless attacks.

  But it does do a disservice to two of the greatest Americans, and Republicans, that this country has ever known; Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King.