ah, hadn't thought about lips. But her teeth... um... it's what *I*
notice about her...

Dana


On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:36:52 -0800, William Bowen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Since Danziger took it off his site, here is an archive.
> > http://mhking.mu.nu/archives/049887.php
> 
> > Pat Oliphant
> > http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/uclickcomics/cx_po_uc/latest
> 
> Well sir, I can surely see why one would and should take offense. I did.
> 
> Interesting that the message of the first cartoon (Danziger's) - that
> Rice has changed her story about the Aluminum tubes - could easily
> have been portrayed without the Gone with the Wind, or Color Purple
> references. (the line is paraphrased from "Gone" but the pose is all
> Whoopi in "Purple")
> 
> I think without the obvious racial stereotyping in the Oliphant
> cartoon (the exaggerated lips and teeth), he could have made the point
> that Rice is Bush's parrot in a less...umm...offensive way, too.
> 
> Unfortunate that both had to resort to these representations. They
> both are capable of better.
> 
> --
> --
> 
> will
> 
> "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true;
> and that would just be unacceptable."
> - Carrie Fisher
> 
> 

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