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To: one_less who wrote (51518)	7/20/2004 4:51:20 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Group Protests 'Racist' Cartoon Attacking Rice By Bobby Eberle July 20, 2004 WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Project 21, the National Leadership Network of Conservative African-Americans, has asked the civil rights community to join them in demanding that cartoonist Ted Rall be dropped from the distribution roster of Universal Press Syndicate. Rall has repeatedly come under fire by groups and individuals who cite insensitive political messages contained in his cartoons. The particular cartoon addressed by Project 21 ran in papers earlier this month and was titled "After Bush Returns Our Sovereignty: The Trials. After The Trials.... Appropriate Punishments for Deposed Bushists." The cartoon panel devoted to National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice was captioned, "sent to inner-city racial re-education camp." The panel portrayed Dr. Rice as saying, "I was Bush's Beard! His house #####! His...." Another figure in the panel wears a T-shirt with the inscription "You're not White, Stupid" and demands of Rice, "Now hand over your hair straightener." Project 21 National Advisory Council member Michael King asked, "Is it OK for Ted Rall to use such vile language because he's using it against a black conservative? I'm beside myself with anger over this comic." Project 21 also called upon the NAACP, the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to step forward and demand that Rall be dropped from syndication based on these organization's past calls for the removal of ESPN "Sunday NFL Countdown" panel member Rush Limbaugh. At the time, Limbaugh criticized the performance of Philadelphia Eagle's quarterback Donovan McNabb and added, "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well." Following demands by NAACP President and CEO Kweisi Mfume and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition President Jesse Jackson, Limbaugh resigned from ESPN. "From radical poet Amiri Baraka to singer Harry Belafonte and now cartoonist Ted Rall, too many people feel they have free rein to insult the dignity of Condoleezza Rice and have no problem injecting race into that abuse," King said. King continued, "It's time for the civil rights establishment to stop allowing this assault on an accomplished black woman or they put their credibility at risk." The cartoon also contained panels on Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and political commentator and talk show host Rush Limbaugh. None of the other panels contained race-based comments, although the Cheney panel did contain a sexual innuendo. The cartoon can be seen at uComics.com (web site). Ted Rall may be best remembered for a May 3, 2004 strip (web site) that ridiculed NFL football player Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan. Tillman had given up a lucrative NFL contract to serve his country by enlisting in the U.S. Army. He was killed by friendly fire in the spring of 2004 and had been honored as a hero. Ted Rall cartoons are carried by many newspapers including the Washington Post. The New York Times did remove his work from their editorial pages in March of 2004.

To: one_less who wrote (51518)	7/20/2004 6:12:12 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

Why don't you want Nader on the Ballet? I KNOW he can't do THAT! CC

To: one_less who wrote (51518)	7/20/2004 6:15:26 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Nader can prevent the outsting of this CABAL of liars, cheats, and Christian Crusaders that have put the entire world in a much more tenuous spot regarding terrorism and stability.... like you didn't know.... the place for Nader is not for this election....he had his shot.....as for him qualifying ON HIS OWN without the RIGHT WING only putting him on for their own anti democratic reasons (SEE FLORIDA 2000 APPENDIX), that's despicable and totally understandable knowing the underhanded lengths they will go to to win.... CC