The working relationship between President Bush and Condoleezza Rice has elicited portrayals from prominent liberal cartoonists that have many readers upset and shocked.

        Look at how Pat Oliphant, cartoonist for the Washington Post, characterized Dr. Rice this past week:

        If you thought these representations of black people dissipated years ago, think again. And these racist attacks are coming from the left!

        Jeff Danziger is a cartoonist whose work appears through the New York Times Syndicate in hundreds of newspapers around the world. Back in October, Danziger recalled Butterfly McQueen from Gone With the Wind in this portrayal of Dr. Rice:

        And back in July, here is how Ted Rall, whose work is distributed by Universal Press Syndicate, derided Rice:

 

        Not to be outdone, radio personalities are also getting into the fray. As reported in the Associated Press, Wisconsin talk show host John Sylvester referred to Dr. Rice as "Aunt Jemima" and to departing Secretary of State Colin Powell as an "Uncle Tom." He eventually issued a lame "apology" in which he insisted Dr. Rice was simply a "black trophy" in the Bush administration.

        There was also an unconfirmed report that CNN announced the announcement of Rice's promotion under the graphic "Movin' On Up," a reference to the theme song from the 1970's city sitcom, The Jeffersons.

        Ugh.

        And, unfortunately, angry attacks against conservative blacks are nothing new. Many readers may be aware of the infamous comments USA Today columnist and author Julianne Malveaux made about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on PBS' To the Contrary in 1994:

"The man is on the Court. You know, I hope his wife feeds him lots of eggs and butter and he dies early like many black men do, of heart disease. Well, that’s how I feel. He is an absolutely reprehensible person."

(Watch the clip for yourself at the Media Research Center archives.)

 

        Is there a double standard in portrayals of liberal blacks versus those of conservative blacks?

 

TheMediaReport.com says ... Yes.