The New York Post released a cartoon of a dead chimpanzee, shot by two policemen symbolizing that a monkey wrote the stimulus bill.

In the cartoon a monkey lay dead with two bullet holes in his chest. "They'll have to find someone else to write the next Stimulus Bill," said the caption.

The cartoon represented two recent news stories, the Stimulus Bill and the shooting of a chimpanzee who attacked a women in Connecticut. Tying them together, author Sean Delonas, used the dead chimpanzee to represent the authors of the Stimulus Bill.

Reverend Al Sharpton, had a different view of the meaning of this cartoon. "The cartoon in today's New York Post is troubling at best given the historic racist attacks of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys," said Sharpton.

In reply to Sharpton, "The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington's efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist," The New York Post replies.