Obama Shines Palin’s Shoes: Warning Extremely Offensive

I AM offended and saddened by this cartoon. I wonder how you, as the originator of the cartoon, or at least, it's distributor, FEEL about yourself - that you have to put down a highly accomplished and admirable black man? I wonder why you and other conservatives have to constantly resort to juvenile school yard bullying tactics?

How did your ego get so low?

Yes, I AM offended. I would like to know how you, the originator (?) of this cartoon, or at least the dissiminator of it, feel like, as a racist and a school yard bully?

Is your ego so tiny that you have to make yourself feel superior by putting down a highly accomplished and admirable black man? Who beat you up that you have to bully others? It is very sad.

I am the photographer who took the original capture. The photograph presented here is an unauthorized plagiarism. I resent anyone using my copyrighted photographs without my consent in the first place and even more so bringing an undeserved infamy to my name by altering them and using with ill intend. I am an Australian photographer and American politics are as far away from my mind as are our countries. Is this racism? I am not sure, but it is THEFT and DEFAMATION for sure.
Please see my post from some time ago on the subject:
original story and photograph
Regards,

Ted Szukalski
PS: Just for clarity I have not granted any media or news agency any publishing or distribution rights to this image or any images derived from it (legally or otherwise) this includes this web site.