Editorial cartoon racially charged

The Daily Herald editorial page cartoon on Sunday was poorly chosen.

The left half of the cartoon shows John McCain with a 2000 button as if he were a better choice then.

The right half of the cartoon shows Barack Obama with a 2020 button as if he should wait.

I see two interpretations of that. One is the question of experience. The other is, as bigots claim, "America is not ready for a black president." And many bigots disguise the second interpretation as the first.

The Herald owes its readers an apology and a reexamination of its editorial page review policy.

This form of soft racism is insidious. It gives comfort to the enemies of freedom and equality and has no place in a general circulation newspaper.

Mark Muehlhausen

Schaumburg