In the strip appearing Monday, Dr. Rice is shown composing a letter with the caption:

"From Condoleezza Rice to her critics:

"Thanks for showing your true colors when you questioned my ability in terms employed by sad bigots who think I should show more 'humility.'

"I'm amazed at the big double standard. Why are liberals so often allowed a pass when they toss around language that would make Bull Connor proud?"

Last year, two cartoonists whose strips ran in the Washington Post and the New York Times used anti-black stereotypes to criticize Rice for allegedly parroting Bush policies.

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