Politics: Red-Faced

The Wisconsin Republican party has withdrawn a cartoon that portrayed a deal the state made with an Indian tribe as "scalping" taxpayers.

The state Republican Party dropped a cartoon from its Web site that claimed taxpayers were "scalped" by the governor's new gaming compact with an Indian tribe after complaints it was racist and derogatory.

The cartoon depicted a tomahawk flying through the air at a Wisconsin taxpayer. The voiceover said: "As taxpayers, we got scalped."

"We do not consider the cartoon to be offensive; it certainly wasn't our intent," Republican Party spokesman Chris Lato said.

Idiots.