The Boondocks is Back, Huey Says "eh" to Pres. Barack Obama

Aaron McGruder isn't one to shy away from controversy, and Sunday's, May 2, episode of "The Boondocks" made that very clear. Season three started with a reporter going around Woodcrest asking how people felt about electing a black president, Barack Hussein Obama, and there were definitely some bandwagon riders along with the clueless. Did you fit into one of the categories or do you feel like the first episode was unfair to those who really were supportive of Obama?

Huey, who is about as pro-Black and antisocial as possible, surprised the field reporter interviewing him by saying he was "retired" from his alleged terrorism. The 10-year-old's response to then-Senator Barack Obama becoming a president was "eh." The reporter was surprised that Huey Freeman wouldn't be elated to have a black president, but with a photograph of Malcolm X behind him, viewers got the impression that Obama just wasn't militant enough for Huey's taste. "The Boondocks" also touched on Obama's separation from Reverend Jeremiah Wright in a more vulgar way (as the lovable "The Boondocks" anime always does), in addition to pointing out that Obama wasn't immediately going to withdraw the troops and would raise taxes for those making $250,000 or more.

Grandad, Huey's grandfather, was all aboard for having a black president but frustrated about his taxes being raised. Clearly knowing nothing about the president-elect's views, he just wanted to brag about his supposed ties to the Civil Rights Movement, although in three seasons, we've yet to see any proof that Grandad even knew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But let him tell it, he's the male version of Rosa Parks. As far as Obama, he just wanted to act like he helped get him elected by his own struggles.

Riley, Huey's younger brother who's eight years old, acts a fool as much as possible and finds every opportunity to use the n-word to describe Obama and talk about how he's never doing another bit of homework when we get a black president. Another bandwagon rider like Grandad, he doesn't know any of his political views but can't wait until Inauguration Day. Nobody even touches on the fact that the knucklehead is too young to vote, but Riley is also too young to do most of the things he manipulates his way into.

And here comes Uncle Ruckus, who I knew as soon as I saw him would be absolutely pissed about a black man as a president. Ruckus, who made sure to point out that First Lady Michelle Obama should be playing in the WNBA shooting foul shots and called Obama's family "monkeys," is the biggest Uncle Tom in the world. I think he's probably U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Republican chairman Michael Steele's role model, or vice versa.

Now while we have a militant little boy (Huey) who is not enthused about Obama and attacked by Black America for not being supportive of him, a senior citizen (Grandad aka Robert Freeman) who just wants to say he's responsible for Obama's success, a hardheaded boy (Riley) who wants to get away with slacking if we get a black president and a sellout who believes white people are the best thing since a computer, McGruder didn't stop there.

He came for rappers, too. Thugnificent, a rapper trying to get new fans and media attention, doesn't know squat about politics. But as soon as Obama runs for president, suddenly this guy is all over news programs and political discussions talking about how great Obama is. Only problem is he didn't take the time to research what Obama stands for, much like Grandad. But of course will.i.am is thrown into the mix with Thugnificent, and McGruder makes fun of will.i.am's "Yes we can" song for a "Dick Riding" remix. Tom, the preppy lawyer, and neighbor of the Freemans is another supporter who doesn't know much about Obama, other than being black, but his wife, Sarah, is about as googly-eyed over Obama as the Obama Girl who sang the "I Have a Crush on Obama" YouTube song during his campaign.

By the end of the episode, viewers could've been rubbed the wrong way because they realized they fit into this group of supporters who still didn't know a thing about Obama outside of him being biracial, or if you believe in the one-drop rule, black. (Considering Obama categorized himself as African-American on the 2010 Census, it makes sense to do the latter.) The second group were rubbed the wrong way because there was no happy medium--the people who voted for Obama because they actually researched his political, racial and social views. Then there's the third group who looked at this episode as McGruder telling it like it t.i.s. and laughing their butts off at how politically incorrect this anime episode was.

Aaron McGruder, Boondocks and Boondocks Season were trending topics on Sunday while the first episode aired, and some Twitter users were accusing McGruder of being "anti-black" and "anti-Obama," which coincidentally fed into the animated people who attacked Huey and Uncle Ruckus for not being thrilled with Pres. Obama. One girl tried to quote the show and spelled Obama's middle name as "whosane." That spelling alone should tell you how much she knew about our U.S. President.

I was 50/50 on this one. I definitely knew every single character in this episode, but I fit into the hidden category of the voter who did her research. However, I enjoy Uncle Ruckus' preposterous comments and the "Dick Riding" song made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. I really do wish McGruder would've picked on McCain and Palin, and I'm hoping that happens in next week's episode. But as far as this first episode of the third season, it's as lovably offensive as "The Boondocks" should be.