President Obama is black and lucky?

The Financial Times columnist Niall Ferguson wrote a column in the publication comparing President Obama to Felix the Cat. 

He wrote “President Barack Obama reminds me of Felix the Cat. One of the best-loved cartoon characters of the 1920s, Felix was not only black. He was also very, very lucky. And that pretty much sums up the 44th president of the US as he takes a well-earned summer break after just over six months in the world’s biggest and toughest job.”

Earlier this year, the New York Post created a little controversy when they ran an editorial cartoon that compared President Obama to a chimpanzee. 

I don’t know if it’s something in the water, but why do some people have a habit of comparing President Obama to animals?????