Well, I was checking out the News Blog a couple minutes ago and the "Simple Sambo" picture is no more.
http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/...
I guess it was a Washington Post-owned picture that was "touched up" to get the blackface effect and said newspaper took exception to Steve Gilliard's use of their photo. As such, as of the last few hours or so, when you click on the above link, you will no longer have Simple Sambo greeting you.
I suppose that Gilliard's picture did go a bit beyond fair use. I wasn't really a fan of it, but in light of Mr. Gilliard's being black I had no problem with his using it. I also fully understand Tim Kaine's decision to pull his ad from the site because, really, there is no upside to being associated with a picture like that if you don't have to. Oh well, the uproar was fun while it lasted.