If it speaks for itself, then there'd be no controversy. It's already been pointed out multiple times that Obama's mother is white, not black. Republicans are not ignorant of this fact. As such, the fact that an ape was used in the photo--rather than a picture of his mother--serves as evidence that its creator sought to illustrate the fact that Obama is a moron (as liberal caricatures did with Bush), and not simply label him as a black person in a malicious fashion.
