Pro-Obama
"Obama's New Shoes" by Christo Komarnitski
- Christo Komarnitski is portraying that most of the U.S. current issues or not Obama's fault because they were passed on by George Bush's old presidency. This would more than likely offend George Bush supporters and even Republicans because they would disagree that America's current issues were not initiated by George Bush. Most Democrats would agree with this cartoon because they argue that in fact these issues did begin during George Bush's presidency.
- Obama's teeth are caricatured in this cartoon. They give him a donkey-like appearance and his facial features express his concern and confusion with what George Bush has left behind for him to fix.
- The cartoonist uses the shoes as a symbol of economy and wars. The shoes are ripped and destroyed and they were left behind for Obama to fix. George Bush tells Obama to "just shine them" but it is clear that simply shinning them will not fix the issues.
- Once again, this cartoon supports Democratic beliefs that the issues Obama is dealing with were created by George Bush's presidency.
Anti-Obama
"Obama Hood" by Fred Harper
- This cartoon is comparing Obama to the famous story of Robin Hood where he steals from the rich and gives it to the poor. Harper refers to Obama's policies of tax raises for the rich and multiple policies which benefit the lower class. This cartoon would probably offend most Democrats and even the lower class in the U.S. The upper class would probably agree most with this cartoon because they view Obama's tax raises as unfair to them and only benefiting the poor.
- There isn't really any flattering depiction of Obama in this cartoon he is just dressed up as Robin Hood was in his stories.
- Harper is clearly alluding to the story of Robin Hood. More specifically, he is alluding to the scene where Robin Hood shoots a rich man's cart which is rolling by and the rich man just hands Robin Hood a bag of riches to distribute to the poor.
- This cartoon supports the Republicans because they would agree most that Obama's policies are similar to Robin Hood's doing of stealing from the rich and giving it to the poor. Also, this cartoon would appeal to the upper class which is getting impacted by Obama's policies.