Based off the political philosophies of the Democratic party and more specifically, the campaign promises of President Barack Obama, this political cartoon satirizes not only the current state of the economy under the new administration but also makes a mockery of Obama's original platform. However, this position is assumed through a few logical fallacies. A poor understanding of the economic systems that have repercussions such as unemployment and gross domestic product (usual ways in which a nation's economy are weighed) result in an oversimplification of the issue by the cartoonist, who uses this faulty correlation to set up his principal argument. He or she fails to recognize that the president often assumes the role of figure head of state and has little advisory control over the nation's economy. Such oversimplification may lead one to believe that the entire argument is based off a non sequitir because Obama's presidency did not necessarily worsen the state of the economy. In fact, previously stated economic factors have started to improve in the recent months. Furthermore, the cartoonist relies on an ad populum to align viewers with his or her political views. This ad populum is warranted by the fact that Obama's approval rating has declined from his First Hundred Days in office. In essence, the cartoon takes the shape of a political attack at Obama, not necessarily a correct representation of the state of the economy. To achieve this, it first relies on ethos between the political view represented and the values of the right wing. By portraying the term "change" in association with a small number of coins, this is an ad hominem that is used to debase Obama's political ideologies. Conservatives, more specifically the Republican Party often uses a hasty generalization to equate the Democratic Party with more taxes and thus less money for the general populace. By relying on the ethical components of more conservative Americans, this cartoon is used as a political petition against Obama and his party. The political reasons for this are simple and tie back into the clear red herring in this cartoon. While at first glance the viewer is led to believe that this cartoon may be an attack on the current state of the economy, it turns into an argument against Obama’s job performance as a whole. In all likelihood, this cartoonist was a conservative who wanted to turn public sentiment against the performance of the Democratic Party as the leading faction in the United States for the upcoming 2010 Congressional elections.
Many people are blaming the government for the economic dip which we are now experiencing, and this cartoon is a specific example of that. It hits very hard on President Obama and mocks his campaign slogan "Change", using it in one of its other connotations. I feel the cartoon would have been as effective without the caption, but the caption helps to satirize Obama further. This is a good piece of satire in that it takes the argument too far [obviously we will have more than nickels and dimes in the budget], but it proves its point.
This picture and more importantly it's caption is satirizing the new policies that Obama is creating that are spending money that the United States doesn't have. It mocks Obama's campaign slogan "Change" and uses the homonym to make a satirical point. This piece makes its point very well because it uses both the picture and the caption to make it obvious what it is trying to get across.
This picture is satirizing both the campaign promises of Obama and also his slogan that he used while campaigning to become president. The cartoonist uses Obama's promise of "change" and twists it to mean the change in someone's pocket, which overall makes changes the originally positive and hopeful tone to a negative one. The cartoonist also captions the picture in order to add more sarcasm and even bitterness to the overall message, and it is clear that the cartoonist is not a fan of Obama or his policies. The cartoonist satirizes the hope that Obama promised, and shows instead the exaggerated outcome that he sees himself as a result of how Obama is "fixing" our society and economy.
This image satirizes the thoughts on some of President Obama's policies. It gives an image of change, and then gives it a double meaning. One meaning is that Obama's slogan for running for the presidency was "change". But the other meaning is that literal pocket change is all that will be left after these policies have come through. It uses simplicity to get it's point across in that it is a simple issue of what might actually happen.
No one really knows for sure, while we are trillions of dollars in debt. We will truly be able to judge the decisions of Barack Obama at the end of his four years.
Almost everything regarding the possibly pricy health care bill is speculation. I hope for the best but expect the worst. It's hard to tell what's really going on in Washington when you can't get an unbiased report.
The caption/picture satirizes the large amounts of money the Obama administration is wanting to spend, and how our funds can't support the amounts he wants to spend. Our economic downfall, according to this picture, is caused by this administration and it's large proposals that our funds can't provide money for.
The picture is satires how Obama's new policies are costing the United States untold amount of money that is coming from the people's pockets. And that when he is done instating his policies, all that we will have left and very little money.
The cartoon is showing obamas complete disregard for the national economy. He thrust the US into a new direction with the health care bill that is costing the people huge amounts of money that the budget cant afford. He bailed out many companies and even countries in Europe such as Greece, money we will never see again, and the budget, again, couldnt afford that either. So the cartoons point that all we will be left with when obama is done helping other nations and big business is spare change, is completely justified and correct.
I honestly don't really see this as satire. This is just someone complaining. Admittedly they complained with what might be described as a clever quip, but it's not really satirizing. It attempts to satirize Obama's campaign slogan, but it's really not effective enough to count as satire to me.
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Based off the political philosophies of the Democratic party and more specifically, the campaign promises of President Barack Obama, this political cartoon satirizes not only the current state of the economy under the new administration but also makes a mockery of Obama's original platform. However, this position is assumed through a few logical fallacies. A poor understanding of the economic systems that have repercussions such as unemployment and gross domestic product (usual ways in which a nation's economy are weighed) result in an oversimplification of the issue by the cartoonist, who uses this faulty correlation to set up his principal argument. He or she fails to recognize that the president often assumes the role of figure head of state and has little advisory control over the nation's economy. Such oversimplification may lead one to believe that the entire argument is based off a non sequitir because Obama's presidency did not necessarily worsen the state of the economy. In fact, previously stated economic factors have started to improve in the recent months. Furthermore, the cartoonist relies on an ad populum to align viewers with his or her political views. This ad populum is warranted by the fact that Obama's approval rating has declined from his First Hundred Days in office. In essence, the cartoon takes the shape of a political attack at Obama, not necessarily a correct representation of the state of the economy. To achieve this, it first relies on ethos between the political view represented and the values of the right wing. By portraying the term "change" in association with a small number of coins, this is an ad hominem that is used to debase Obama's political ideologies. Conservatives, more specifically the Republican Party often uses a hasty generalization to equate the Democratic Party with more taxes and thus less money for the general populace. By relying on the ethical components of more conservative Americans, this cartoon is used as a political petition against Obama and his party. The political reasons for this are simple and tie back into the clear red herring in this cartoon. While at first glance the viewer is led to believe that this cartoon may be an attack on the current state of the economy, it turns into an argument against Obama’s job performance as a whole. In all likelihood, this cartoonist was a conservative who wanted to turn public sentiment against the performance of the Democratic Party as the leading faction in the United States for the upcoming 2010 Congressional elections.
Many people are blaming the government for the economic dip which we are now experiencing, and this cartoon is a specific example of that. It hits very hard on President Obama and mocks his campaign slogan "Change", using it in one of its other connotations. I feel the cartoon would have been as effective without the caption, but the caption helps to satirize Obama further. This is a good piece of satire in that it takes the argument too far [obviously we will have more than nickels and dimes in the budget], but it proves its point.
This picture and more importantly it's caption is satirizing the new policies that Obama is creating that are spending money that the United States doesn't have. It mocks Obama's campaign slogan "Change" and uses the homonym to make a satirical point. This piece makes its point very well because it uses both the picture and the caption to make it obvious what it is trying to get across.
This picture is satirizing both the campaign promises of Obama and also his slogan that he used while campaigning to become president. The cartoonist uses Obama's promise of "change" and twists it to mean the change in someone's pocket, which overall makes changes the originally positive and hopeful tone to a negative one. The cartoonist also captions the picture in order to add more sarcasm and even bitterness to the overall message, and it is clear that the cartoonist is not a fan of Obama or his policies. The cartoonist satirizes the hope that Obama promised, and shows instead the exaggerated outcome that he sees himself as a result of how Obama is "fixing" our society and economy.
This image satirizes the thoughts on some of President Obama's policies. It gives an image of change, and then gives it a double meaning. One meaning is that Obama's slogan for running for the presidency was "change". But the other meaning is that literal pocket change is all that will be left after these policies have come through. It uses simplicity to get it's point across in that it is a simple issue of what might actually happen.
No one really knows for sure, while we are trillions of dollars in debt. We will truly be able to judge the decisions of Barack Obama at the end of his four years.
Almost everything regarding the possibly pricy health care bill is speculation. I hope for the best but expect the worst. It's hard to tell what's really going on in Washington when you can't get an unbiased report.
The caption/picture satirizes the large amounts of money the Obama administration is wanting to spend, and how our funds can't support the amounts he wants to spend. Our economic downfall, according to this picture, is caused by this administration and it's large proposals that our funds can't provide money for.
The picture is satires how Obama's new policies are costing the United States untold amount of money that is coming from the people's pockets. And that when he is done instating his policies, all that we will have left and very little money.
The cartoon is showing obamas complete disregard for the national economy. He thrust the US into a new direction with the health care bill that is costing the people huge amounts of money that the budget cant afford. He bailed out many companies and even countries in Europe such as Greece, money we will never see again, and the budget, again, couldnt afford that either. So the cartoons point that all we will be left with when obama is done helping other nations and big business is spare change, is completely justified and correct.
I honestly don't really see this as satire. This is just someone complaining. Admittedly they complained with what might be described as a clever quip, but it's not really satirizing. It attempts to satirize Obama's campaign slogan, but it's really not effective enough to count as satire to me.
I guess I have standards.
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