Political Cartoon 9

This political cartoon, like numerous others, uses satire to by using the common message and image of Obama's 2008 campaign and adding a little extra to it to send a message. The poster on the left is a regular poster of Obama from his 2008 campaign with the words HOPE written underneath. . The one on the right is suppose to be for this upcoming election. The second poster, does not have the words HOPE on them, on the contrary they have the words PRAY. In that same picture, Obama is crossing his fingers and looking up at a sign that has gas as $4 a gallon. Right next to the sign we can see Obama thinking and hoping that the price goes down.

      This cartoon uses satire at its best. It takes something that was extremely positive and successful in Obama's Campaign and ridicules it to the point it causes one to question Obama's current message. It also points out something his administration promised to address to benefit the people, and they've yet to be really successful at it. The cartoonist is obviously critical of Obama's performance over the past four years. As the general election approaches, we can anticipate attacks such as this one to be much more common. Although Obama's message for his second term focuses on the middle class, it is important for us to understand that as an incumbent he is prone to criticism on goals he didn't necessarily reach. This one about the gas price is amongst many others concerning the economy.