Bush and Obama

[anthonyb]

This cartoon shows President Bush, and President Elect Obama in a kitchen filled with obviously spoiled food products. All of the rotten foods are labeled with various different names of economic sectors that have depreciated so much in this recession that one can say the sectors themselves have "spoiled." President Bush is depicted quoting an old proverb "to the victim belongs the spoils,"
this is meant to be interpreted as to the victor belongs the rewards, however in this case it's been taken literally to mean spoiled foods.

This cartoon ridicules the events that led up to the "spoiling" of economic sectors such as "housing" and "credit." Having spoiled foods represent these sectors shows the popular opinion on the economy as a whole. When all of the sectors in the economy go bad the entire economy will. This also pokes fun at how President Bush handled the economic situation, waiting for someone else to take the reigns and lift the burden from his own shoulders.

[alyssaostroff]

This was a very interesting cartoon that you picked. Sadly, Obama is stuck with a "spoiled" economy. Bush didn't do much to help our economy these past eight years. If you notice "consumer confidence" is also spoiling. I don't know how our economy, housing market, etc,. are going to heal if consumer confidence is down. If no one wants to spend their money, how are any of these issues going to be fixed? Obama is in for a long term. I also noticed that in the cartoon, Bush doesn't look too distressed whereas Obama does. I think Bush will be relieved for someone else to take this burden we call the economy off of his hands. Hopefully Obama will be able to tie up all of the loose ends and resurrect our broken country.

[Mr. Wells]

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