FAIL Part II

[Drunken Irishman]

From early 2009 - a cartoon depicting the stock market 'tanking' under Pres. Obama.

[lunatica]

1. So exactly what is that supposed to depict?

The arrow signifies what? What does the grid signify? Doesn't political cartooning supposed to have a political message?

[Drunken Irishman]

3. The stock market.

[Ron Green]

2. Why post this shit?

RW talking points, both: the "orator" bit, and popularity decline.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. It has nothing to do with his popularity. It's a cartoon from April '09...

And how everyone was blaming Pres. Obama for the stock market downturn.

[Ron Green]

5. Oh, my bad. It's not clear what's being shown here.

Other than that annoying meme about the "speechmaker."

[Drunken Irishman]

7. I think that's why it's a FAIL.

The cartoon is suggesting every time Pres. Obama opens his mouth, the stock market dips even more.

Well we're about a year from when it hit its lowest point and...

[WhiteTara]

6. the DOW almost hit 11,000

I think that was sarcasm toward the pubies and their desire for our epic fail.

[jenmito]

8. I remember people at Faux ALWAYS saying that the stock market falls every time

Obama speaks. But once the market started improving, their new line was that the stock market doesn't matter. :eyes:

[4lbs]

9. Furthermore, the credit/blame game seems to be one-way.

President Obama gets all the blame from the Fauxheads if the stock market drops 100 points, but should it rise 100 points, well then, he had nothing to do with it. It was something else, especially Conservative doings.

[jenmito]

10. That's 100% true...

even more-so than my post above yours. They DO say Obama had nothing to do with it.