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[kpete]

[Drale]

1. Well if I saw that guy on the street

I would tell him he is possibly the stupidest person I've ever met.

[reggie the dog]

20. sadly, a majority of americans are stupid

[tridim]

2. This toon makes no sense.

The last Texas Governor pResident didn't create any net jobs and ended up destroying the entire economy. Does the artist even know that?

Looks like it's time for the Post Gazette to hire an artist who remembers things that happened a few years ago.

[PA Democrat]

3. Rob Rogers is one of the best liberal cartoonists out there.

Perhaps in your rush to defend Obama you failed to understand the point of the cartoon- and that is that many of the average voters WILL forget or do not understand the roots of the current economic problems.

[Octafish]

4. +1

Rogers is tops!

[PA Democrat]

14. He's one of the reasons I still have a subscription to the Post Gazette.

[Emit]

19. !

"I formed this exploratory boulder..." :spray: hahahaha! good one!

[tridim]

7. Political toons are meant to inform, not to confuse the viewer.

Exactly how does that toon help the voters remember?

[PA Democrat]

12. Sorry you are confused. You appear to be in the minority here on DU,

but there are many right wingers here in Pittsburgh who HATE Rob Rogers and would agree with your opinion that the Post Gazette should get rid of him.

[Sherman A1]

5. Makes perfect sense to me.

[tridim]

8. So Bush created jobs?

Did you forget too?

[Sherman A1]

10. You are really missing the point of the cartoon

No, Bush didn't. We all here know he cost us a bunch. The point is that the guy on the street having not seen much good of late will simply do another version of 2010 and "throw the bums out." You are trying to argue a point that simply is not represented in the cartoon.

And by the way, No I didn't forget. This all started with Ronald Reagan, Bush Jr. simply was following his legacy, I watched it all unfold and saw the working class get screwed again and again. My concern is the screwing we are about to take by an alleged Democrat.

[tridim]

11. "Alleged Democrat" huh.

Whatever.

[Sherman A1]

15. and thirty years ago

he would have been in the GOP as a moderate certainly, but in the GOP. This country has been on a slide to the right for at least that length of time. There are very very few Democrats left that come to mind, Kucinich, Franken, Sanders (and he's an Independent)...............

[progressoid]

18. To paraphrase..."it's the current economy, stupid"

People have already forgotten about Bush.

If the current economy is stinkin' to high heaven (and it is), they'll vote for change. Even another Republican Texan if need be.

[Shagbark Hickory]

6. So true. Of course if people were doing great, they'd vote for another texas governor anyway.

[Solomon]

9. All the dems have to do is introduce a jobs bill.

The republicans will vote against it. Dems win big in 2012.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. "All politics is local." Tip O'Neill

If somebody doesn't have a job, wants one, and can't find one, they're going to blame who's in power and send them looking for a job.

[Sherman A1]

16. Precisely

The point. All politics is very, very local.

[reggie the dog]

21. why would people only look for micro effects and not macro effect

seriously they are going to blame a local politician who has no power to change trade policy?

[Firebrand Gary]

17. Only Republican Governors from Texas create jobs.

(Too bad the only jobs that the GOP create are overseas)

Great cartoon, is frames the Republican strategy beautifully.