Barack Obama tacks way to the right
The thing that makes Barack Obama such a brilliant politician is that he managed to fool so many people for so long into believing that he was more than just a brilliant politician.
You have to give Hillary credit--at least she made it clear that she was a cynical, pragmatic pol ready to do anything, including extolling the virtues of her would-be Republican opponent over those of her rival, to get nominated. So, yeah, now that he's got the liberal base eating crumbs out of his hand, Barack's heading for the Dark Side. It makes excellent political sense. Only--which Barack Obama is going to sit in the Oval Office, if elected? Does he really believe all that stuff he's been shoveling about a new kind of politics?
A note on this cartoon: some people saw the Bush eyebrows and ears, signifying Obama's transformation, and some didn't. One of my colleagues said, "Nobody can get into your (weird) world. Maybe ten people will catch that, and they'll all be other cartoonists."
CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
Comments
Disappointing...but not surprised.
Posted by: Boca nut | July 8, 2008 6:55 PM
How could it not have been obvious all along? The man calls himself a *democrat*, yet claims to be for "change". That is an absolutely absurd concept. I don't know much, but I am absolutely sure of one thing: We ain't gonna get any "change" from anyone willing to call himself (or herself) a democrat or a republican.
Posted by: Tom | July 10, 2008 1:52 PM