Riots in London and a roller coaster of a stock market were some of the stories cartoonists poked fun at during this busy week of news. Catch up on everything you missed by checking out our big Week in Political Cartoons slideshow
Mike Keefe / Denver Post, PoliticalCartoons.com
People in London are still reeling from the shocking riots that overcame their streets and caused millions of dollars in damages. Check out our London Riots cartoon slideshow to see the reaction of the world's cartoonists to this calamity.
Manny Francisco / The Manila Times, Politicalcartoons.com
So President Obama and Republicans finally came to an agreement on extending the debt ceiling. Too bad all their bickering created more problems then it solved…
Many liberals are mad at the President for essentially giving Republicans 98 percent of what they wanted. His posture certainly has changed since entering office…
The stock market plummeted after Standard and Poor’s reduced the country’s AAA rating for the first time in our history. Many have questioned S&P’s integrity, especially since the other two ratings agencies have reaffirmed our AAA rating, but that seems besides the point…
As the stock market plummets, our representatives in Washington scramble to blame each other instead of working together to fix the problem. So much for leadership…
Well, so much for yesterday's recovery.
Stocks are down sharply today, as investors continue to worry about the possibility of a double-dip recession. Instability seems to be the new norm, and if we're going to be treated to a volatile market of ups and downs, you might as well enjoy a laugh and check out our new Roller Coaster Ride on Wall Street cartoon slideshow.
Joe Heller / Green Bay Press-Gazette, PoliticalCartoons.com
Six Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are fighting hard today to survive recall challenges from Democrats as a result of Governor Scott Walker's decision to strip public employee unions of most of their collective bargaining rights.
To revisit how the cheeseheads got to where they are now, check out our Wisconsin Recall cartoon slideshow.
Taylor Jones / PoliticalCartoons.com
Hyper partisanship and the messy battle to raise the debt limit has caused the approval ratings of Congress to sink. A recent CBS News/New York Times poll even had the disapproval rating of Congress at 82 percent, the highest in decades.
Cartoonists have never been fan of Congress or its politicians, so check out our new Worst Congress Ever cartoon slideshow to share a laugh at the expense of our lame representatives.
J.D. Crowe / Mobile Press-Register, Politicalcartoons.com
The stock market droped over 600 points today after Standard & Poors downgraded the sovereign debt rating of the United States from AAA to AA+. It was the first downgrade of the U.S. AAA credit rating in our country's history, rattling the markets and throwing more risk of a double-dip recession towards our anemic economic recovery.
What do cartoonists think? Check out our new AAA Rating Reduced cartoon slideshow.
Deng Coy Miel / Politicalcartoons.com
Satirist Will Durst weighs in on the debt ceiling compromise and the Tea Party - "You can’t negotiate with cement":
R.J. Matson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PoliticalCartoons.com
Sorry if you settled into your recliner ready to enjoy the blessed silence destined to descend on the political playing field in the aftermath of the Debt Ceiling Death Match. Lasted as long as the life cycle of an adult mayfly. That momentary, blissful peace was rudely broken by a cacophony of squeaks and grunts and shouts as each camp tried to out-blame the other for the thudding crash Wall Street made falling down a well. Quick, go find Lassie!
It appears the Market is not impressed with the two-step deal Congress agreed to, kicking and screaming. Look close and you can see the bones of the middle class sticking out of the confetti left over from the banking and oil industry celebrations. Spending cuts during a recession. There you go. Starve a fever and feed a cold, or the other way around? What the hell, starve them both. We’ll eat when we’re dead.
Hard to understand why Progressives are so mad at Obama. After all, he didn’t do anything. Besides cave faster than an overused supply tunnel in a Chilean coal mine. The difference is, nobody’s rushing out to organize any rescue parties. Happy Birthday, Mister President. Sorry we couldn’t get Marilyn to sing. Doubt if Pelosi hummed it either.
The Tea Baggers won, confusing both Democrats and Republicans by refusing to act like politicians, eschewing all the usual motivations such as their own self-interest or party affinity or even the general welfare of the country. You can’t negotiate with cement. Giving proof to the old adage: “Never get in a fight with an ugly person, they got nothing to lose.”
One fascinating thing to come out of the debt debacle was watching the only adult in the room turn from Great Facilitator into Great Enabler before our very eyes. Obama is so determined to govern from the middle there should be a double yellow line down the center of his forehead. Democrats may desert him, but he remains king of the Road Kill Party. Would hate to get stuck behind Barack in a grocery line after he was asked, “Paper or plastic?” Your ice cream would liquefy waiting for him to convince the clerk he wanted “plaper” or “pastic.”
Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com, PoliticalCartoons.com
The Tea Party held the government hostage, and the president fell victim to a wicked case of Stockholm syndrome, bonding with his captors, until at last he was able to successfully convince the kidnappers to accept more than they originally asked for.
The administration called the deal a compromise. The same kind of compromise the Titanic arranged with that iceberg. Like how Nagasaki and Hiroshima compromised with Fat Man and Little Boy. Brokered as many concessions as New Orleans got from Katrina. The financial equivalent of handing over Czechoslovakia after extracting a vague promise to possibly leave Poland alone. Trust he got a rolled-up umbrella for his birthday.
At this point, you can’t even accuse the Democrats of being afraid of their own shadow because they don’t cast one. Besides, it’s hard to see your shadow when your head is so far up your butt you can tickle your spleen with your elbow. And if they expect any chance at all in 2012, they’d be wise to invest heavily in stem-cell research in hopes of regenerating their spine.
Will Durst is a political comedian and columnist for Cagle Cartoons Inc. Read more of Durst's columns here.
Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and throw them into one big, glorious slideshow for you to enjoy (click here to view this week’s slideshow).
This week’s news was dominated by Congress and Obama finally agreeing on a compromise to raise the debt ceiling. Unfortunately, that didn't do much to settle nervousness on Wall Steeet, which saw its largest one-day decline since 2008.
So sit back, relax and have a quick laugh at our new Cartoon Week in Review cartoon slideshow.
Bill Day / Cagle Cartoons, PoliticalCartoons.com
Wall Street suffered a brutal day, with the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting by 500 points, the worst drop since October 2008. The Dow, S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are down more than 10 percent from their previous highs and have erased their gains for the year. So much for that debt ceiling compromise calming the markets.
Check out our collection of Scary Stock Market cartoons.
Cam Cardow / Ottawa Citizen, PoliticalCartoons.com
I’m very pleased to announce that we’ve added the brilliant cartoonist Bill Day to our stable of award-winning syndicated cartoonists at Cagle Cartoons.
Check out a slideshow of Bill Day's cartoons
Bill will draw three cartoons a week for us, along with a local cartoon each week about Tennessee, which we will syndicate to nearly 900 newspapers world wide. This also means we'll be able to feature Day's cartoons in our popular cartoon slideshows on msnbc.com.
Bill is a five-time winner of the Green Eyeshade Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and has also been honored with the National Headliner Award, the John Fischetti Award, First Amendment Award, New York Newspaper Guild’s Page One Award, National Cartoonists Society’s Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons, and James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism..
The defense of the oppressed and their condition is a deep and eloquent theme in his work. “I have great fun drawing and using humor in my cartoons,” says Day. “But when a terrible injustice occurs, I’ll use the most powerful images possible to address it.”
Here are some recent cartoons by Day, and click here to check out a slideshow of Day's cartoons:
In light of recent events involving our deficit, military spending and budget cuts, this 1932 cartoon by 3-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Rollin Kirby
As politicians in Washington continue to focus on cutting spending, unemployment in America remains high, and job prospects remain grim for millions of people looking for work. According to new government figures, the economy has hardly grown at all in 2011, and the recovery that began in early 2009 is now officially stalled.
What do cartoonists think? Check out our Double Dip Recession cartoon slideshow to find out.
Taylor Jones / PoliticalCartoons.com
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