I really hope cartoonists, and comedians, and any liberal-leaning anyones, do not decide to imitate Dennis Miller and "give him (Obama) a pass."
EVERY politician needs his critics, every politician does foolish things, and every politician needs his feet held to the fire.

And yet cartoonists are not, nor should they be, unbiased. A comic strip is one person's creative expression. If conservatives want to poke fun at Obama via their own comic strips, more power to 'em... but I doubt they'll be as funny.

Hey, don't worry about the conservatives! They always have that HILARIOUS, ever-clever cartoon Mallard Fillmore! As far as humor goes, what more do they need?

I for one am ready for more serious attention to the issues of the day - President Obama doesn’t need to amuse me, I didn't vote for him because of his sense of humor, I helped elect him because he’s handsome and actually has a brain. George, Dick and the rest of the greedy gang kept us distracted with their comedy act while they picked our pockets – now their the ones laughing - all the way to the bank. What are most Americans doing now? Crying in their soup or should I say, empty soup bowls. Thank God they are gone and we escaped Palin and McCain. If I need a chuckle, I’ll see what Sasha’s up to – that one has a career in entertainment!

I think we spent far more time crying about the last 8 years than laughing about it.

The comedy industry doesn’t have to suffer job losses because Obama is President. There is a crapload of material to be mined – if the comedy industry has the guts to do so.

Flip flopping, hypocrisy, and WTF actions/comments are prerequisites for any politician and fodder for comedians; Obama definitely has satisfied these qualifications.

In one of his books, Obama lauds Reagan’s cleanup of 60s/70s “excesses.” Just what excesses does he refer? Further, the minute Obama expressed his Reagan love, black folks, the poor, and working stiffs should have run for the hills as these demographics “sho-nuff” got the shit end of the stick during Reagan’s reign.

Obama told CNN in 2008 the US had nothing in the world that merits apology over last 7.5 yrs. Huh? Has he been living in Tibet during the Bush Reign of Errors?

Obama sure has a strange way of showing his purported progressive side. As senator, he:
- supported bill limiting individual’s right to sue corporations;
- supported bankruptcy bill that was boon to companies, bust for Joe Citizen;
- voted for 2005 Patriot Act and its renewal. Lap dog media headlines touted his stand against Act despite his vote for it;
- vowed in 2/08 to vote against FISA bill amendment giving immunity to telecom companies that cooperate w/Bush admin warrantless surveillance program. Voted for bill in 7/08;
- opposed move by senator Feingold to censure Bush admin for illegal wiretaps;
- distanced self from Illinois senator Durbin who was attacked for criticizing torture/detention at Guantanamo Bay;
- supported some of the worst of Bush court nominees such as Susan Blake Neilson (6th circuit), Milan Smith (9th circuit). Neilson’s own home state senators "blue slipped" her for being too extreme. Voted to end any voting delay on Priscilla Owen (5th circuit) and Brett Kavanaugh (DC circuit) - both extreme conservative jurists - thus ensuring their confirmation as opposed to joining a Dem party filibuster to block confirmation.

The myth of the anti-war Obama. Supported pro-war candidates during his campaign. Obama embraces Bush line that US invaded Iraq to export democracy. His supposed opposition to Iraq war not on moral or legal grounds but rather that it was a strategic blunder/dumb war that isn't working. Obama wants to increase military by 100k troops as well as shifting Iraq war troops to Afghanistan, ignoring fact that kicking up the action there will further destabilize Afghan-Pakistan border; ramp up breeding ground for terrorism; and the fact that no invading army has ever managed to succeed in Afghanistan - Soviets tried for 10 yrs (79-89) in vain with 470,000 casualties (deaths, sick, wounded).

Perhaps the real reason for upping the carnage in Afghanistan is to ensure the fulfillment of the pipeline contract the Bush admin signed in 2003 (Taliban now control part of area where need to access for completion of pipeline) – rather than fighting “terrorism and spreading democracy.”

Mixed messages on Iraq. Candidate Obama crowed about opposing the war but voted 3 times in 2007 (Mar,Apr,Nov) to continue funding it. Says goal is to remove combat troops but still leaves large percentage of soldiers as most troops now there are noncombat brigades. Refused to sign onto Bernie Sanders' Stop Outsourcing Security Act which would ban using private security firms like Blackwater. In 2/08 Democracy Now interview stated intention of leaving 140k private contractors in Iraq to keep addt’l strike force in the region.

Mr. Squeaky Clean made big deal about not taking lobbyist money. Centre for Responsive Politics found top 5 campaign contributors to Obama campaign are registered lobbyists. Contributors include the usual suspects: medical and insurance industries; Wall St biggies Goldman Sachs, Lehman Bros, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley; corporate law lobby including Kirkland Ellis, Skadden Arps; Henry Crown Investments (leading war profiteer and campaign contributor); millions from securities and investments industries. Obama has nominated William J. Lynn III, a Raytheon Corporation lobbyist, to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense. Isn’t that an egregious violation of campaign promise and subsequent Executive Order to stop doing this kind of thing? Obama was second among candidates in 2008 race in money raised from banks. When asked during campaign if would hold financial industry accountable, refused to comment.

I’m sure there’s little connection (yeah, right) between the swag received from these entities and: Obama’s healthcare reform plan full of more bureaucracy that won’t guarantee affordable, quality care for all but continued loopholes and loot for Big Pharma and Papa Insurance; his embrace of Wall Street bailout boondoogle benifiting the same suits who fucked things up but opposition to measure allowing judges to adjust the mortgage payments of bankrupt homeowners; and intentions to keep the war machine going in Iraq, Afghanistan, and anywhere else war profiteers can make more bucks.

Katrina refugees? Get outta here! Recipient of 99% of black vote Obama abandoned Gulf Coast Civic Action bill that would have created 100k jobs and affordable housing for Katrina-affected citizens.

The Small Donor Myth. ABC news reported in 2008 that Obama got only 25% of campaign loot from small donors - same share of small donors that funded Bush in 2004.

Foreign Policy? Same old shit spewed from a different mouth:
- Told AIPAC in 3/07 that Iran threat was to US and Israel and would not rule out force to disarm its nuclear program – despite report from top US intelligence agencies that Iran ended its nuclear weapons program long ago, and, fact that Iran signed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Israel refuses to do so). Long story short: Obama laid out mid east policy that promised not to alter lopsided relationship between Israel and US.

- Latin America, Africa. Despite overtures to diplomacy, desires to suppress/eliminate socialist policies of Venezuela. Same imperialist stance against Cuba, and Africa with minimal tweaking. Called Chavez enemy of US and urged sanctions against him (El Mercurio interview w/Jorge Ramos 6/11/08) but no wag of the finger to Uribe (US intel reports link him to lucrative Colombian drug trade) and Colombia (#1 in murders of union organizers, politicians closerthanthis to drug lords). Supports AFRICOM, another imperialist boondoogle designed to further fatten corporate and military contractor coffers while perpetuating misery, chaos, and despair on the African continent.

Obama’s advisors and cabinet picks are weighted heavily toward the same neoliberals, free marketers, deregulation cheerleaders, and war hawks that steered the nation (and world) into the economic, environmental, and social train wreck we now find ourselves.
When chief economist at World Bank, cabinet pick Larry Summers wrote a memo advocating using African countries as toxic waste dumping ground. Said low income country citizens die before age where effects of toxic waste suffering would begin. Nor are Africans as concerned w/pollution as wealthier nations to north.

Obama advisors David Cutler and Jeffrey Liebman support of partial privatization of Social Security (Subprime Obama, The Nation 1/24/08). Where would over half of retirees and disabled people be today if Soc Sec had been privatized a few years back? On the streets or worse. Advisor Allan Goolsbee? Subprime loan lover.

Economic advisors Robert Rubin and Jason Furman? Champions of outsourcing and free trade. Rubin was in lockstep with Greenspan’s deregulation gospel in the 90s which contributed to the current financial collapse.

Hillary? See all of the above. Hawkish mama ready to blow Iran to smithereens or any place else Israel directs us to fuck over. Free trade Fanny – big hand in getting NAFTA passed with hubby Bill. Like Obama, tight as can be with Wall Street heavies and players in the military/corporate complex and not about to do much reform/overhaul beyond lip service and band aid tweaks so as not to upset the status quo. Derided Obama in primaries for stating he would talk to Chavez, Castro, and Iran – and now is Secretary of State, sort of in charge of talking to such people.

Obama’s cabinet picks are a hit with Republican stalwarts. Karl Rove calls selections reassuring. Max Boot (McCain campaign staffer) says choices could have come from McCain. Michael Goldfarb of Weekly Standard sees nothing to represent a drastic change in how Washington does business.

Rahm Emanuel. Mother of all Zionist cheerleaders now gatekeeper (Chief of Staff) to Oval Office. Supports Israel occupation of Palestine. Influential party player who backed pro-war over anti-war Dems in 2006 primaries. Helped get NAFTA, welfare reform, and Telecom Act of 1996 passed. Supports bombing Iran. Opposed to Employee Free Choice Act that Obama has conveniently put on “back burner.”

The R word? From day one, Obama tripped over his wingtips running from all things black so as not to scare the white people. Obama picked up a condescending street/black preacher cadence to “be down with” the black audiences during the campaign. Sadly, he’s kept that patronizing cadence and sadder still, the black sheeple eat it up. Obama dropped hot potato Rev Wright in a heartbeat. Preacher man is off the chain but he did raise some valid issues and flat out truths. Jesse and Al remain in the woodshed (half of the reason Jesse is crying) – this alone is prime breeding ground for comedy material.

So much for “change.”

There is much to turn into comedic fodder in an Obama administration. The question is whether comedians and comedy writers have the cajones to do so – or will they be cowed by fear being labeled racist for doing so. If they take the latter route, the industry will suffer for the next four years barring the mother of all Obamagate scandals or bimbo eruption. Late night monologues are already suffering due to timidity and ignorance of the above facts on Obama. I suggest these guys start reading more independent media to glean material before all political comedy (not just on Obama, but on all political issues) bites the dust.

P.S. Don't call the P.C. police - I'm black.

why are comedians so scare to pick on obama? from jay leno, david letterman and jimmy kimmel, they all will comment about the vice prisident, his appointments but no obama. why is he untouchable, is he god. we know why... by the why, i'm asian and my wife is black