the tables have turned

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/412438/april-12-2012/the-other-war-on-women

In this video, Stephen Colbert talks about how Mitt Romney and President Obama are fighting back and forth for the women's vote. The video says that right now Obama is ahead but this could change since one of his campaign advisers attacked Romney's wife for never working a day in her life. Women are starting to rally behind Ann Romney and this could negatively affect Obama's campaing.

Zimdecision

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-12-2012/zimdecision-2

In this video, Jon Stewart talks about how the Florida government has finally charged Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case. The main point that he makes is that the media gets involved way too much with their opinions even though it should only be the close family's. It seems like the media wants to blow all of this out of proportion to keep the story going. If the family is getting satisfied then so should everyone else.

Boomerang Test

This cartoon shows the recent failed missile test of North Korea. This was a problem because they were dangerous missiles and they had already agreed with the U.N. and U.S. to cease this testing. This leads them to believe that North Korea will continue to nuclear testing. The joke is that it was meant to be long range but it crashed much closer than intended.

Everyone Wants a woman voter

This cartoon shows Obama and Romney kind of fighting for the Statue of Liberty as their prom date. This is saying that they will both need to find a way to bring in the women's vote because it could be essential to their election. It is also funny because it's almost prom season.

Look out below

This cartoon shows a Bank Executive, assumed from how high is office his, jumping from the window to the street below. However, he landed on a taxpayer. The purpose of this cartoon is to make a point against the fact that government uses taxpayer money in order to bail out banks and other big businesses. This is shown by the fact that the taxpayer saves the executives life.

Its not his fault



This cartoon shows former president George Bush passing a series of torches to the current president, Barack Obama. These torches represent the issues that Obama inherited back when he became president. This is relevant now because a deciding factor in whether he is reelected in 2012 is how he has addressed these problems during his first term. If the public feels like he has handled these sufficiently then they might reelect him. If not, then they'll probably think the republican candidate can do better.

As seen on tv

This cartoon shows President Obama in an info-mmercial setting. It seems like he is selling a device that'll make jobs, a problem that needs to be solved in our struggling economy. However, Obama has been criticized a lot over not creating enough jobs. That's why he's advertising the useless lawn sign, to kind of show how many false promises his campaign made, and how it just offered things like signs, buttons or "Hope" posters. It can also be looked at that the job machine is as useless as the lawn sign, since not enough jobs have been produced.

It's his fault

This cartoon shows all the GOP candidates answering a question. All of them are saying Obama as their answer, and some give another answer another answer specific to criticisms of their platform. In the corner, the mediator of the debate is saying to wait until a question is asked. This leads the viewer of this cartoon to believe that all of the candidates think that the source of the problems in the nation is Obama. But it also shows how candidates like Santorum and Paul blame other things. It also shows Romney saying "Or not," taking a jab at how people thing he is too moderate for a republican.

broken

This cartoon shows a man representing the voters trying to draw a picture of Mitt Romney core principles, represented by the broken etch a sketch. This is saying that Romney isn't clear to his voters what he actually plans to do in his presidency. For the voters, it is impossible for them to get a clear opinion of him.

who watches american idol?

This political cartoon shows the problem with getting young voters out to vote. They don't know how to appeal to this demographic or let them know that their voice can be heard or that it matters. This ballad shows an option for American Idol. It shows a comical example of something that could grab young voters attention. 

Freeze!

This cartoon shows an Iranian leader beating a citizen being stopped by the Iranian people. One threatens to tweet the violence. This cartoon is saying that the increase in access to the Internet for these countries is starting to make it impossible for leaders to oppress their people because the entire world is watching, supporting the protesting of tyranny.

Simbama

This cartoon is a paradoy of a scene in The Lion King where Rafiki is presenting Simba to the world. However, instead it is President Obama presenting Osama Bin Laden's head, to the American people. This shows how democrats will try to use this accomplishment to their advantage in the upcoming election. The satirical part about this is that it's kind of screwed up to use the death of a human being as tool for the campaign.

Mudslingers

This cartoon shows the elephant and donkey of the republican and democratic parties, respectively, covered in mud that has been slung by their opponent. In the background, there is a crowd of voters claiming that they are changing their votes to the independent party. This shows how the dirty politics and mudslinging of the parties have turned the voters off from them. They aren't focusing on the issues as much as trying to make the other candidates look bad.

It's the end of the world

This cartoon represents what the republican party, the elephant buying the movie ticket, believes the results would be if President Obama is reelected. According to the cartoon, the party thinks it would cause a massive amount of problems, shown by the marquee of an apocalyptic movie on the theater. The main idea that is trying to be expressed is that the republican nominee will be the smarter, safer choice.