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10 Cartoons that Sum Up the Debt Ceiling Debate

Are you sick of all the debt ceiling talk yet? Tired of hearing about the looming default crisis, and what it’s going to do to our economy, jobs and interest rates? So are the nation’s cartoonists!

For weeks, they’ve been hard at work cranking out cartoons nonstop about the debt crisis we face, so I thought I’d pull ten cartoons that I think really sum up where we are, as depressing as that might be.

1. Caricaturist Taylor Jones thinks it’s about time to start learning a new Pledge of Allegiance…

2. Nate Beeler of the Washington Examiner thinks the media has frame the “lack of compromise” poorly…

3. David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Star feels he’s found the source of Republican’s unwillingness to compromise…

4. Jimmy Margulies of the Bergen Record thinks Obama is living up to his campaign pledge (sort-of)…

5. Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune seems to have found his villain in this whole debacle…

6. Ottawa Citizen cartoonist Cam Cardow thinks we should just listen to Lincoln…

7. Buffalo News cartoonist Adam Zyglis sees a problem in the Republican fire-fighting methods…

8. Bob Englehart of the Hartford Courant was inspired by Pixar to describe his debt ceiling thoughts…

9. Eric Aille sums up his thoughts about the largest problem our country faces… Audrey 2!

10. This Taylor Jones cartoon of Eric Cantor seems to sum up the debate nicely…

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Debt Argument

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Cartoon Week in Review

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It’s hot all across the country. It’s hot in Washington, where politicians can’t come together with an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. It’s hot in the media world, where Rupert Murdoch’s phone-hacking scandal continues to roll along. It’s hot in Florida, Texas and many places across the country that will feel the pain of the end of the space shuttle program.

So sit back, cool off, and enjoy a look back at the week of big news stories through the eyes of the nation’s best cartoonists with our Week in Political Cartoons slideshow.

Nate Beeler / Washington Examiner (click to view slideshow)

 

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Time to Eat the Peas

Time to Eat the Peas Color © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,budget, debt ceiling, Democrats, Republicans, donkey, elephant, peas

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Obama and the Debt Ceiling

As the August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling grows near, several economists and organizations, let by Warren Buffett, are calling for an end of the debt ceiling entirely, arguing it is nothing more than an “artificial limit” that ends up wasting time in Congress.

Speaking of wasting time, the Republican-controlled House is set to pass a balanced budget amendment that has no shot of passing the Senate, and that Obama has already said he’d veto. What do our cartoonists think of all these shenanigans? Check out our Obama and the Debt Ceiling cartoon collection to find out.

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Debt Ceiling

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Cartoon Week in Review

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Debt, debt debt! This week’s news has been dominated by the inability of Obama and Republicans to agree on a deal that would allow the debt ceiling to be raised. We also had some guy named Murdoch dealing with a horrible phone-hacking scandal that led to the shuttering of one of England’s most popular newspapers, and continues to threaten the titan’s media empire. All while Atlantis circles the Earth and finishes its mission at the International Space Station, and prepares to bring an end to the 30-year space shuttle program.

Phew! Another busy news week. Check out our Week in Review cartoon slideshow to see the best political cartoons of the week.

Daryl Cagle / msnbc.com (click to view the Week in Review cartoon slideshow)

 

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Debt Ceiling Blink First

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