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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com —
Posted on Nov 2, 2011
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 Wikimedia Commons / Martin St.-Amant
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Though he once referred to them as “fat cats,” President Obama now has to sing a different tune to Wall Street’s bigwigs in order to persuade them to open their wallets as he revs up for campaign 2012. Awkward!
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 Wikimedia Commons / Martin St.-Amant
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In case it wasn’t made perfectly clear in recent months how the American political system actually operates on its uppermost levels, here we have an object lesson to consider: Upset by the notion that the Obama administration might be working on regulating the financial industry next, some of Wall Street’s bigwigs are now focusing their funding efforts on the GOP.
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 AP / J. Scott Applewhite
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By Robert Scheer — Most Americans now know that Wall Street bankers are so greedy as to never be trusted, and I suppose it is a sign of progress that our president finally seems to grasp the obvious.
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