Butrflynet wrote:I saw the links, appreciate your posting them. I'm on dial-up and unable to view them. Most videos end up being very slow moving snapshots where I see a frame from the beginning, middle and end, and none of the ones between.
I'd still be noticing the stereotypes in the cartoon, though. Yes, I understand it is supposed to be a parody of a TV ad, I just don't think it was a very well done. But, thanks for posting it. I mostly watch PBS if I watch TV, and don't have cable so I probably would not have known about it if you hadn't.
I hope you can watch the ad using Bill's suggestion. It really does explain where they're coming from in the cartoon and they aren't sterotyping anything but the character in the ad and it is well done--not mean at all. There is a lot of discussion out there about whether Obama is still an 'unknown quantity' and that of course is what the cartoon is illustrating while I presume the dollars raining down are symbolic of high favorability.
I watch very little TV myself. I generally catch the news on two or three channels very early morning and after that mostly limit watching to certain sporting events, an occasional movie, and American Idol. (I know, I know, but it can be irrisistible.)
But I do read a LOT of different news sources and most commentary generally suggests that the American public who are paying any attention at all have not focused on much other than Obama's likability factor at this point. I don't think that's all that unusual either as most don't seem to have focused on the actual issues re much of anybody yet.
