Article 2, Section 1 (The President)

The cartoon

displays a variety of things, but off the back, the first visible, recognizable person is President Barack Obama. Above Barack Obama there are four symbols. The first symbol is a man, with a navy type attire and the initials "U.S" on his collar, for United States. There is an eagle on his hat indicating that he is a high official of the United States. Next to him, there is a pig with the word "Corporations" across his chest. Pigs are usually symbols for people who do not do their job correctly or get a free ride. Then, there is Wall Street, which is the financial district, who seems to be overlooking or watching Barack. Last is a man who looks to be an army official for Israel, with the words, "AIPAC" and "Israel Lobby" written across his arm. This man seems to be controlling Barack Obama from a puppet string.

              Article 2, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution states:
"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States." There have been rumors circulating around discussing and questioning President Barack Obama's race and citizenship to the United States. Because Barack Obama is biracial, people misinterpret this, twist it, and bend the truth to make it look like he is something he is not. Many say President Barack Obama is arab, most call him black, but his mother is caucasion and his father is from Kenya. The arab accusations is what results to pictures like this, with an Israel puppeteer controlling his puppet, or in this case, "arabic" Obama.
         This picture really made me think, because I had heard so many times before, "Oh Obama is black!" or "Obama ain't black, he part Israelite or arabic." I  did not even know what his race was at a certain point in time. It is amazing what people will do, to put others down. People accuse Barack Obama of being an illegal immigrant, and try to relate him to 9/11 stating how he is on the side of terroist and just want to destroy the U.S., as seen in the political cartoon.To me, even thought 9/11 has caused such destruction to the lives of U.S. citizens, it has also caused damage to those of other 3rd world countries. An arabic person cannot even walk the street in confidence with their scarves on, without being looked upon as a terroist. Not everyone is bad, not every arabic or Israelite wants to bomb or take over the world. We as a people need to open our eyes, and break stereotypes, because it really is horrible how hearing certain things over and over again can defy someones opinion of you. I sincerely hope, that within Obama's presidency, he will and can address racial profiling and stereotyping.