The last few months have been ripe with witty and clever political cartoons. The Boston Globe has done a great job in their Ink Tank section of highlighting 15 of the top ones from around the country today on Election Day. Below are two of my favorites.

It’s the end of the world! The economy is doomed!  ATMs will have no money left to spit out. Take your money from the banks and stuff your mattresses! Congress has no idea how to solve the problem. The Street hit the panic button today!

WE ARE ALL DOOMED! If I find a window, I can’t promise that there will be an subsequent posts on this blog

I for one have decided to invest in the one commodity never affected by financial crises. Bubble gum. That’s right. Good ole American bazooka! Trust in gum and you won’t go wrong! As our founding fathers said, “In gum we trust!” It was the neoliberals who changed “gum” to “God.” Go figure!

But in all seriousness, now’s not the time to panic. You have to wonder whether the McCain camp will take a significant beating in the polls for the utter obliteration of our economy under the Bush administration.