PBL-election 2008: Political cartoon #5

Friday, November 28, 2008

Political cartoon #5

Wall Street is crashing, and this forces the citizens to pay off the huge amounts of debt. For example, this cartoon depicts Wall Street (represented as a man) pushing a man, with empty pockets, titled Taxpayers off of a building. This shows how Wall Street is forcing the citizens to pay off the debt, and someone is going to have to take the hit (and it will be us). This cartoon also depicts Wall Street saying “You First…” This further shows how the stock market is making the taxpayers pay for this, and the citizens are going to “fall” before Wall Street. This country is in a horrible economic crisis, and, in the end, taxpayers are going to be the ones to pay.

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Political Cartoon #1

Due to the current economic crisis the U.S. treasury is throwing billions of dollars into large corporation furthering the U.S. into a larger debt. For example, this cartoon depicts a man talking to McCain saying “Sir, you’ve got to get on top of this economic crisis…FAST! Before your running mate starts to field dress it.” This shows how Palin will ruin the economy even further, because she is young and inexperienced and thinks she is doing the right thing when actually she is making it worse. This cartoon also depicts Palin on top of a bull, representing the dead economy. This further shows how Palin thinks she is fixing the crisis, when in actuality she is just making it more of a mess. If we have a wrong political candidate doing the job incorrectly, then that makes the crisis works.

Political Cartoon #2

The current election is all about change, and how the candidates different from the “classical” presidents. For example, this cartoon shows an African-American boy saying how there is an “African-American in the race,” and a young girl saying that there is also a “dynamic woman” running. This shows how each party has something different about their parties. This cartoon also depicts a young boy saying “And the only white guys running have senior citizen discounts.” This further shows how the Republican Parties elected president has not changed, and remains the same stereotypes: male, elder, and white. John McCain fits these stereotypes for a president; therefore he is not getting as much as an advantage as Obama.