PBL-election 2008: Political cartoon #4

Saturday, November 29, 2008

Political cartoon #4

Candidates try to manipulate the focus of the public, and drawing attention away from the details. This cartoon depicts a McCain with makeup on, and putting different kinds of lipstick on that say different things (i.e. Lipstick distraction). This shows how John McCain is using the lipstick (representing Sarah Palin) to draw attention away from the rest of the face (representing the Republican party). This cartoon also shows the words “The Joker.” This further shows how the rest of the face is the actual “Joker,” (representing the Republican party) and the lipstick directs attention away from it. McCain tries to keep the public from seeing what he essentially stands for, and using Sarah Palin (as the distraction) so people will look at gender instead.

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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.