MONEY

This is a political cartoon most likely from four years ago when Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama were running against each other. I can infer this because as of now Obama and Clinton are on the same team. But four years ago during the election they were duking it out for the number one spot for the democratic seat. In the cartoon it illustrates Obama's face plastered on a 25million dollar bill and on the bill at the top it says "Campaign Moolah". As usual in cartoons Obama is in a suit with his ears greatly exaggerated. Then you see Hilary at the bottom of the cartoon with a grimace on her face and she says "No! I dont think it makes you look presidential!". I guess she was saying that no matter how much money you raise it still does not cover up the fact that you have no presidential or leadership experience. I think the cartoon was dumb , whoever the artist is I believe they could have done a better cheap shot then this.

I got a Reason!

This political cartoon is all about the candidates pointing fingers at each other and blaming each other. It allcenters around the primary elections and who is going to be the front runner. So the cartoon is saying why each candidate wont drop out of the election and then they point the finger to the candidate trailing them and the candidates say why their fellow republican should just drop out. Romeny says "Im not going to quit, Im the frontrunner!" Then Santorum says "Well i just beat you in three states ! If anyone should quit it should be Gingrich!". Next, Gingrich puts his two cents in and says "Me? I won South Carolina ! This bozo hasn't won any!". Finally, Paul says "So what , at least my supports actually like me!" This shows that no one is giving up and most likely these four candidates will be slugging it out to the end. But in the cartoon i think it just shows that Paul knows he wont win he is just going along for the ride. It also shows that Romney is too arrogent with his position as front runner. I chose this cartoon because we are talking about the election and the primary's will be approaching soon.

SHots

This cartoon is based around the Florida Primary. This picture shows Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich with swords, arrows and axes in their bodies. They also have signs promoting themselves in thier hand while they are lying dead. In the cartoon they have a thought bubble that says "Its a bare-knuckle brawl in the Sunshine state." I believe the author of this cartoon was trying to stress the back and fourth shots that they threw at each other for this primary. This cartoon shows great blood shed and how far they were both willing to go to win Florida as its own. I believe that the positioning of their body as well as the number of arrows and swords in the body has some sort of significance. First off i believe that the positioning of the body is significant and clear. Gingrich is on the bottom which means that he was dead first also meaning that he was pushed out of the race first and Mitt Romney beat him thats why Romney is on top of his body. Also the number of swords in Mitt Romney's body is out number the amount in Gingrich's. I believe that means that Gingrich said a lot of things to hurt Romney's campaign and even hurt his campaign. Gingrich has less punctures because Romney was not trying to hurt Gingrich's but when Gingrich started hurting Romney's campaign, he said bad things back. I chose this cartoon because we are talking about primary's and thats whats going on in the Republican campaign now.

Obama

This cartoon is making a joke of President Obama. The cartoon is of a man praising the ground Obama walks on. But in the cartoon Obama is supposed to be the person who came up with a miracle hair tonic. Obama is patting the man on his head who uses his product, but the ironic thing in the cartoon is that the customer has no hair. The customer is thanking Obama for helping him but in all actuality the customer is just as bald as he was before he started using this product. Obama pats him on the head and says "Just think how much more hair you would have lost without the tonic. I believe the artist of this cartoon is saying that President Obama has a few people in America dumb founded and they believe everything he says. I dont agree with the artists views but I do believe they did a great job portraying their personal views in the cartoon.

ID?!?!?!?!?

This cartoon shows a comic strip of a man making a scene, because the voting poll asked for his ID. The first 4 slides show him giving his ID with no problem, but when the poll says, "I need to see an ID," h says, " What?!?! You're making this too hard!" The artist is pointing out the fact that people are making a big deal about the Voter ID Law, but in reality it is the same law as banks, movie theaters, bars, and airports.This relates to our class discussions about the Voter ID Bill.

Ohio Voter ID

Video

I chose the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart that aired on October 31, 2006. The topic of this segment was the Voter ID Law in Ohio. The satire is used in a making fun way towards Ohio, basically saying that they do have a law but it is not completely enforced. She also says that the governor said he is not signaling out any group of people but than she names the acceptable forms of ID and you need money for all of them.This segment shows a liberal view, because liberals are against the law and believe it is signaling out blacks and the poor. It relates because PA is not thinking about passing the Voter ID bill.

Unplugged

In this cartoon, you see a line of voters and the election official saying, "Next" after the first person just voted. The cartoon shows a voting machine that is actually unplugged. the artist is pointing out the fact that the voting systems can be skewed and maybe this particular machine is in a city dominated by one party, and the other party unplugged it. The cartoon just shows people voting without noticing the machine is unplugged. It relates to our class discussions and current political events because it shows that the voting systems are actually skewed. They influence the topics because it just shows a big man covering the unplugged machine so that nobody sees that it is unplugged.

Elecronic Voting

This political cartoon about voting is aimed to inform the United States voters and mock the United States voting system. In this cartoon the man coming to vote is asking the typical question "will my vote count". Behind the curtain there is a slot machine instead of a voting machine. The idea is that the odds of your vote counting are just as good as your odds of winning on a slot machine. The message is that no one can really be sure that each individual vote counts or if the elections are fixed. It relates to our class discussion and political events today because people are hesitant about voting because they think their vote will not count. Satire and Irony influence the cartoon because the artist decided to use a slot machine which looks like a voting machine.