political cartoons

The democrats promote change that is not change at all. For example: Obama is standing up saying that we don’t have enough sense to take care of ourselves so his government will do it for us. This chows that even though they promote change, there is no change due to the fact that it is an old speech that he is saying. More proof that there is no change on the democrat side is where at the bottom it says the Clinton 3.0 acceptance speech and it has a roman pillar with change on it in the background. This further gives us proof that there is no change because the roman pillar represents old and that means old change. Also, the 3.0 acceptance speech is an old speech so the democrats are saying the same thing over again. This political cartoon basically says that that the democrats (both Clinton and Obama) don’t have the change that they promise and it will all just be a cycle.

VP Sarah Palin takes John McCain’s fame. For example, Sarah Palin is holding up john McCain while he is saying wait a minute, I’m supposed to be standing out in front. This shows that she is supposed to be representing him so she holds him up but at the same time she is in the front and pretty much leading the campaign. Another example of her fame is where on the side it shows the crowds voice saying Sarah, Sarah, Sarah… This further shows that the crowds are rooting for her and not for McCain so she is the one that the public wants. This all shows that the public really will be voting for Sarah Palin and not John McCain.

Vice president Sarah Palin makes Obama worry that McCain might win the election. For example, Biden is holding a mirror in a dress and putting on make-up saying “this better work or I quit”. This shows that Obama wants Biden to be like Sarah Palin because she is doing better than him. Another example of worrying is where Obama is talking to Biden holding a makeup kit and saying look, Palin’s shoving you out of the spotlight; this is the only way we can get you back out front. This further shows that Obama needs to make Biden look better or the public will be in favor of McCain’s campaign. All of this goes to show that Palin is really helping McCain’s campaign and taking some attention off of Obama’s.

The people who invest into the banks are going into bankruptcy. For example, there is a fat guy with investment banks written on his shirt and has a bowtie and he is standing right next to a guy with investors written on his shirt and a gallows rope around his neck. The investor is saying I just um noticed we are wearing different neckties while the banks person is whistling. This shows that the investors are really in trouble and the banks do not wish to help them at but all instead they want to sit back and watch. Another example of this is on the right side of the cartoon where a very small guy is waiting to pull a lever that says bankrupt on it and he is saying now? This further shows that the banks are trying to get the investors to go bankrupt so that the banks can get rich. Through this I conclude that the banks are getting richer and richer and sitting back while more and more investors are getting bankrupt.

Due to our tax dollars going to the government, the bailout is going to affect the taxpayers more than it will affect the government. For example, there is a guy saying it pains me..... it pains me tremendously to do this and he is pointing a gun that has trillion $ bailout written on it at a person that has “taxpayer” on his shirt and he is saying not as much as it’s going to pain me. This shows that the government is complaining that it is hurting them to bailout the businesses but in all reality it is only going to hurt us as taxpayers. Another example of this is where the guy pointing the gun drops his case that says treasury secretary Paulsen on it and the taxpayer drops his grocery bag. This further shows that even though the treasury will put the money towards the bailout the money is coming from the taxpayers when we have to pay taxes on groceries and other things we buy which means we will have to pay for the bailout. From this cartoon, I can conclude that the government is not going to hurt much when they are taking money from the taxpaying citizens of America.

congress is tricking us by enhancing the bailout plan to get it passed. For example, there is a fat pig that has congress on his hirt saying trust me to a person he is holding up that has taxpayer on his shirt. This shows that the congress is trying to trick the taxpayers into trusting them because we did not go for the last bailout plan and they need us to accept this one. Another example of trickery is where the pig has a tie and piece of paper out of his pocket that says pork all over it and the person is holding a sign that says no bailout. This further shows that the congress is porking the bailout by adding components onto it that will sway the taxpayers to thinking that this will help us and that we should trust congress.in conclusion, since the bailout didn’t pass last time, the congress has to get the taxpayer’s trust by adding to the bailout so that we think that it is benifiting us.