5 Political Cartoons

This political cartoon is very effective in showing that in spite of the differing opinions Republicans and Democrats have about the new health care bill, both parties feel equally as strong or passionate about their respective opinions. Using the expletive Vice-President Joe Biden was overheard saying (right before the President signed the bill) as part of the storyline in the cartoon adds even greater emphasis to the point being made by the cartoonist.

This political cartoon uses humor in addressing the most recent allegations of child abuse and sexual abuse against the Catholic Church in different parts of Europe. Making a reference to Tiger Woods' sex scandal in the United States, the Bishops in this cartoon ask each other what the Pope is planning to do to deflect the publicity of these scandals, to which the Pope says to himself, "I've decided to play in the Master."

This political cartoon higlights a controversial subject that I knew nothing about prior to seeing the illustration. Recently, Texas lawmakers approved changes to history, economic, and social studies textbooks used in the public schools there. This cartoon suggests that some of the approved changes are innacurate and historically false.


This political cartoon is very effective in illustrating what many perceive as the two main differences in ideologies between Republicans and Democrats. The "iou" illustrates the idea that Democratics approve too much spending from the federal government and the "no!" illustrates the idea that Republicans believe cuts to excessive spending need to occur.

This political cartoon suggests the federal government is spending too much time, energy and perhaps even money on the notion of global warming, while the unemployment rate in this country is the highest it's been in decades. The cartoonist is using polar bears stranded on a melting iceberg to further emphasize his or her point, as well as the dialogue between them to show an ironic parallelism between the notion of global warming and the growing problem of unemployment in America.