Lipstick on a Pig: Political Cartoon-5

Bringing in a highly publicized change, such as gender, is being used to divert the country’s attention from the Republican Party’s inflexible views by creating an illusion that it has been altered. The first image in the cartoon is a large pig that is labeled “McCain Campaign Smear Tactics.” This shows how the Republican Party is using the selection of Palin to be vice president as a distraction from its unchanging ways. The second image in Senator McCain saying, “You may not be pretty, but you sure keep people distracted!” while he is putting lipstick on the pig. This bases itself of off Senator Obama’s comment, “You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.” It shows how it doesn’t matter how much you modify the image of the Republican Party, it will still be the Republican Party.