Thursday, December 4, 2008

Republican Lemonade Stand: Political Cartoon-1

The Republican Party is using the concerns of the country to their benefit by sweetening them up. There is a pile of rotten lemons that are leaking and have flies flying around them. They read: torture, climate crisis, tax policy, mortgage crisis, Cheney, Rove, Katrina, debt, Iraq and health care; this shows America’s issues, especially the ones that are being sweetened by the candidates. In the next panel, McCain and the Republican Party elephant are at a lemonade stand that is labeled “Very Expensive Lemonade,” and are smirking. This shows how presidential candidates (this cartoon focuses on the Republican party specifically) will make problems look and sound better. Candidates will use issues to their advantage to get either votes or publicity that will help their campaign.

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