A Good Illustration of why Political Cartoons are Valuable

They take risks to try to get to the truth

Posted in * Economics, Politics, US Presidential Election 2008

5 comments on “A Good Illustration of why Political Cartoons are Valuable

  1. ElaineF. says:

    Yep…a thousand words…at least.

  2. DonGander says:

    ” …..try to get to the truth ”

    I suggest saying that they “try to expose the truth”.

    I think that a cartoonist must know the truth in order to then expose it in a way that is palatable for the reading public.

    I don’t know if the cartoonist acomplished that in the subject cartoon but the truth is definitely pointed at. At an amazing number of levels, I might add.

    Don

  3. Kate S says:

    Um..is the woman Hillary Clinton? Not all of your readers are American…

  4. DonGander says:

    “Not all of your readers are American…”

    Excellent point. We, in America, are about to have the most critical election since 1932 and our choices are even worse.

    God help us.

    Don

  5. mig+ says:

    I preferred the old debate format where the candidates stood some distance apart from each other. This new thing where they sit next to each other just encourages them to be even more dishonest than usual. Lincoln and Douglas would have thought it unseemly.