Political Cartoon 2

     In this political cartoon, we have an elephant that's suppose to represent the Republican Party. The cartoon is titled the GOP separates.This we could figure out by just looking at the cartoon itself. The elephant in the cartoon is what seems to be like a robot that fell apart. The pieces of the robot are still fairly close to each other however they are not connected, which clearly indicates that it is broken. The elephant is also stating "we're the party that will put Ameerica together."
     This cartoon is also extremely satirical for various reasons. The first satirical thing is that it represents something that's broken attempting to put together other things. How exactly is the GOP suppose to put America together, when they are extremely separated themselves. Although I have not live enough elections to really serve as the best critic, I know enough to notice that the GOP is flawed for having Candidates with perspective that are so different. You have Santorum who is an extreme conservative. Romney who is a rather fair moderate. Ron Paul who ca easily be classified as an Independent. And lastly but not least Gingrich who to me is just...just there to be honest. The second is the fact that its a robot. A robot can easily represent something not capable of having feelings. The Republicans as we know are extremely conservative on social issues, they are often disfavored by the working class along with people that are living in a moderate form of poverty. The robot can easily symbolize how they are hardhearted.

Political Cartoon 1

          In the cartoon above, which I took from the website called Ron Paul Forum, depicts Rick Santorum's stance on social issues is attacked. I choose this cartoon for various reasons. As you can see, in the image we have Rick and the Pope laying in the bed of what seems to be like a married couple. We also have the Pope stating that they are only here to make sure that the government does not interfere with their lives. This is extremely ironic because they are doing the total opposite by being in bed with them and even under the covers.
          Rick Santorum as we all know is very conservative when it comes to social issues, however it has been very difficult for the media for most of the duration of the primary to really get him talking about it. Nevertheless his views are still made public when it comes to issue such as gay rights and abortion. Throughout the whole process though, Rick has been claiming that he does not interfere with people's lives, however a lot of his views are very invasive based on how most American feel. That is why we clearly have the man and the woman scared in the picture.
         Another important factor in the picture is the bottle of aspirin Rick is holding on to. The bottle I believe symbolizes how he "drugs" people by fooling them into believing that he wont interfere with their lives when he actually does.