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Best Political Cartoons Of The Week
Every Friday, we collect the best political cartoons of the week and stuff them into one big, glorious slideshow.
So just relax and catch up on a week’s worth of news with our Best Cartoons of the Week slideshow.
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Conservative Cartoonist Says Obama Lies
Move over Joe Wilson. Conservative ink slinger Michael Ramirez, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for Investor’s Business Daily (View Ramirez’s cartoons here), called the president a liar while speaking to the Capistrano Valley Republican Women, Federated club at the Marbella Country Club in San Juan Capistrano, California.
According to Patch, Ramirez was talking about the President ridiculing the Republican’s three-step energy plan – “Step 1: drill. Step 2: drill. Step 3: drill.”
Ramirez said Obama has a three-step plan of his own: “Step 1: lie. Step 2: lie. Step 3: lie.”
Ramirez also said he likes Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney and his track record at Bain Capital, and said, “He’s created more jobs at Bain Capital than Barack Obama has in four years with the entire federal government behind him.”
Here’s a short video of Ramirez presenting some of his cartoons:
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Trayvon Martin Cartoons
Outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting is spreading as marchers took to the streets in New York City and Miami demanding the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Three weeks ago, the unarmed Martin was shot in a gated subdivision outside of Orlando by Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense under the “Stand Your Ground” law, which expands the right to claim self-defense beyond the home in Florida…
Our own Jeff Parker, the staff cartoonist for Florida Today, drew the cartoon above about the shooting and wrote on his blog:
“Armed with Florida’s flawed “stand your ground” laws, Zimmerman remains free as police, and now the feds, sift the facts concerning the killing of a “suspicious” teen armed only with iced tea and Skittles.”
Here are some of the cartoons that have come in about this tragic event…
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Romney Fever
Republicans have a fever, and the only prescription is more Mitt Romney!
Romney had an overwhelming win in the Illinois primary last night. If that wasn’t enough momentum, former Florida governor Jeb Bush then officially endorsed Romney, putting more establishment weight behind the GOP front-runner.
Regardless of what the establishment thinks, the gaffe-prone Romney still has a problem connecting to voters. Romney’s attempts to relate to the electorate come across as pandering. This is nothing new for Romney – I drew this cartoon about him during the 2008 campaign, and it still applies today…
We’ll see if the combination of a win in Illinois and the support of Jeb Bush will help Republicans coalesce around Romney. For now, he has a long way to go, according to our cartoonists…
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Clinton and Obama Boxers
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Muppet Truth Stranger than Fiction
After posting this cartoon about the evil, greedy Goldman Sachs calling their clients “Muppets,” I learned that the Muppets actually were clients of Goldman Sachs.
Apparently, back in 2003, the family of Muppets creator Jim Henson was advised by Goldman on buying back all the characters from a merchandising company:
Brian Henson, son of the late Jim Henson, announced that he, his sisters Lisa, Cheryl and Heather, and his brother, John, have signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Jim Henson Company from EM.TV & Merchandising AG for $78 million in cash. Upon completion of the transaction, all five family members will serve on the company’s board of directors, and Brian and Lisa Henson will be actively involved in the company’s management.
Too bad there was never a “vampire squid” muppet. Here’s my cartoon:
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Creepy Caricature?
The image at right is Army Staff Sargeant Robert Bales, who is alleged to have massacred 16 civilians in Afghanistan.
It struck me that he looks exactly like the soldier I drew in my cartoon about winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan in light of the killings (below), before Bales’ identity was released.
Psychic caricature. Creepy.
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Ye Olde Pot of Gold
St. Patrick’s Day is upon us once again, and with high gas prices and Wall Street shenanigans, it was inevitable that we’d have a batch of clever cartoons featuring leprechauns and their pots of gold.
So if the luck of the Irish hasn’t been with you this year, at least you can take a break and enjoy these cartoons (corned beef not included):
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Goldman Sachs Muppets