Current Event Blog Post 12/18/11

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/natebeeler/2011/12/14/94560

The cartoon was drawn by Nate Beeler who is an award winning cartoonist for The Washington Examiner. His cartoons are also featured in The San Francisco Examiner, and have been featured in USA Today, Time, and Newsweek. The key objects in the cartoon are the frontrunners for the 2012 Presidential election. Mitt Romney is criticized for his $10,000 bet that he placed with Rick Perry. Newt Gingrich is shown as somebody who has problems with his own personal relationships and that he has a lot of issues in his past. President Obama believes that all Americans will support his policies as shown in the cartoon. Then Uncle Sam then ironically comments on how all of these Presidential candidates are out of touch with the American people. The cartoonist ridicules all of the different candidates for the presidency because they are all out of touch with the American people but don't seem to realize it. This cartoon deals with the 2012 Presidential election and the different candidates who are running for President. The cartoon's message is that none of the current Presidential candidates are viewing the needs of the public and instead worrying about their own images. The cartoonist's point of view is more conservative and against all the candidates because he believes none of them will be able to secure the 2012 Presidential election.