In this assignment, you will find a political cartoon and analyze the cartoon in a 1-paragraph write-up.  Cut and paste your political cartoon, with your 1-paragraph write-up, into a Word or PowerPoint file and post it as an attachment.  The examples I give in the instructions are from the early 2016 timeframe, just prior to the start of the 2016 presidential primaries.  I want you to find cartoons that are more current, preferably something related to the national or international events of 2022.  Visual Communication—Sample Write-ups See associated PowerPoint for the graphics (cartoons) Here’s a sample write-up: Marco Rubio and Donald Trump are competitors for president on the Republican side, and both have been feuding recently. Trump has called Rubio a “lightweight,” and Rubio has said that Trump is “very insecure.” Of course, Trump is labeled as “Macho Man” because of his tough talk, and given how much he brags about himself and his wealth, he is drunk on his “ego,” implying he is an ego maniac. Rubio is called “Aqua Man” because he took a sip of water when he gave the Republican rebuttal/response to President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address. Here’s a sample write-up: Hillary Clinton is in hot water because as Secretary of State, she maintained a private email server, and it turns out that some of the emails that she deleted were classified and should not have been sent over a private server but an alleged more secure government server. The gradual erasure implies that her actions are leading to her elimination as a presidential candidate. Clinton may have broken bookkeeping laws by deleting emails with official state department business, especially ones that were classified, and the FBI investigation of her actions could lead to her demise as a candidate. Here’s a sample write-up: The media has asked some of the Republican candidates some “gotcha” questions, intended to catch them saying something that could damage their candidacy. For instance, Donald Trump was asked about why he didn’t correct a questioner who referred to Obama as a Muslim and one who was foreign-born. Ben Carson was asked if he would support a Muslim for president, and Carson had to clarify his initial statements to survive the ensuing controversy. These types of questions have nothing to do with how these candidates plan to grow the economy or fight ISIS or address other important issues of the day. Here is a sample write-up: The capitol building is symbolic of Congress, so the guy crying must be John Boehner, who recently announced his resignation from Congress. He is crying because he is often mocked for openly crying in public numerous times during his tenure as Speaker. “It’s their party” implies that the people in the background holding very hostile signs are members of Boehner’s Republican Party, who wanted him gone from not accomplishing enough as Speaker of the House. Here is a sample write-up: “.

1. In this assignment, you will find a political cartoon and analyze
the cartoon in a 1-paragraph write-up. Cut and paste your
political cartoon, with your 1-paragraph write-up, into a Word
or PowerPoint file and post it as an attachment.
The examples I give in the instructions are from the early 2016
timeframe, just prior to the start of the 2016 presidential
primaries. I want you to find cartoons that are more current,
preferably something related to the national or international
events of 2022.
Visual Communication—Sample Write-ups
See associated PowerPoint for the graphics (cartoons)
Here’s a sample write-up: Marco Rubio and Donald Trump are
competitors for president on the Republican side, and both have
been feuding recently. Trump has called Rubio a “lightweight,”
and Rubio has said that Trump is “very insecure.” Of course,
Trump is labeled as “Macho Man” because of his tough talk,
and given how much he brags about himself and his wealth, he
is drunk on his “ego,” implying he is an ego maniac. Rubio is
called “Aqua Man” because he took a sip of water when he gave
the Republican rebuttal/response to President Obama’s 2013
State of the Union address.
Here’s a sample write-up: Hillary Clinton is in hot water
because as Secretary of State, she maintained a private email
server, and it turns out that some of the emails that she deleted
were classified and should not have been sent over a private
server but an alleged more secure government server. The
gradual erasure implies that her actions are leading to her
elimination as a presidential candidate. Clinton may have
broken bookkeeping laws by deleting emails with official state
department business, especially ones that were classified, and
the FBI investigation of her actions could lead to her demise as

2. a candidate.
Here’s a sample write-up: The media has asked some of the
Republican candidates some “gotcha” questions, intended to
catch them saying something that could damage their candidacy.
For instance, Donald Trump was asked about why he didn’t
correct a questioner who referred to Obama as a Muslim and
one who was foreign-born. Ben Carson was asked if he would
support a Muslim for president, and Carson had to clarify his
initial statements to survive the ensuing controversy. These
types of questions have nothing to do with how these candidates
plan to grow the economy or fight ISIS or address other
important issues of the day.
Here is a sample write-up: The capitol building is symbolic of
Congress, so the guy crying must be John Boehner, who
recently announced his resignation from Congress. He is crying
because he is often mocked for openly crying in public
numerous times during his tenure as Speaker. “It’s their party”
implies that the people in the background holding very hostile
signs are members of Boehner’s Republican Party, who wanted
him gone from not accomplishing enough as Speaker of the
House.
Here is a sample write-up: “Dumb” is former President Bush,
and “Dumber” is President Obama. “I start fires” refers to the
Iraq War. Bush took us to war in Iraq and one of the negative
consequences was to inflame the Middle East, which some argue
inflamed more terrorist recruiting, perhaps eventually leading to
the rise of ISIS. “I ignore fires” implies Obama has not
adequately addressed the ISIS threat. Obama withdrew our
armed forces from Iraq in 2011, and some argue that the vacuum
created by the absence of the U.S. led to the rise of ISIS. Since
then, Obama has been very reluctant to reintroduce American
ground troops in Iraq and Syria to address the ISIS threat. He
has authorized airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, which has not been

3. enough to defeat ISIS to date.
Here’s a sample write-up: The scorpion represents ISIS, which
is large and formidable. The toy soldier represents the U.S.
response to ISIS to date, which appears to be woefully
inadequate in the face of the scorpion. The man commanding
the toy soldier looks concerned, even reluctant to take on the
scorpion. The bottom line is that the U.S. response to ISIS has
weak and highly unlikely to result in the defeat of ISIS.