Cartoon 1

Group 2

The cartoon made by Edstein is about the campaign for the presidential election. The cartoon shows Barack Obama standing in a baby `s bed on the left and John McCain in a rocking chair on the right side. Above Obama it is written “not enough experience” and above McCain “too much experience”. The cartoonist wants to show that there is no right choice in the presidential election because Obama is too young and unexperienced and McCain is too old for the job.

Group 6

Cartoon 1

The cartoon shows the two candidates Obama and McCain who both run for president.

Obama, on the left side, is portrayed as a baby in a playpen. In his mouth he has a dummy and he is wearing a typical dress for a baby. Obama`s eyes are closed and he looks very helpless. The comment above him says: “Not enough experience”. Obama is described as a baby, because he is very young in contrast to other politicians. This is a point why some people think he isn`t experienced enough to be the president. In the picture his eyes are closed which describes that he hasn`t seen much of the world. On the right side there is McCain who is sitting in a chair with a cover on his legs. He has white hair and is wearing a old-fashioned pullover. Next to him there is a table with some medicine. McCain looks very old and he doesn`t seem to have power any more. There is a comment, too, which says:” Too much experience”. McCain is already 72 and maybe he wouldn`t change anything because old people are often very conservative. He is portrayed as a man without energy who looks like he would die soon.

The cartoonist wants to point out the big contrast between the candidates. He wants to show, that either, being too young, and being to old, can be a disadvantage for this important job. People who are for Obama might not completely agree with the message of this cartoon because they think a young president could change a lot. Additionally people who cote for McCain might think that everything which happened in politics in the past was good and so they don’t want a change and they think it`s ok that he`s old.

In my opinion Obama isn`t too young for the job because being young doesn`t have to mean that someone doesn`t have enough experience. But I think that McCain is too old and too conservative.