Political Cartoon Analysis #3

Artist: Tom Toles
Source: The Washington Post
Date: December 8, 2008

This cartoon depicts what President Elect Barack Obama's first priority is going to be when he takes office, which is getting our country back on the right track. The cartoon shows Obama saying" First order of business..." while standing on top of an upside down United States. I happen to agree with the political message of this cartoon, because while I was a supporter of Senator John McCain, I believe that Obama will be the better man for pulling the country together.

At the bottom of the comic, Obama is saying that "Red and blue states will need to work together." I think that this is entirely true because without the effort of the entire nation supporting the President and Congress, we will never achieve the #1 spot again. We can't just sit back and wait for someone else to fix our problems.

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