Political Cartoon Analysis #5

Artist: Tom Toles
Source: The Washington Post
Date Published: January 7th, 2009

This political cartoon is a quite obvious jab at President George W Bush. It displays Bush and Cheney in a boat labeled "Mr. Environmentalist" with Bush proclaiming that the portion of the ocean they are in shall become off-limits. Deep underneath the water is a large locked treasure chest containing the "Bush Records."

I believe that all Democrats and anti-Bush Republicans would enjoy this political cartoon because it implies that President Bush made numerous mistakes while in office and that he would be willing to stoop so low as to hide the proof of his mess-ups. On top of that, it shows that Bush is pretending to be interested in protecting our environment just for the excuse to hide his records.