Another Hilary-ous reason to keep fighting Obama

Here is my latest endeavor in the field of political cartooning. I think I like drawing political cartoons in a looser style to give them more of a New Yorker feel.

Additionally, this is a study I did of an Obama caricature by Rick Meyerowitz on Stephen Heller's NYT blog.

Finally, I've found that even though he is quite a bit more conservative than I am, I love the art of Michael Ramirez. When I was in grammar school, my mother used to get this opinion paper called the Conservative Chronicle that was littered with Ramirez's work. Since I've long since formed my own political values, it's really refreshing to be reacquainted with him.

My second ever political cartoon

Update: NPR reported this morning that the Nashville City Council has in fact approved the budget that would decimate its bussing system. As a reaction, I sketched this during my lunch break today.



I have found that I am letting myself get more and more riled up by politics these days, so I have recently tried to direct some of that agitation into something constructive. Thus, a political cartoon. I am going to have to practice drawing Barack Obama a lot more before I can start doing cartoons about national politics. I've got Generic Terrorist Guy under control, and I'm still working on George Bush.

My first ever political cartoon (in case you were wondering, because I know you were) I made about eight years ago regarding the 2000 election controversy. I will probably never see it again, because I made it when I was ten. Just thought I'd let you know that I have experience in this kind of work.

In other news

Also at work today, I decided that my office is pretty vulnerable to a zombie attack. I do my work on the second floor, but zombies have been shown to have little difficulty climbing stairs. My potential weapons arsenal includes:

a)The miniature flag I have of Hong Kong beside my desk (don't ask me why it is there, it just is).
--This would have to be a pretty close-proximity weapon, and if I didn't jam into the zombie's skull at exactly the right place to penetrate the brain, I would be boned.

b)My telephone with all the fancy features
--This is fairly heavy and would probably do damage if there were only one zombie. However I fear that flailing it around would cause the part you hold to your face to get tangled up somewhere, thus making use of the heavy base really inconvenient.

c)The keyboard to my computer
--This is the one I finally decided on because it has the greatest combination of mobility and weight. If I yanked it up real quick and it did not easily detach from my PC tower, I would be toast, but when zombies attack, you sometimes have to take risks.

"Give her a cup of tea and four vanilla wafers and she'll do whatever you want"

Bill Clinton held a political rally at Fisk University tonight. Hillary apparently is incapacitated with some sort of sickness--something that if she is elected will be drastically reduced (better general health was actually one of the platforms discussed). I was only told about the rally fifteen minutes before it was supposed to start, but there was about an hour of buffer time, which means the line of people outside the auditorium before the event began had plenty of people in front and in back of me.

I'm glad I got to be a little better versed Clinton's campaign. Bill emphasized Hillary's domestic and economic positions. He detailed her plan to raise America out of the current recession, admitting that taxes would have to increase, but assuring the tax refunds for the wealthy would be redistributed to help the more needy parts of the country. He also explained her heath plan in great detail, and why it would work this time.

--Rough Quotes--

(only as accurate as I can remember them, which means not very)

"When I was campaigning with Hilary in New York, I was talking to a crusty old conservative in the country, and I asked him if he thought he'd vote for Hillary to be reelected. He said 'Well, I didn't think it'd come to this, but I guess I'll have to. We've had other senators come through these parts and shake our hands and smile and all, but she's the only on that ever did anything for us'"

Q: "What do plan to do about the scare tactics surrounding social security"
A: "The money we have for social security will run out by 2038... but those ideas are only spread by people who want to privatize social security, and we don't need to do that, so you don't need to worry about that.

Q: What do you plan to do for universities such as historically black colleges that are suffering from financial problems--not just historically black colleges but all universities that have a lack of funds? [Fisk is dead broke, fyi]
A: Under Hillary's plan, institutions will be relieved of economic strains with her higher education plan giving loans out directly to the students at rates based on their post-graduate income. This will encourage more people to apply to college and to continue all the way through. The schools will also save money through her plan to reform energy distribution.

Q: What does Hillary plan to do for the homeless and jobless?
A: Those with no jobs and no address would still be covered under the existing Medicaid program which is like a safety net. That seems to be working pretty well so I don't see a need to change that.

Q: "WHEN Hillary gets elected President, I'm assuming you won't want to be called the first lady. What would you like to be called?"
A: "I've been called so many things in my life it doesn't matter too much to me... I suppose I'd be called the first gentleman"


tl;dr:
Here's a picture I drew of people at the Clinton rally






The title quote comes from the confused and murmur-inspiring introduction the wrinkled former Tennessee Governor Ned McWherter gave to the absent Hillary Clinton.