Question of the Week #1

I don't think Rick Perry would make a very good president in 2012. While he has a strong conservative voice, which makes him very elecatble, he is not always polite or politically correct. Perry makes continual blunders concerning his own plan for Washington in 2012 and is not very knowledgable with current policy. He could win because he is very conservative, and many voters are feeling like that is what's necessary for the country to survive: conservative economic policies. But he's not very eloquent and has continually made mistakes, displaying his lack of focus and spotty knowledge of the politics at hand.

Political Cartoon #1

http://www.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.3326916.1321482353!/httpImage/image.jpg
This cartoon was drawn by Walt Handelsman, for newsday.com. Here, Herman Cain is stating that's he's never met this woman. The woman nods to his sexual harassment allegations but also Cain's repetitive blunders concerning current foreign policy. Handelsman uses ridicule here to make fun of Herman Cain for being uneducated about current foreign policy and his inability to escape the sexual harassment accusations. The message Handelsman is trying to get across is that Herman Cain is not aware of current foreign policy. Handelsman's point of view here is that Cain would not make a good president because he is not up to date with current foreign policy and is having ongoing problems with sexual harassment allegations.