How about political cartoons?

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

The blame game is lame.

randolph, there's more truth in the cartoon and your accompanying statement than a lot of people would be willing to admit. It was only a few days ago that I saw your country's president on the tv news saying the same thing that is in the cartoon. He used different words, but the meaning was still the same.

[smc]

"Money equals speech." Unfortunately, there are those even on this site who, in essence, support such a perversion of democracy.

(SOURCE: The New York Times, August 21, 2011)

[randolph]

Originally Posted by smc

"Money equals speech." Unfortunately, there are those even on this site who, in essence, support such a perversion of democracy.

(SOURCE: The New York Times, August 21, 2011)

Yeah, the patent issue is truly becoming not only outrageous but obscene.
We are allowing companies to patent natural genes and organisms.

[smc]

Originally Posted by randolph

Yeah, the patent issue is truly becoming not only outrageous but obscene.
We are allowing companies to patent natural genes and organisms.

This cartoon is not about patents. It's about Romney's statement that "corporations are people," made at the Iowa State Fair in the run-up to the Ames Straw Poll.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by smc

This cartoon is not about patents. It's about Romney's statement that "corporations are people," made at the Iowa State Fair in the run-up to the Ames Straw Poll.

The next to the last frame is about patents.

[smc]

Originally Posted by randolph

The next to the last frame is about patents.

If you see the patent issue as the primary thrust of this cartoon, you are missing the much broader point the cartoonist is clearly making. Failure to see the terms of a battle is tantamount to losing the war before the fighting has been engaged.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by smc

If you see the patent issue as the primary thrust of this cartoon, you are missing the much broader point the cartoonist is clearly making. Failure to see the terms of a battle is tantamount to losing the war before the fighting has been engaged.

I was simply commenting on one aspect of the issue. Obviously the primary thrust of the cartoon was the effect of money on politics. Cartoons can often be multifaceted, that what makes them interesting political commentary.