1-18-17
I found
this cartoon particularly ironic and interesting as it depicted the state (or
what we thought the state was) of the republican party on super Tuesday. The picture
clearly shows the elephant beat up and wounded with bandages, a black eye and a
sling. This is supposed to show how we thought the party had been dominated
with the resurgence of Hilary Clinton in the democratic party, a clear leader.
Meanwhile many powerful republicans were refusing to support their party’s
leading candidate, Donald Trump. His famous hat which usually reads, “Make America
Great Again” has been changed to read “Make the GOP Establishment Great Again.”
This claim makes it seem as though the party is in shambles. A state of which
they might not even be able to recover from. Super Tuesday being an important
day in the election process I can remember recalling watching CNN. Bradley Cooper
questioned what the future will be for the republican party because at this
point it seemed clear and obvious that the republican party would not be able
to compete with Clinton’s stronghold on the liberal democratic party. However,
all of this somewhat backfired as the public ended up siding enough with Trump
for him to win the presidency. I found this piece particularly interesting because
of the irony. This being the first election that I have had the ability to vote
in, I followed it much more closely than previous elections. The fact that people
were thinking this last March is truly shocking now
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