{"id":23153,"date":"2017-06-23T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23153"},"modified":"2017-06-23T13:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T20:00:34","slug":"cartoon-whos-a-good-voter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=23153","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Who’s A Good Voter?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump is in some ways more awful than the typical Republican politician – more crass, more ignorant, more dangerously impulsive. But a lot of his awfulness is just what we’ve come to expect from Republican politicians. You can’t be a viable Republican politician, in this age, unless you sign on for a long list of indefensible and irresponsible positions.<\/p>\n

My point is, Trump’s election didn’t come out of nowhere. The GOP spent years teaching its voters to accept ridiculous nonsense as truth, and Trump is the result. <\/p>\n

Artwise, I think this is one of my better efforts – I like the flat pink colors on the crowds versus the fuller colors on the two GOP operatives. (Thanks to my friend Naomi for suggesting that approach!) Better still, to my eyes at least, it really doesn’t look like any of the other political cartoons out there. And by the way, those Tea Party hats are pretty hard to draw!<\/p>\n

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
\nPanel 1
\nTwo men are standing slightly above of crowd of people. They are petting people in the crowd on the heads, as if they were dogs. The crowd looks happy. There are t-shirts and a banner that say “Reagan.”
\nOne of the men is young, blond, and wearing a shirt and necktie. The other man is bald, has glasses, and is wearing a vest over his shirt and necktie. Both are white.
\nBLONDE: We can cut taxes, up military spending, and balance the budget! Yes we can!
\nGLASSES: WHO’S a good voter? YOU are!<\/p>\n

Panel 2
\nThe same scene, but now the crowd is wearing “Dole” t-shirts.
\nBLONDE: Industry would be doing great if it wasn’t for evil enviornmentalists. GOOD VOTER!
\nGLASSES: Tax cuts for the rich pay for themselves! GOOD boy! GOOD voter!<\/p>\n

Panel 3
\nThe same scene, but now the crow is wearing “Bush” t-shirts.
\nBLONDE: All your woes are caused by immigrants and Black people! Yes they ARE!
\nGLASSES: Global Warming is a HOAX made up by Al Gore! What a GOOD voter!<\/p>\n

Panel 4
\nThe same scene, except the crowd is looking angrier, and some of them are wearing tricorn hats, indicating that they’re Tea Party members. One wears a “NObama” t-shirt.
\nBLONDE: Illegal voters are stealing elections for the Democrats! GOOD VOTER!
\nGLASSES: Experts and journalists are all LIARS! Only Fox tells the truth! GOOD VOTER!<\/p>\n

Panel 5 (final panel)
\nThe two men are looking unhappy, having been left behind by the crowd of voters. We can see the crowd well in the foreground, wearing “Make America Great Again” hats.
\nBLONDE: Trump’s a con man and a liar. But our base LOVES him!
\nGLASSES: How’d they get like that?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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