What You Have Learned Introduction Political cartoons condense political commentary into shorthand that includes both pictures and words. Through the use of humor, cartoonists take aim at politicians, policies or situations in a way that large audiences can enjoy. Cheney refers to the fact that presidents are elected by an Electoral College rather than directly by popular vote. Bush seems not to know what the Electoral College is. The cartoon is funny because of the exaggerated physical features, the implications about Bush and the fact that since we know the context, we are insiders laughing at the candidates.
Techniques are exaggeration of physical traits and pointing out the candidate's weaknesses.
The screen keeps track of the number of kills. The children are talking about blowing off the head of the man reading the report from the FTC about violence being marketed to kids. In the first frame, one boy asks the other if he has seen the government official who is reading the report about marketing violence to children. In the second frame, the same boy suggests that they blow off his head. It is ironic because the government is worried about violence being marketed to kids, and the kids are using their violent videogames to pretend to attack the government.