Editorial Cartoon: Chili and Schmidt

So right here in Southern Ohio, there is a former contestant on the Apprentice and former Brand Manager of Procter and Gamble, Surya Yalamanchili running for Congress against the incumbent Jean Schmidt.  Now I don’t have anything really against Schmidt but in her time in office, I can’t think of one thing she has done except lecture six year olds on abortion.

Yalamanchili knows people might have trouble pronouncing his name so instead he goes by “Chili” and his website is VoteChili.com.  Now of course, I don’t agree with every stance on the issues  Surya makes but here is one thing that impresses me.  He has refused to accept any money from corporations or PACs (political action committees) in his bid for Congress.  So many politicians talk about “corruption” caused by corporate donations yet not one does anything about it…until now. 

I also like the fact that just because he is a Democrat, he doesn’t seem to be the type to toe the party line.  In fact, in his debate with Schmidt he said “I’m on the side of the voters of the 2nd District…Both parties have failed America…It’s a system that’s corrupt.”

Too much of the impasse in Washington is due to line drawing.  Wish you luck Chili (you’ll need it facing an opponent with 5x as much money and who is the incumbent)

Retro Cartoon: Campaign Promises

I did this editorial cartoon about 2 years ago after an election. In the states, the landscape is cluttered with yard signs that promote candidates and issues in the month leading up to the election. While the volunteers are quick to put up the signs they are slow to remove them.

Locally we have laws that say you can’t put the signs on public property, yet no one pays any attention to that because there really isn’t a penalty for violating it.

So be a good citizen and clean up your campaign yard signs, recycle them and please STOP recycling your campaign promises. I am sure the Tea Party folks would love if I had made the sign an Obama one.

Retro Editorial Cartoon: Halloween and Politicians

October 31 around here doesn’t only mean Halloween. It means an election is right around the corner. This is the time the politicians and lobbyists pick it up on the rhetoric, scare tactics and door-to-door visits. I did this one in 2007.

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Bearman Cartoon: Iran Recount (the toon)

I told you the other day about a toon I drew based on an idea from  Jeff Jena that went along with an article he wrote for  Big Hollywood.

So in case you missed the toon in the link, here it is:

 

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