Presidential Election Cartoons of 2008: More of the Best Election Cartoons

Here are some cartoons for those looking for some new entertainment value from the economy and vice presidents as well as politics in general. Some very astute metaphors and downright funny presidential election cartoons as well as some decent bailout cartoons. Happy Laughing.


1st)A nice little metaphor for exactly what is happening with the new Bailout.

2nd) Well a Biden Cartoon is always funny. So here's another.

3rd) Bailout Cartoons are some of the most popular lately so here are a few for your enjoyment.

4th) Bailouts, Bailouts Bailouts. For this presidential election I think all the money will be gone and we can pay with earmarks.

5th)I really need to find a California Bailout Cartoon. You know they are now asking for a 7 Billion dollar Bailout plan...Wow, the government just has LOADS of money. Wish I would have known this last rent check.

6th) A little McCain Cartoon for all you McCain Enthusiasts who love a little joke.

7th) Palin is just so fun to laugh at aint she?

8th) Well I hope these satisfy some of your Presidential Election Cartoons of 2008 and you can be sure that I will provide you with many more as the days draw nearer. Also feel free to start taking some of these polls and we can get a good idea of where this election is going.

And for a little news about Twitter since I am a technology freak:
Like the Australian election worm but with witticisms, the Twitter Micro Blogging Application, buzzed yesterday with non-stop comments about vice-presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin during their debate.

The site, which allows for public messages with less than 140 characters to be published online, was inundated with comments from Americans debating the duo's speaking prowess.

The comments ranged from their appearances: "Palin's looking fly tonight. Who is she wearing?'' and "Blinded by Joe Biden's teeth. Holy cow!'' to their policy stances: "Palin totally nailed the "who's to blame for the mortgage crisis" question; Biden missed it.'' and "Biden talking tax relief? Really? From a Democrat? Does he know what that is?''

But the primary focus of the tweets were on how the rivals were conducting themselves on television. Many were keen to see how Palin would perform in the live debate after she was widely panned for her one-to-one interviews with US news host Katie Couric.

Others wanted to see if gaffe-prone Biden would make another slip-up.

"Palin is sure speaking fast and sounds nervous, voice is rising in pitch,'' one user twittered. Another disagreed: "Palin is rockin' the debate! I think shes winning, if your' e keeping score.'' On Biden: "Can't wait for Biden to A] put foot in mouth B] fly off handle or C] all of the above. :)''

The debate was not restricted to Americans, and even Australians got caught up in the chatter.

"Hang on, I'm confused. Think I'm mixing up two threads on Twitter. Does Sarah Palin play for Melbourne Storm or Manly?''

"Palin says "Main Streeters", drink up people,'' someone twittered. "If I was taking a drink every time Palin said Alaska, I would be drunk already,'' wrote another.

Some users were also playing drinking games and playing Palin Bingo, a game where players competed to see how many key words Palin would repeat, while writing comments and watching the debate on television.

Obama Campaign Mailers on Clinton Healthcare Position "Wrong" & Polical Cartoon of the Day

Todays Political Cartoon is regarding Obama's accusations of Hillary Clintons Position on Health Care Issues. The Cartoon is not new and neither is the claim but it has recently been brought back up to the lime light with a new mailer sent out by Barack Obama's Campaign.

Clinton's rhetorical blast, the most bellicose of her campaign, came 10 days before Ohio and Texas primaries that could doom her candidacy if she fails to stop her 11-contest losing streak.

An angry Hillary Rodham Clinton scolded Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama today for campaign mailings that she described as false and shameful attacks on her record.

The health care and NAFTA mailers were shipped to voters in Ohio "several days ago if not weeks ago," he said after holding a roundtable discussion in Columbus on health care issues. "So I'm puzzled by the sudden change in tone.

Waving two Obama mailings at a press conference, Clinton raised her voice and accused the Illinois senator of distorting her positions on health care and foreign trade.

"Enough with the speeches and the big rallies, and then using tactics right out of Karl Rove's playbook," she said, alluding to President Bush's former chief political advisor. "This is wrong, and every Democrat should be outraged."

Obama waved off the sharp criticism in a hastily arranged news conference at Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.

"We have been subject to constant attack from the Clinton campaign, except when we were down 20 points," he said "That was true in Iowa. It was true in South Carolina. It was true in Wisconsin. And it is true now. "I think they need to take a look at what they've been doing."

One of the mailings says that Clinton's health care plan would force Americans to buy coverage even if they could not afford it.

The other says that Clinton "was not with Ohio when our jobs were on the line," describing her as a champion of the North American Free Trade Agreement approved by her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Though Obama defended the two mailers that caused Clinton's vehement condemnation, he also questioned the timing of her outburst, which came at the end of a week in which she lost three more contests.

The senator from New York accused Obama of spending "millions of dollars perpetuating falsehoods."

"That is not the new politics that the speeches are about," said Clinton, who has tried to define Obama as a talented speaker with a thin resume. "It is not hopeful. It is destructive, particularly for a Democrat."

Clinton made her comments to reporters on the floor of a Cincinnati community college gymnasium as a morning rally of about 1,000 supporters dispersed.

She said Obama's health care mailing echoed talking points of the health care industry and its Republican allies.

"Just because Sen. Obama chose not to present a universal health care plan does not give him the right to attack me because I did" present one, she said.

Obama's attack, she continued, would give "aid and comfort" to health care companies and the Republican Party.

"So shame on you, Barack Obama," she said. "It is time you ran a campaign consistent with your messages in public. That's what I expect from you. Meet me in Ohio. Let's have a debate about your tactics."

Obama told reporters today that the health care mailer simply makes the same point that Clinton herself does -- that the main difference between the two candidates' health care plans is that the New York senator requires people to buy insurance, while his does not.

Clinton and Obama are scheduled to debate on Tuesday night in Cleveland.

On NAFTA, Clinton said she had criticized the pact for years and had a four-point plan to fix it. At a rally later in Huber Heights, a suburb of Dayton, she called on Obama to stop sending the mailings to voters.

"That is no way to run a campaign here in Ohio about the importance of the election," she told the crowd.

Clinton also released four new television ads today. One of them features her closing remarks in a Texas debate last Thursday. It shows her comments on a San Antonio hospital visit. She recalled seeing people who had lost limbs.

"You know, the hits I've taken in life are nothing compared to what goes on every single day in the lives of people across our country," she says. "And I resolved, at a very young age, that I'd been blessed, and that I was called by my faith and by my upbringing to do what I could to give others the same opportunities and blessings that I took for granted. That's what gets me up in the morning, that's what motivates me in this campaign."

Obama back on the other hand, regarding the mailers, pointed out a little misleading side note regarding Hillary's tone in the current moment. "Unless these were just brought to her attention, it makes me think that there's something tactical about her getting so exercised this morning," Obama said, calling the mailers completely accurate.

Clinton daughter gets "Pimped Out," Hillary threatens to boycott debate

In a conference call with reporters Friday, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson excoriated MSNBC’s David Shuster for making the comment, which he called “beneath contempt” and disgusting.

“I, at this point, can’t envision a scenario where we would continue to engage in debates on that network given that comment,” he said.

Shuster said on air Thursday: “Doesn’t it seem as if Chelsea is sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?”

Shuster has since been temporarily suspended and apologized on air twice Friday.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign is threatening to boycott future debates on MSNBC after one of its correspondents suggested the campaign had “pimped out” Chelsea Clinton by having her place phone calls to Democratic Party superdelegates on her mother’s behalf.

“I used a phrase that was inappropriate. I apologize to the Clinton family, the Clinton campaign and all of you who are justifiably offended,” he said Friday evening on “Tucker.”

“As I said this morning on MSNBC, all Americans should be proud of Chelsea Clinton, and I am particularly sorry that my language diminished the regard and the respect she has earned from all of us, and the respect her parents have earned in how they raised her,” he said.

Outside of the apology, MSNBC said he would not be allowed on air.

“NBC News takes these matters seriously, and offers our sincere regrets to the Clintons for the remarks,” MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said, adding the network was hopeful the debate would take place as planned.

But the debate is still up in the air. Clinton and Barack Obama were scheduled to participate in an MSNBC debate Feb. 26 in Ohio, one of just two debates Obama has consented to before March 4, when Ohio and other states hold primaries.

Wolfson said neither Chelsea nor Sen. Clinton had received a phone call offering a personal apology, even though Shuster told The Associated Press he’s tried to reach Clinton to do so.

“I’m not familiar with any apology,” Wolfson said, during a call where the campaign also announced raising more than $8 million online since Super Tuesday. “It’s the kind of thing that should never be said on a national news network.”

The Clinton campaign has pushed hard for as many debates as possible with Obama, but Wolfson said the Feb. 26 debate could be jeopardized.

Wolfson pointed to what he called a pattern of tasteless comments by MSNBC anchors about the Clinton campaign. Weeks ago, “Hardball” host Chris Matthews apologized to the former first lady after suggesting her political career had been made possible her husband’s philandering.