Skeleton in the Closet; by Bill Mitchell

      

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/analysis/toons/2009/03/09/mitchell/index.html (click to see cartoon)


          This cartoon by Bill Mitchell shows former president George Bush holding back and trying to close his closet of skeletons. Mitchell has done a lot of political cartoons for many years and is always very creative in displaying a significant message in his illustrations. The author uses distinctive visuals as well as phrases to illustrate his point. These skeletons consist of “hidden emails, torture, illegal wiretaps, obstruction of justice, ect”.  Bush illegally wiretapped through individual’s phones who he thought were terrorists. This was extremely illegally and found to be unconstitutional. The cartoon is an example of how people will judge you for the mistakes you’ve made in the past and it can also effect your future. Your mistakes are your skeletons. His skeletons follow his still today. The author uses a serious illustration in the comic which is very appropriate for this issue. As the phrase used “I’m looking forward not back” is a reference to the upcoming election. Republicans are running against Obama for the first time since Bush was president. He is hoping that his mistakes in the past do not effect the republicans chances for the future. The artist illustration are  not exactly coming from one’s opinion or point of view. He is simply showing the fact of Bush’s mistakes which are commonly known and how he feels about what he did. Mostly everyone in the United States can relate to this issue because it was the leader of our Country committing a serious crime that will always be well known in history.