Drawn to Obama?

Do cartoonists have something against the Clintons?

April 6, 2008

Have cartoonists been kinder and gentler to Barack Obama than to Hillary Rodham Clinton? My manic Web surfing says yes. Consider these heavy-hitters: Tom Toles depicts Clinton sniping at her opponent by throwing garbage at him. Mike Peters evokes images of a rabbit-boiling Hollywood obsessive (OK, that's "wabbit" in toonland), and Pat Oliphant goes a step further with his decapitation caption. Now look closely at all the caricatures out there. Nowhere have I found an Obama cartoon showing him scowling, scheming or scurrilous. It's not fair, but hey, we get paid to be scurrilous.

-- Joel Pett


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