This political cartoon was written by Mike Keefe for the Denver Post on 11/18/11. This cartoon is showing people on a plane getting ready to take off. A man titled Newt (“Newt” Gingrich) is attempting to shove a HUGE suitcase into the luggage holder. The flight attendant looks very annoyed, along with the other passengers. The flight is apparently going to “the nomination”, and Newt is crying out “I’m on my way to the nomination!” and the peeved flight attendant is responding “Not unless you get that thing stowed”. This is symbolizing Newt Gingrich’s large amount of “baggage” he is trying to enter into the Republican primaries with. Some of the examples are ethics charges government shutdown and adultery. He cheated on his wife who was fighting cancer. Not a good way to start off the primaries.
This cartoon uses satire, turning Newt Gingrich’s “baggage” into an actual, ridiculously large luggage bag which is stopping his plane from taking off toward the “nomination”. This issue is dealing with all of the scandals Newt Gingrich has already committed before even acquiring the nomination, however, he and Romney seem to be one of the few left standing in the running now, and it is beginning to concern a lot of democrats and even some republicans that he might actually get the nomination. The message of the cartoon and of the cartoonist is that he definitely has baggage, and it could very well inhibit him from acquiring the nomination. However, if he is able to stow it away, it is still possible he could receive the nomination.
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http://www.denverpost.com/keefe/ci_19358713
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