Political Cartoons

Moneybag Nixon Cartoon:

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors that he had not profited from public service. "I have earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life, I have never obstructed justice. People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook," he declared. Nixon denied his involvement in the Watergate scandal many times, a famous quote of his at this time being "I am not a crook". A political cartoon with him on bags of money likely is the artist's stab at his honesty in this situation, meaning that although he says he wasn't involved, he still got all this money and that says otherwise.

Scarecrow:

In the 1970s, the US turned more of the war over to South Vietnam’s army.  This plan was called  “Vietnamization", and "Vietnamization" was the withdrawal of troops over a long period of time. But as this cartoon suggests, the South Vietnamese army was unable to frighten or stop the North Vietnamese. North Vietnam took over South Vietnam in 1975.  The crows symbolize the fearlessness of the North, and the scarecrow that reads "Vietnimization" depicts on the South's failed attempts, for the crows are mercilessly gnawing and picking at the scarecrow, like the North had done to the South.

"Phone Company":

In the following picture, President Richard Nixon is shown down on the ground with many phones in his possession, and he is tinkering with them, vigorously,  outside of the Democratic Headquarters. The caption of the picture, "He says he's from the phone company..." symbolizes the time where Nixon had secretly tapped into everyone's phone due to his own paranoia.