Summary Of Lipstick On A Pig The Sequel By John Cole

Lipstick on a Pig The Sequel. This image was created by John Cole and found on the California Political review. In this image, John Cole interpreted Super Pacs by portraying an image of a very fat pig holding a former president. When creating this image, Cole was trying to bring up the issue of super pacs and because of the size of the pig he is also showing the power that these pacs have. Super Pacs are a new idea where committees can raise an unlimited amount of money from super rich corporations, labor unions, and other entities to support and advertise their candidate in the election. This is not good because it has turned politics into a game of who has more money to put into it. Super Pacs are said to be corrupting our democracy. This

Cole explains a very important political issue using a cartoon. It has to do with money, presidential elections, and influence. Looking closely at the pig, there is a tattoo that says $uper Pac$. Instead of using the letter S, Cole uses a dollar sign. Right away this draws the viewer to think about money which is exactly what Cole wants them to do. Looking up the definition of a super pac would lead to the discovery of many large companies that privately fund elections. We’re not talking about pocket change, we are talking about millions, even billions of dollars that corporations are spending. In today's world, with all these billion dollar companies that can control almost anything they want, courts are having trouble ruling out what they can and cannot do because it is so easy to find loopholes in laws especially if there is money involved. These corporations are only buying into elections so that they can find more ways to benefit themselves. John Cole is a political cartoonist originally from New York and now living in Pennsylvania. He has not always been a political cartoonist though. Growing up he loved to doodle but after many hints from his professors and graduating college he decided that making funny images would not make him much money. Starting out he tried many different things but they were all short lived. He decided to go back into the cartoon drawing industry and won a few cartoon competitions which landed him some jobs with newspapers. Because of his hard work he is now a very well known political