Political cartoons

Herblock Political Cartoon

                   This political cartoon by Herblock depicts the situation in America during the Vietnam war very well. The United States' administration was focusing too much of their money on Vietnam and not enough at home where it was needed more.  

Vietnam Meat Grinder

                  The above cartoon shows president Nixon (because of his peace and victory signs) getting swallowed up by a meat grinder labeled "Vietnam" and getting tossed into a pile of shreds that represents Lyndon B. Johnson. LBJ's achievements in the U.S. were overshadowed by the mistakes he made in the Vietnam war, and the cartoon is suggesting the same thing is happening to Nixon with the Watergate Scandal.

Pinocchio Nixon

In this political cartoon Nixon is is pictured as Pinocchio to show that he lied. Nixon was involved in the Watergate scandal, he had taped a few conversations in his office and didn't want to turn them and tried to cover it up by deleting some of the tapes. After this scandal Nixon was forced to resign because he lost the trust of the American public.