English 102-12
February 10, 2015
Rhetorical analysis
Mike Luckovich (2012, March 15) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In this political cartoon that was created by Mike Luckovich for the Atlanta journal strikes directly at the republican party. Stating that most people who are not middled aged christian white men are pretty much against them. It shows a large group of republicans but there are no women there even though there is a sign that says “ladies night”. One republican is asking another what other groups have they lost including the ones they already have even though it obvious that women are not at the party.
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This type of thinking makes other feel as though they are not a priority to this nation and as a result it is less likely for them to be republicans. If there was a homosexual republican it would be a huge contradiction since republicans are against same sex marriage.
When using the ethical approach it is easy to tell that Mike luckovich is a democrat based on this and his past illustrations that he is most likely a democrat and probably thinks republicans are fools. Now based on this cartoon it is not saying that ALL republicans are white, there are Women, Blacks and Hispanics that are republicans but just not as many as you think
The illustration is somewhat true just a bit over exaggerated but it makes a pretty good argument , kind of like a punch in the face to all republicans which may maybe what they deserve. If more people were to see this they would most likely agree with it or think it is absolutely wrong. And most would