I
have recently found two political cartoons that have to do with the NSA and
Christmas. The first one is this image of Santa “checking his list” as well as
the NSA. The cartoon is in color, which means it probably wasn’t meant for
newspaper unless it was transferred to black and white for a print version.
Santa looks very nervous standing next the NSA member. The NSA member has a
very sneaking look on his face as if he’s planning on spying on Americans. The
NSA agent is matching Santa in a red tie and a red NSA badge. It may have
something to do with a Republican influence in the cartoon. 
The
other cartoon I found was a play on the popular Elf of a Shelf toy. This a toy
that you hide all over your house and it makes a mess. Since this is a toy I
would say that these cartoon are for adults with kids and its purpose is to
scare American citizens. I also think that since it’s Christmas time
Republicans want you to remember the NSA scare. It’s been a while since the NSA
scare has been on the front page of a newspaper, so it makes since that this
Christmas themed cartoon is meant to remind of us of how scared we should be
this holiday season with the NSA lurking just around the corner.
I like your descriptions of the cartoons! I wish the first one had shown up. The second cartoon is great! Good job!
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