As you probably know, The Politico is a news publication that launched in 2007 to cover all things political in Washington, DC. They have one cartoonist named Matt Wuerker.
Wuerker’s art is fun to look at but the message of his cartoons clearly illustrates his political agenda. Matt Wuerker is a progressive who hates conservatives and Republicans. That’s fine and Wuerker is entitled to his opinion but why is he the only cartoonist at The Politico and why is he continually allowed to unfairly assign blame?
Consider the two cartoons featured on The Politico’s website at the time of this writing…
In the cartoon below, Wuerker suggests that every problem currently faced by the Democratic Party is the fault of Republicans who are throwing wrenches into the machine. Earth to Matt Wuerker – Republicans have no power, Democrats currently control everything!

In the next cartoon, Wuerker blames General McChrystal for the situation in Afghanistan, which he clearly views as a quagmire, while conveniently ignoring the fact that it’s President Obama who is ultimately responsible for the troop surge.

Having a political cartoonist with a slant is fine but The Politico would do better to represent more than just one side of the issues since it presents itself as a publication that covers both sides of the aisle.
I like political cartoons but Wuerker’s drawings are completely one sided.
If The Politico wants to be perceived as non-partisan, they should cough up the dough and also run the cartoons of Michael Ramirez. After all, even Sean Hannity features liberal guests once in a while. Hint hint…

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