Analytical Essay: The Scandals Of Hillary Clinton

Over the last few years it seems Hillary Clinton has been caught in more than a few
scandals. Whether it be the Benghazi deaths, deleted email scandal, and her covering up of her
husband Bill Clinton’s sexual abuse allegations, and her taking bribes in return to sell trade
secrets to China after her husband’s reelection and that only names a few from a rather long list.
This political comic strip uses comedic satire or pathos to effectively and logically inform the
public of Hillary’s repeated scandals and how it continues to happen while the public appears
shocked that another scandal happens while showing the ethics of the situation and how it’s
wrong to keep doing it.
The comic strip is a play on the class scene in Peanuts where Lucy (Hillary Clinton) is
holding a

football for Charlie Brown (GOP) to kick. But, just before he is about to kick it she
pulls it out of the way and he misses his kick causing him to fly into the air and land on his back.
As portrayed on numerous occasions in the show, Charlie Brown always fell for it.

No matter the
circumstances including when Lucy told him she would pull the football away (again). Just as
the general public and the GOP has fallen for Hillary’s scandals on numerous occasions.
There are certain details of the comic that are immediately noticeable when you first see
it. Most notable is the wording strategically placed in the comic. On the footballs, there are key
words that relate to Hillary’s prior scandals of note as well as an “etc.” that shows that there are
many more scandals that would not fit into the comic. Among other key words placed onto the
comic are the “GOP” acronym placed on Charlie Brown’s shirt to represent the Republican Party
and the word AGAIN?! coming from his mouth as if he was confused that it has happened again.
Being a political cartoon the target audience would typically be all legal registered voters
but this political cartoon in particular seems aimed at the general public as opposed to only the
voting public. This seems evident when the audience has prior knowledge on the scandals and
how they have affected the general public and caused outrage. Most notably the

Benghazi
scandal where 4 America lives were needlessly lost because of her incompetence (25 and
counting 2017).
Charlie Brown is confused that Lucy keeps pulling the ball away from him, just as the
GOP is confused as to Hillary and how she keeps having scandal after scandal. As shown in
numerous occasions in the cartoon Lucy pulls the football away from Charlie Brown just as
Hillary has gotten away with numerous scandals. The comic used logos unique way to show that
logically the GOP should stop trusting Hillary because based on her past she will continue to
commit scandals even though she somehow gets people to trust her