Caricatures: GOP Presidential Debate Participants September 2011

Caricatures: GOP Presidential Debate Participants September 2011

Image by DonkeyHotey
The Debates

Reagan Library: The Republican Candidates Debate at the Reagan Library in California, presented by Politico and NBC News. The debate is scheduled for 8:00 PM EST on Wednesday, September 7, 2011.
CNN/Tea Party Express: The Republican Candidates Debate at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida, presented by CNN and Tea Party Express. The debate is scheduled for 8:00 PM EST on Monday, September 12, 2011.
Dartmouth College: Bloomberg/WBIN-TV/Washington Post 2012 Republican Presidential candidates debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. October 11, 2011.
Oakland University: CNBC / Michigan Republican Party 2012 Republican Presidential candidates debate at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. November 9, 2011.

The candidates participating in the debate are:
Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Rick Santorum

The Caricatures

The source images for these caricatures of the GOP Candidates are:
- Michele Bachmann, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Herman Cain, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Newt Gingrich, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Jon Huntsman, Creative Commons licensed image from World Economic Forum's flickr photostream.
- Rick Perry, Creative Commons licensed photo from Robert Scoble's Flickr photostream.
- Ron Paul, Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.
- Mitt Romney, Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
- Rick Santorum, caricature is a Creative Commons licensed image from Gage Skidmore's flickr photostream.

See the complete DonkeyHotey set of GOP 2012 Presidential Candidate art..

Thomas Jefferson

Image by DonkeyHotey
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." - Thomas Jefferson

Simpson Bowles - Caricature

Image by DonkeyHotey
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles co-chaired a failed Presidential Commission called the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The mandate for this commission was to produce a report to outline deficit reduction solutions. The commission failed to produce a report. The co-chairs released a memo that reflects their own opinions, but really should have no value in informing legislation. In short their memo and the propaganda use of it is freakish and monstrous.

The source image for this caricature of Alan Simpson is a Creative Commons licensed photo from Park County Library System's Flickr Photostream.

The source image for the face of Erskine Bowles is an image in the public domain from the United States Senate Budget Committee.

The source image for the body in this caricature is from a photo available via the Library of Congress.

NOTE: I could not find a large source image of Mr. Bowles so I was forced to represent him as a erupting boil on Alan Simpson's shoulder. Perhaps the title should have been Simpson Boils - Caricature.