Bernanke
Last week Ben Bernanke somehow convinced the U.S. Senate to extend his tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve by another four years. Somehow 70 senators managed to overlook his close ties to the banking industry, his role in poorly regulating the banks, and his alleged role in pushing Ken Lewis to mislead investors in the Bank of America merger with Merrill Lynch. I imagine that the “somehow” can be explained by the Senate’s own ties to the industry.
This caricature is the first installment of weekly caricatures I will be posting at this site. My approach so far is a caricature that offers some commentary or reflection of the subject’s role in society, persona, or behavior that has warranted public attention. I don’t consider them to be political cartoons in proper; there is no analysis nor opinion expressed here. There is a point of view, of course, an attitude toward the subject. But the approach is more in line with the traditions of illustration than with political cartooning.
