Wonkie Author Page - Seth Marshall

The pages contains an archive of Seth Marshall's post on Wonkie. Seth's interests revolve largely around US politics, international economics and guerrilla marketing.

Barack Obama’s initiation cartoon

May 23rd, 2026 (Updated)

Skipped a day yesterday so thought we’d come back with a double-barrel cartoon for a lazy Sunday. While many are familiar with Reagan’s history as an actor and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terminator background, few realise that George Bush was actually Head Cheerleader while attending Phillips Academy in Andover (close to Boston). Check out Matt Littman’s article […]

Media experiences post-US election blues

May 23rd, 2026 (Updated)

The media frenzy around the elections came to a peak yesterday as one of the most popular reality TV shows of the year came to a close. For a recap of all the election antics and some nostalgic laughs check out the Wonkie US election cartoons archive.

Barack Obama wins the US elections

May 23rd, 2026 (Updated)

Barack Hussein Obama’s victory signals the end of the longest election campaigns in American history. He will be sworn in as USA’s 44th president in January next year – truly a historic moment as Obama will take the lead as America’s first black president. Obama faces a number of local challenges to start off his […]

Election day strategies – Republicans and Democrats

May 23rd, 2026 (Updated)

And finally it’s election day in the US – everything comes to a head after months of entertaining campaigning. At posting time Obama seems to be a little more comfortable than McCain as the Republicans seem to push forward with a “support the underdog” strategy. The battle in the hotly contested swing states of Florida, […]

Sarah Palin chats to Sarkozy not

May 23rd, 2026 (Updated)

Canadian comedian Marc Antoine Audette convinced Alaskan governor and US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin that he was Nicolas Sarkozy. The 6 minute prank call was aired on CKOI Montreal. I’m sure it tested Palin’s in depth knowledge of foreign affairs!