Searching through my disorganised archive I stumbled upon this political cartoon. I thought I'd lost it years ago. It was published in the April 1932 issue of L'en Dehors (In and Out). For me it is the best political cartoon in existence. It conveys its message clearly through imagery, panels and short dialogue, there's no need to overlabel it.
Sorry to say its cynical point of view has been backed up by world history. As to why so many politicians show two different sides before and after their election, well there's many reasons offered by scholars. The more cynical holds that they're all like Tartempion, shameless liars, other more generous or gullible if you'd like view political power as a form built through compromise, compare a party manifesto to its record in power and you find a string of unfulfilled promises.
However you think of it, remember Tartempion's promise of the Moon, next time you're asked for your vote.
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