Retro Cartoon: Recycled Campaign Promises

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OK this is a twice recycled cartoon post.  So I am lazy.   But it is still relevant.  I originally created this in 2007 before I had a blog.   Reposted it in 2009 and now reposting again since half of you are new here since then.  From my 2009 post:

I did this editorial cartoon about 2 years ago after an election. In the states, the landscape is cluttered with yard signs that promote candidates and issues in the month leading up to the election. While the volunteers are quick to put up the signs they are slow to remove them.

Locally we have laws that say you can’t put the signs on public property, yet no one pays any attention to that because there really isn’t a penalty for violating it.

So be a good citizen and clean up your campaign yard signs, recycle them and please STOP recycling your campaign promises.

Funny how things never change.

Comments

41 responses to “Retro Cartoon: Recycled Campaign Promises”

  1. Binky Avatar

    Unfortunately that’s true in politics the world over. The only that changes is it keeps getting worse.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You mean I can’t move to another country to escape it?

      1. Binky Avatar

        Let me know if you find a good Utopia in your travels.

  2. George Avatar

    I recycled a couple of my comics from 2008. A lot of them work again for this weekend. I don’t think they’ll be of much use in 2016, though.

    I never realized how much your work has progressed since you arrived on the scene. It’s incremental, but I can certainly see the growth. Keep up the fantastic work, B.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Incremental? I thought it was leaps and bounds. haha

      1. George Avatar

        Yeah, incremental. You were great at the beginning. After over four years, you’ve become exceptional. You’ll be in my league in about another half-decade. 😀

        1. Nef Avatar

          And then sometime later, maybe you can reach MY league…

          Who am I kidding? I will never keep up with Mr. Comic-a-day Ford here.

  3. Comedy Plus Avatar

    I don’t put up signs in the first place so there is nothing to take down, but all over the place there are signs. On the roads and such. I wish they would disappear as fast as their promises disappear.

    Have a terrific day. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Exactly…there seems to be a lull in excitement when you lose to remove the signs.

  4. G.B. Miller Avatar

    Yeah, they usually stay up around here for about 4 to 5 months after the fact.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      They are preparing for the next election

  5. SpilledInkGuy Avatar

    Bob, eh? Sounds like a pretty good guy.
    😉

    1. Bearman Avatar

      He was until the power got to his head.

  6. starla Avatar
    starla

    Leaps and bounds it’s cool to see the improvement over time with your cartoons not politics! Your cartoons are so polished! I wonder what the world would be like if politicans actaully kept most of their promises?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Or at least did some polishing.

  7. JerryBenedict Avatar

    Now they’ve taken to posting “thank you” stickers to the signs of winning candidates!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That’s so sweet

  8. Red Avatar

    The signs around here have winner stickers on them. Like a realtor sold a property or something. The losing signs are gone.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      They seem to be too lazy around here.

  9. Scott Avatar

    Recycling their campaign promises–that is so right-on!

    There are corrupt lawyers, judges, cops, etc.–but no occupational group is as corrupt as politicians!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      What about a lawyer politician?

  10. George Avatar

    At least yard signs have sorta replaced bumper stickers. I’m tired of still seeing Festivas around town sporting “Mondale in ’84” stickers. 🙂

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Those people should have been ashamed to still drive the car let alone the bumper sticker

  11. Nate Fakes Avatar
    Nate Fakes

    That is one perk of living in a highrise. My whole building is free of any political signs.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      No, instead they bring conventions

  12. Tony McGurk Avatar

    My Mum & Dad had one of these in their front yard once & it took ages for them to come & remove it. I asked Dad who the bloke on the sign was & he didn’t know. Some bloke just knocked on the door & asked if he could put a sign up & Dad said Yes. I asked if they got paid for having it & he said No. They want advertising they should pay the home owner.
    I remember one election year there were these yard signs everywhere. In my opinion they are a real eyesore. One home owner put up a sign in his front yard protesting against a particular hot political issue, the building of a stinky polluting pulp mill in the Tamar valley where we live, and was forced by the local council to remove it. They didn’t like his anti-pulp mill message.
    Double standards rule supreme!!!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I should start printing my own signs to mock my neighbors

      1. Tony McGurk Avatar

        I’m sure you could come up with some good ones Mr B

  13. jynksie Avatar

    That couldn’t be more accurate. We hear the same sh^t every cycle and when you look back on history, it fully explains why con-gress was never named pro-gress! [blinks]

    1. Bearman Avatar

      [smirk] heheh

  14. lisleman Avatar

    you’ll be able to apply this cartoon for a long time.
    I wonder if the winners leave the signs up longer than the losers.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      If I were a loser I would get my sign down quick.

  15. frigginloon Avatar

    and by recycling you mean toilet paper, right?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You do that in Australia?

      1. frigginloon Avatar

        Hello, our friggin sewage is recycled 🙁

        1. Androgoth Avatar

          I heard that too, so that’s what
          you Aussies are dangling from your
          bush tucker hats these days 🙁 lol

          Sorry Loon 🙂

  16. Mark Stokes Avatar

    Recycle yards signs is a great idea! At least something good can come out of the election!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      And it employs someone

  17. Androgoth Avatar

    There is one thing that you can definitely count on
    in an election is the never-ending failed promises
    cropping up time and time again but you are correct
    nothing ever changes 🙁 Groan…

    I like the idea of adding reposts especially when the
    audience has not seen it before, mind you after saying
    that I have the habit of reposting when they HAVE seen
    them before so how about that for being lazy? 🙂 lol

    Have a great evening Bearman,
    your cartoons are the business 🙂

    Androgoth

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I figure it is half and half with those who have been around at least 3 years and those who are newer. Helps when you are lazy.

  18. Jande Avatar

    I’m just glad the election is over. I hope President Obama will have the time (4 years is too short!) to deliver on, if not his promises, at least on some of our hopes.