Very few political cartoons make me laugh out loud.
Even when I look back at the all-time favorites that I included in my political cartoonist contest, most of them are on that list because they make a very effective and clever point about public policy.
Though I do recall being very amused by Glenn McCoy’s cartoon on media bias, Chip Bok’s war-on-women cartoon, and Robert Ariail’s cartoon about Greece and the euro.
But I don’t think any of them made me laugh as much as this gem by Scott Stantis.
I don’t even know what it struck me as being so funny.
Yes, I have a peculiar interest in international economic policy, so I’m fully aware that President Hollande of France is a disaster, but I’m not sure that’s enough to make a cartoon amusing.
And I’ve commented several times on the debate over whether Obama is a socialist, but that’s hardly a topic that lends itself to humor.
Or perhaps I’m just a narcissist and I appreciated a cartoon that was somewhat similar to one of my homemade jokes about Hollande and Obama.
Beats me.
But kudos to Scott Stantis (who also is the author of the best-ever cartoon on the failure of Keynesian stimulus).
