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title: Ah!...Another candidate.
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-ah-another-candidate-1955/
description: A man in a hat labelled 'Adlai' stands reading a book while a gust marked 'SWOOSH' blows past him, carrying off a raccoon-skin cap and a pair
section: Collection
---

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[![Ah!...Another candidate., 1955 US cartoon: A man in a hat labelled 'Adlai' stands reading a book while a gust marked 'SWOOSH'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-ah-another-candidate-1955.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/berryman-ah-another-candidate-1955.jpg)

# Ah!...Another candidate.

A man in a hat labelled 'Adlai' stands reading a book while a gust marked 'SWOOSH' blows past him, carrying off a raccoon-skin cap and a pair of spectacles. The cartoon argues that rival candidacies are rushing by; bandwagon is a weak fit, since the picture shows momentum and crowding of a field rather than popularity offered as proof.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SWOOSH
ADLAI
JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
```

[← Eclipse](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eclipse-berryman-1955/) [Abraham Lincoln poster, 47: The Great Emancipator (Nepali poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abraham-lincoln-great-emancipator-nepali-poster-47/)

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