JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NETANYAHU AND HARPER - BENJAMIN AND STEPHEN - ARE THEY HAVING A CONTEST FOR MOST GRIMLY-SET LIPS? DOING THE MANLY THING OF SEEING WHO CAN SQUEEZE THE OTHER'S HAND HARDEST? DID THEY FORGET THEIR DENTURES? PERHAPS JUST EXCESSIVE BILE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NETANYAHU - BENJAMIN AT THE UNITED NATIONS WITH HIS ROAD-RUNNER-AND COYOTE BOMB IMAGE - IS HE FOR REAL? - HAS MADNESS TAKEN OVER COMPLETELY? - MAYBE HE WAS JUST A BIG FAN OF DING DONG SCHOOL - THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME GOOD LAUGHS AT DELEGATE LUNCHES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY - A BANK AD FROM 1910 - PERHAPS THE WORST PIECE OF PATRIOTIC DRECK I'VE EVER SEEN - THIS STRIKINGLY BRINGS ALIVE THE REALITY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIC RELIGION

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NETANYAHU - BENJAMIN COVERS HIS MOUTH BETWEEN LIES - TAKING A MOMENT TO CONSIDER WHETHER HE IS ABOUT TO CONTRADICT HIMSELF

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROMNEY - THIS IMAGE OF MITT IS OF COURSE DOCTORED - BUT IT DOES CAPTURE SOMETHING GENUINE - FROM HIS EARLY PRANK ON FRIENDS OF POSING AS POLICEMAN TO HIS OVERLY THEATRICAL POSING ON THE PODIUM IN HIS CAMPAIGN

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROMNEY - ANN HAS THAT SAME LOOK OF WELL-STUFFED PRIVILEGE AND DECAY AS HILLARY - WHAT OTHER KIND OF WOMAN WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ROMNEY TO TRAVEL 12 HOURS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A DOG TIED TO THE ROOF?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY - RESEMBLING A CHUNK OF ROCK FROM MOUNT RUSHMORE - SPEAKS ON THE BLESSINGS OF DEMOCRACY IN PLACES LIKE IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN, AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS NOW MORE OR LESS THE OFFICIAL FACE OF IMPERIAL AMERICA - SHE HAS DROPPED HER FORMER SWEET-SIXTEEN MAKE-UP FOR THE RAW LOOK OF ARROGANT BRUTAL POWER - RICHARD NIXON IN DRAG

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - JOHN IS CANADA'S FOREIGN MINISTER - HERE HE WAS CAUGHT IN A CANDID POSE EXCHANGING IDEAS WITH HILLARY CLINTON - JOHN'S GRASP OF WORLD AFFAIRS IS ALL IN HIS JAWS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - SEE WHAT I MEAN? THE DOG COMPARISON IS NO EXAGGERATION AT ALL - JOHN IN FULL FORM - A SADLY TYPICAL SIGHT AND A NATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT - WOULD YOU WANT THIS MAN REPRESENTING YOUR COUNTRY AS FOREIGN MINISTER?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - JOHN ENTERTAINS PARLIAMENT WITH HIS NASTY MANNERS AND UGLY-CLOWN LOOKS - SEEMS THE DYE JOB'S BEEN LIGHTENED UP WITH WARM GOLD FROSTING BUT IT STILL RESEMBLES A CLUMP OF THATCH ON A LARGE RUTABAGA

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MACKAY - PETER - WHILE BEING CAUGHT IN A LIE - IT HAPPENS OFTEN - A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE - LIKELY THE MOST INCOMPETENT SENIOR MINISTER IN CANADA'S HISTORY - AKA THE DYSPEPTIC MR POTATO HEAD

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - IMAGE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF - SO WHY IS JOHN STILL IN THE CLOSET? - MOST IMPORTANT, WHY IS HE SO DAMNED MEAN AND INTOLERANT? - GAYS GENERALLY ARE TOLERANT AND OPEN-MINDED

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GINGRICH AND ROMNEY - DEBATE PLEDGING - YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE TOO MUCH PATRIOTISM IN AMERICA - AND THESE ARE GREAT AMERICANS - ONE SELLS HIS INFLUENCE TO ANYONE WHO'LL BANKROLL HIM - THE OTHER KEEPS HIS DOUGH IN THE CAYMEN ISLANDS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROMNEY - MITT ON HIS WAY TO ACCEPTING THE 2011 AWARD AS GREATEST STUFFED SHIRT IN AMERICA FROM THE ARROW SHIRT COMPANY - YOU'D SWEAR IT'S A WAX HEAD FROM MADAM TUSSAUD'S

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FORD - MAYOR ROB GIVING HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR AN AWARD RECOGNIZING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT OF THE GREATEST VOLUME OF 9-1-1 CALLS FROM ANY HOUSEHOLD IN GREATER TORONTO - HE ACCEPTED ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE AND MOTHER-IN-LAW

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROMNEY - MITT IN ONE OF HIS LITTLE-KNOWN EFFORTS AT ACTING - TRYING OUT FOR A PART IN A REMAKE OF DAWN OF THE DEAD

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROMNEY - MITT IS A GRADUATE OF THE ORAL ROBERTS SCHOOL OF PHONY HAND MOTIONS AND POSES - THIS POSE UNFORTUNATELY SUGGESTS AN EARLY POSTER OF CHINA'S GREAT HELMSMAN STRIDING OVER THE MOUNTAINS