JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY ON ONE OF HER $300,000 A POP SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS - SHE'S "GONE POSTAL" FOR THE PENTAGON - HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU MAKE AMERICA'S MILITARY STRONGER? STATION A NUCLEAR-ARMED B-52 AT EVERY AIRPORT? ISSUE FLAME-THROWERS TO HIGH SCHOOL ROTCs? IS SHE EVEN AWARE AMERICA ALREADY SPENDS AS MUCH AS THE REST OF THE PLANET COMBINED ON ITS FRANKENSTEIN MILITARY?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY IS THE LIKELY DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR 2016 - WHY IS IT WHEN AMERICA FINALLY GETS AROUND TO RUNNING A WOMAN CANDIDATE, SHE HAS TO LOOK LIKE RICHARD NIXON IN DRAG? NOT TO MENTION HAVING A WORLDVIEW J. EDGAR HOOVER WOULD HAVE APPROVED OF?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MACKAY - PETER HAS ADOPTED A NEW TIGHT-LIPPED POLICY - IT APPEARS TO BE THE ONLY WAY THE POOR BOY CAN STOP MAKING DORKY AND EMBARRASSING COMMENTS - MAYBE HE'S GETTING THEM STITCHED UP JUST TO BE SURE - THE HORSE MAY BE OUT OF THE BARN THOUGH: HARD TO THINK OF MANY TOPICS WHERE HE HASN'T ALREADY BLOWN IT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: POILIEVRE - PIERRE HAS TOUCHES OF MR. MAGOO AND TINTIN AND A CONSTIPATED BOY SCOUT - APPEARANCES CAN BE DECEIVING - HE IS ONE OF THE NASTIEST PIECES OF WORK IN HARPER'S AWFUL CABINET - THE PURPLE TIE SPEAKS VOLUMES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KERRY - JOHN IN A TYPICAL NEGOTIATING POSTURE MAKING SOMEONE AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE - AMERICA'S FIRST GODFATHER AS SECRETARY OF STATE - LIKE ALL MEMBERS OF LA CASA NOSTRA JOHN IS VERY PATRIOTIC, NEVER GOING OUT OF HIS HOUSE WITHOUT A FLAG PIN

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KERRY - JOHN LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN INTO THE SAUCE - BUT MAYBE IT'S JUST HIS EFFORT TO SMILE - I GUESS THE FLAG PIN IS IN CASE HE GETS LOST, THEY'LL KNOW WHAT COUNTRY TO RETURN HIM TO

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - BILL AND HILLARY CONFER ON NAMES TO INCLUDE ON HER 2016 ENEMIES' LIST - THIS SMARMY COUPLE IS SURELY AS CLOSE AS WE HAVE TO ITALY'S RENAISSANCE BORGIAS - ONLY THE GOOD TASTE IN ART AND LITERATURE IS MISSING

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BLAIR - TONY'S PORTRAIT FOR THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY - A REMARKABLY HONEST LIKENESS FOR SUCH OFFICIAL PORTRAITS - ALMOST BRUTALLY SO - WE SEE ANIMAL CUNNING AND OPPORTUNISM - COULD EASILY PASS FOR A CRIMINAL - OF COURSE, I FORGET HE IS A CRIMINAL

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OLMERT AND NETANYAHU - JUST TWO OLD TWO WAR CRIMINALS CONFERRING - MAYBE ON THE BEST WAY TO USE WHITE PHOSPHORUS? OR IS EHUD TELLING BENJAMIN IT'S TIME TO STOP COMBING A ROW OF SIDE HAIR OVER THE TOP OF HIS HEAD?