JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PALIN - SARAH GIVES HER TEA PARTY SPEECH - THE WHOLE THING FITS ON HER PALM - IMPRESSIVE EFFORT FOR A HUNDRED GRAND FEE - ALTHOUGH SHE HAS TO TAKE GREAT CARE SWEATY PALMS DON'T WASH THE TEXT AWAY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PALIN AND KISSINGER - SARAH 'S OUTFIT IS A BIT PROVOCATIVE FOR A PILGRIM - BUT HER BODY LANGUAGE SUGGESTS THE OLD MONSTER WAS MAKING HER UNCOMFORTABLE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HIJAB - A MONTAGE OF WOMEN'S HEADGEAR IN WESTERN COUNTRIES OVER THE YEARS TO EXPLAIN WHY I LAUGH AT THE STUPIDLY-PREJUDICED NONSENSE ABOUT THE HIJAB

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GUERGIS AND JAFFER - HELENA AND RAHIM - CANADA'S POWER COUPLE FROM HELL - THIS IS WHAT CANADA'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEANS BY THE TERM BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE - DOES COCAINE MAKE YOUR TEETH GLOW LIKE THAT?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GUERGIS - CANADA'S HELENA DISPLAYS HER BEST SMIRK AFTER GOING BALLISTIC AT AIRPORT - IT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED WHAT CAUSED HER MELT-DOWN BUT COKE MAY HAVE PLAYED A ROLL - JUNIOR MINISTER IS ESCORTED AWAY BY POLICEMAN - NOTE THE CROSS BUT WHERE'S HER STASH?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: JAFFER - CANADA'S RAHIM THUMBS UP AFTER BEATING LEGITIMATE CHARGES FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND SPEEDING WITH COCAINE DISCOVERED IN THE CAR - A TRUE HERO FOR OUR TIMES

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MILIBAND - DAVID - BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY - TRYING TO DO A GEORGE BUSH IMITATION

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MILLER - DAVID INADVERTENTLY SUMS UP HIS ACHIEVEMENTS AS MAYOR OF TORONTO

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: JACKSON - WAX PROP FOR A HORROR FILM? - NO, THIS IS MICHAEL'S POLICE MUG SHOT AFTER BEING ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE - HE WAS FOUND INNOCENT BUT YOU COULD MAKE A CASE FOR ABUSE JUST FOR SHOWING THIS FACE TO A KID - THE PHOTO COULD SERVE AS A SEVERE WARNING POSTER ABOUT THE RISKS OF PLASTIC SURGERY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: JACKSON - MICHAEL WEARING A BAND-AID ON HIS LAST NOSE JOB - COORDINATES NICELY WITH THE WIG, HIS TATTOOED EYEBROWS, HIS TATTOOED LIPS, AND HIS TATTOOED STUBBLE - GOOD GOD DOES THE PLASTIC SURGEON STILL HAVE A LICENSE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: EVANS - ALBERTA'S CHARMING IRIS CONSERVATIVE FINANCE MINISTER GIVING HER VIEWS ON PARENTING - POOR KIDS WHO HAD TO SEE THIS EVERY MORNING

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - CANADA'S JOHN IN A PROFANE RAGE - JOHN LOOKS LIKE HE PLAYED TOO MUCH FOOTBALL WITHOUT A HELMET

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: NETANYAHU - BENJAMIN PRACTICES HIS LISTENING SKILLS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MCCHRYSTAL - STANLEY'S BACKGROUND SWIRLS WITH PRISONER ABUSE AND ASASSINATIONS - HE COULD EASILY BE TAKEN AS CLAN CHIEF IN AN OZARK BLOOD FEUD

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KIM - JONG IL RUNS A STALINIST STATE BUT AT LEAST STALIN LOOKED THE PART OF GREAT HELMSMAN - KIM RESEMBLES A KOREAN CARTOON CHARACTER - AND THERE IS THE DISTINCT SUGGESTION HERE THAT HE IS BEING PROPPED UP BY THE TWO NEAREST OFFICERS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CHENEY - DICK IS THE JUNKYARD DOG OF RIGHT-WING POLITICS - A DELUSIONAL MAN WHO STILL REGARDS HIS REIGN OF TERROR WITH MURDER AND TORTURE AS PATRIOTIC

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S PRESCOTT - JOHN LOOKS LIKE MOBY DICK AFTER SWALLOWING A BUNCH OF OLD TIRES - APPARENTLY HE WAS DOING A PARODY OF PRIME MINISTER BROWN'S SMILE - CLEARLY HE OVERDID IT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: RUNDEL MILLINGTON ROBINSON BENTLEY - BRAVE RCMP POLICEMEN GERRY KWESI MONTY BILL KILLED A DISTRAUGHT RETARDED MAN WHO COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AND WAS LOST IN A LARGE AIRPORT - APPARENTLY THEY FELT THREATENED IN THEIR BULLET-PROOF VESTS BY A STAPLER HE HAD PICKED UP - WELCOME TO CANADA!

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PALIN - BRISTOL WITH HER EX POSING FOR CAMERAS UNDER SARAH'S DIRECTION - GEE WHAT EXCITEMENT THEY SHOW - WELL, NOW WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO ENJOY A SHOTGUN WEDDING AS MOM WANTED, HE CAN STOP WEARING SUITS AND GO BACK TO BEING A FULL-TIME REDNECK - AND SHE CAN HUNT MOOSE WITH MOM AGAIN

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PELOSI - NANCY SAYS ON THE ONE HAND THE CIA DID NOT TELL HER ABOUT TORTURE BUT ON THE OTHER THEY DID - MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: REAGAN - THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN FULL FORM - RONALD IS PHOTOGRAPHED DECLARING WAR ON SOMEONE OR OTHER

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MCCAIN - JOHN GIVES AN EXACT IMITATION OF AMERICAN VOTERS' REACTION TO HIS BECOMING PRESIDENT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: POW/MIA FLAG - WE DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT THIS ANYMORE - BUT IT WAS THE MOST BIZARRE EXAMPLE OF MASS DELUSION IN MY LIFETIME - IT WENT ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND UNDOUBTEDLY REFLECTED AMERICA'S CONFUSION AND ANGER OVER AN ABSURDLY VICIOUS WAR THAT THEY ENDED UP LOSING

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HITCHENS - CHRISTOPHER AT A BOOK SIGNING - COULD THERE BE A SUGGESTION HERE ABOUT WHY HE HOLDS SOME OF HIS VIEWS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: IGNATIEFF - THE CHARM JUST OOZES OUT - MICHAEL SPENT DECADES AT HARVARD TO LEARN TO DO THIS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: DAVY - CHELSEY IS PRINCE HARRY'S EX-GIRLFRIEND - BUT THIS PICTURE LOOKS STRIKINGLY LIKE A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - THE FAMOUS PICTURE OF COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF GEORGE USING BINOCULARS WITH THE LENS CAPS STILL ON - HE WAS SIMPLY A BUMBLING BUFFOON MUCH OF THE TIME - BUT THE SOLDIERS COULD HARDLY ALLOW THEMSELVES TO LAUGH - THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WORKED THIS WAY FOR EIGHT YEARS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: SOMERVILLE - MARGARET LIKELY QUALIFIES AS CANADA'S MOST BORING ACADEMIC - HER OCCUPATION IS INFLICTING HER VERSION OF ETHICS ON OTHERS AND AT LENGTH - A SECULAR PREACHER POSING AS AN INTELLECTUAL

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - STATUE OF GEORGE - WILLIAMSBURG PARK - WOULD HAVE BEEN BAD ART EVEN IN THE USSR - BUT IT SUITS GEORGE - I CANNOT IMAGINE A MORE FITTING TRIBUTE BEING OFFERED - RESEMBLES A GIANT ICE-CREAM BIRTHDAY CAKE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ROCKET - ONE OF THE DREADED QASSAM ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM GAZA IN DESPERATION OVER ISRAEL'S ENDLESSLY ARROGANT AND INHUMANE BEHAVIOR - IT'S AN OVERGROWN FIREWORK - DO YOU SLAUGHTER 400 CHILDREN AND A 1000 OTHERS OVER SUCH INEFFECTUAL THINGS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MANNING - PRESTON HAS BEEN NOMINATED AS MOST BORING POLITICIAN IN CANADA WITH HIS DRONING VOICE AND LITTLE HOMILIES - HE RESEMBLES ALFRED E. NEUMAN AND MAUDE FRICKERT CROSSED - COMPARE THIS TO HIS NEW LOOK IN A PHOTO ABOVE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FRIEDMAN - THOMAS HAS HIS HEAD MAINTAINED AND CONTINUOUSLY REPLENISHED WITH NEW CRAP BY A CUSTOM-MADE MACHINE IN THE PENTAGON'S BASEMENT - THANKS TO A BRAVE SOUL WHISTLEBLOWER FOR THIS TOP SECRET IMAGE SMUGGLED OUT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FRUM - DAVID'S CHARACTER IS CAPTURED PERFECTLY IN THIS IMAGE - IT LACKS ONLY A SNOUT - HE HAS SPENT A CAREER LIVING OFF BUCKETS OF REPUBLICAN SLOPS AND PRODUCING STUFF WITH MUCH THE SAME ODOR YOU EXPERIENCE IN APPROACHING A HOG FARM

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: COULTER - ANN LOOKS LIKE A BEDRAGGLED USER FROM A SAFE-INJECTION SITE - COULD THAT EXPLAIN HER FOUL MOUTH? - A BIZARRE NIGHTMARE-ON-ELM-STREET VERSION OF A FLOWER CHILD IN A PARK

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: IGNATIEFF - MICHAEL IS CANADA'S PRINCE OF DARKNESS - A NEO-CON SUPPORTER OF SAVAGE WAR WHOSE FAVORITE SICK JOKE IS CALLING HIMSELF LIBERAL

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: JOHNSON - LYNDON WAS THE SUPREME DRAMA QUEEN OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS - IMAGINE TRYING TO PASS OFF THIS OBVIOUSLY POSED PHOTO AS SPONTANEOUS? - INTENDED TO MAKE US FEEL HIS HURT AND AGONY AS PEASANTS IN VIETNAM ARE NAPALMED AND CARPET-BOMBED - POOR DEAR MAN!

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - GEORGE AS GROTESQUE PATRIOTIC LUMP - WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SAY USE A FLAG - I THINK THIS IS GEORGE'S EQUIVALENT TO THE LYNDON JOHNSON PHOTO ABOVE - ONLY BUSH RESEMBLES A SIX-YEAR OLD WHO MISSED OUT ON THE ICE CREAM AT SOMEONE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PEROT - ROSS WAS SURELY THE ODDEST MAN EVER TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT - BUT WITH ALL THAT DOUGH NO ONE LAUGHED

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PLEDGE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG - THIS IS HOW THEY USED TO SAY IT - LOOK FAMILIAR?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CHENEY - LYNNE - AFTER HER PLASTIC SURGERY - SHE CAN STILL DRINK DICK UNDER THE TABLE BUT NOW SHE LOOKS LIKE THE WORLD'S OLDEST CHIPMUNK

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - GEORGE CAUGHT TRYING TO PRONOUNCE SOMETHING OR JUST WITH ANOTHER PRETZEL JAMMED IN HIS THROAT?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PALIN - SARAH - THIS IS A PALIN BLOW-UP DOLL FROM CHINA - COMES COMPLETE WITH UNDIES FROM BERGDORF-GOODMAN PLUS A CHANGE TO DOLLAR-STORE BRAND

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KEATING - CHARLES - AKA FEDERAL INMATE # 67302741 - REMEMBERS AFFECTIONATELY HIS OLD PAL JOHN MCCAIN HAVING SENT A LARGE CAMPAIGN DONATION RECENTLY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BUSH - BARABARA - JUST PUTTING ON LIPSTICK OR TRYING OUT FOR A ROLE IN A HORROR FILM?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KERRY - IS IT ANY WONDER JOHN LOST THE ELECTION? HE IS A SCARY CROSS OF BUSH'S VIEWS AND FRANKENSTEIN'S LOOKS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: LIMBAUGH - RUSH - A PILL-ADDICTED FRAT BOY WITH POOR TASTE AND AN UGLY MOUTH - IS THAT TIE SUPPOSED TO BE THE BURNING HEART OF JESUS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: THURMOND - STROM'S CORPSE WAS FOUND LIKE THIS PARTIALLY MUMMIFIED - NO ONE HAD NOTICED FOR YEARS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HASTERT - DENNIS WAS DOING HIS RENOWNED FLIPPER IMITATION - THEN AGAIN MAYBE, NOW THAT WE KNOW HE PAID HUSH MONEY FOR YEARS TO A MAN HE SEXUALLY ABUSED AS A BOY, MAYBE THIS IS JUST DENNIS SAYING "YOU WANT HOW MUCH?!"

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CHENEY - LYNNE - AFTER DRINKING DICK UNDER THE TABLE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MCCAIN - JOHN - SHE SAID WHAT?