JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BACHMANN - JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THERE COULD NOT BE A DUMBER CANDIDATE THAN SARAH PALIN ALONG COMES MICHELE - ASK HER ABOUT SWINE FLU AND JIMMY CARTER OR GAYS AND THE LION KING OR NOBEL SCIENTISTS WHO SUPPORT INTELLIGENT DESIGN

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FORD - ROB AND DOUG - TORONTO'S NEW MAYOR AND ALDERMAN BROTHER - THE MOST GRACELESS LOUDMOUTHS WHO'VE EVER REPRESENTED THE CITY - RESEMBLE BOB AND DOUG MCKENZIE AFTER A 30 YEAR DIET OF CHEESEBURGERS - COULD BE WWF TAG TEAM WRESTLERS - SHMENGE BROTHERS 2012?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BREIVIK - ANDERS BEHRING SEEN HERE WEARING A UNIFORM OF HIS OWN DESIGN - SORT OF SKIN-HEAD MARINE COMBINED WITH THEATER USHER - HE SURELY IS AS MAD AS THEY COME - BUT THERE WAS METHOD IN HIS MADNESS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BROOKS - REBEKAH - THE RAIN FALLS AND SHE MELTS INTO THE NIGHT MUCH LIKE THE WICKED WITCH IN THE WIZARD OF OZ

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MURDOCH - RUPERT IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN THE MOSSAD RUNS A NEWS ORGANIZATION - ACTUALLY THERE IS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO A MEMBER OF THE OLD SOVIET POLITBURO

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: WEINER - ANTHONY - CAUGHT IN ACTION GIVING DIRECTIONS TO A STRANGE WOMAN ON HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH HER CELLPHONE - UNDER THE TABLE HE IS WEARING NO PANTS - WAS THERE EVER A SHMUCK WITH A MORE FITTING NAME?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: WEINER - ANTHONY - DOING THE OLD HEAD DOWN-EYES CLOSED ACT - THEY LEARN IT AT THE CONGRESSIONAL ETIQUETTE SCHOOL - SOMEONE FORGOT THE EYEDROPS FOR FAKE TEARS - AT LEAST HE DIDN'T CLAIM REDEMPTION

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: IGNATIEFF - MICHAEL - DOING ICHIBOD CRANE IN A HOLLYWOOD REMAKE? NO BUT PREDICTABLY DUMPED BY CANADA'S ELECTORATE AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF TRYING TO PLAY POLITICIAN WITH THE BIG BOYS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY - A.K.A. HILLS - WHO COULD RESIST THIS SMILE? THE WOMAN HAS A GENUINELY MAGIC (OR IS IT MANIC?) TOUCH - WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO BE THE AVON REP IN HER OFFICE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ATOMIC BOMB - MISS - ONLY IN AMERICA COULD THERE BE A CONTEST FOR MISS ATOMIC BOMB - HERE WAS THE WINNER

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARPER - STEPHEN - A VERY REVEALING IMAGE - THE TIGHT-LIPPED PRISSINESS AND DISAPPROVAL COME THROUGH SO CLEARLY HERE - A GENETICALLY-DETERMINED FUNDAMENTALIST IN EVERY RESPECT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARPER - STEPHEN - THE ONLY POLITICIAN I RECALL WHO MAKES CHILDREN CRY

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARPER - STEPHEN - I KNOW IT'S POLITICALLY INCORRECT TO SAY BUT HE REALLY DOES THROW LIKE A GIRL

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: TRUMP - DONALD - HOW DOES ANYONE TAKE THIS GUY SERIOUSLY? - AN ARMANI-CLAD BUFFOON - HIS SKILLS ARE SEPARATING PEOPLE FROM THEIR MONEY AND YELLING - BUT THAT'S CALLED TALENT IN AMERICA

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ONES - THE "REV" TERRY BURNED SOMEONE ELSE'S HOLY BOOK TO GET 15 MINUTES OF VIOLENT IDIOT CELEBRITY - SURE LOOKS LIKE AN OLD ALCHIE FROM THIS PICTURE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: WILLIAM AND MIDDLETON - SOUNDS LIKE A LAW FIRM - HERE THEY APPEAR TO BE DOING THEIR FAMOUS KEN AND BARBIE IMITATION - MAYBE HIS TEETH DON'T FIT INTO HIS LIPS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: WILLIAM - THE PRINCE CLEARLY IS GOING BALD EARLY - WILL KATE STILL CARE?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KENNEY - JASON IS CANADA'S DISHONEST AND BLOATED IMMIGRATION MINISTER - CAN YOU IMAGINE A BETTER CANDIDATE FOR COUNTLESS ETHNIC BANQUETS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MUBARAK - HOSNI APPEARS TO HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS DENTURES WHEN HE RAN OFF INTO THE NIGHT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HITLER YOUTH? - AMERICAN VOLKSBUND YOUTH HAPPILY POSING - 1939 - THE BUND WAS A HUGE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: GADDAFI - MUAMMAR IN FULL MILITARY SPLENDOR - ONE MIGHT THINK OF THE MOUSE THAT ROARED - DID HE DESIGN THIS OUTFIT HIMSELF OR GET THE LEADER OF AN AMERICAN FOOTBALL MARCHING BAND TO DO IT?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BLAIRS - TONY AND CHERIE - LOOKING MAGNIFICENT AGAIN - CHERIE WAS PROBABLY MAKING THOSE WEIRDLY UNPLEASANT NOISES SHE DID SOMETIMES RESEMBLING AN OLD TRAMP CLEARING HIS SINUSES AT THE CURB - YOU'D HAVE A HARD TIME CONVINCING ME THAT CHERIE IS NOT MENTALLY UNSTABLE - THE MOST UNPLEASANT PAIR EVER TO RESIDE AT NUMBER 10

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MCCHRYSTAL - STANLEY WILL BE PUTTING HIS UNIFORM INTO MOTHBALLS - MAYBE HE CAN TRY OUT FOR LEAD IN A CHEAP HORROR FLICK LIKE PIG FARM MURDERS?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BAIRD - SEARCHING FOR A GROTESQUE IMAGE OF CANADA'S JOHN I REALIZED THAT IS THE ONLY KIND THERE IS - AN APPALLINGLY UGLY MAN IN TEMPERAMENT AND LOOKS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: PALIN - BRISTOL - REPUBLICANS ARE TO PAY 30 GRAND A POP TO HEAR SARAH'S DAUGHTER SPEAK - ABOUT WHAT? TRAILER PARK LIVING? PICKING A MATE? FAMILY INSANITY? WELL MOM GETS A 100 GRAND A POP FOR SHOWING OFF THE CROWNS IN HER BACK TEETH

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MCGUINTY - ONTARIO'S DALTON CAUGHT DOING HIS POLITICAL FERRET SNIFF - SOME OBSERVERS PREFER CALLING IT THE POLITICAL WEASEL SNIFF - I THINK THE WEASEL CROWD HAS IT RIGHT - IT PROVIDES AN ALMOST A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF HIS ENTIRE TERM IN OFFICE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: MANNING - CANADA'S PRESTON SHOWS OFF HIS NEW REGULAR-GUY LOOK - NOTE THE ELVIS-LIKE LIP SNARL - PRETTY NICE DYE JOB WITH EYEBROWS MATCHING HAIR - GRANNY GLASSES GONE FOR CONTACTS - ONLY MISSED TURNING UP THE BACK OF HIS COLLAR - YOU CAN DECIDE FOR YOURSELF HOW SUCCESSFUL HE'S BEEN IN LEAVING BEHIND HIS OLD MAUDE FRICKERT LOOK SOMEWHERE BELOW

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: IGNATIEFF - MICHAEL DOING HIS RENOWNED ELMER FUDD IMITATION - I'M AMAZED HE LET THE PHOTO GET OUT - HE HAS SUCH AN INFLATED IDEA OF HIMSELF - THE GUY COULD PUT AN ENTIRE AUDIENCE ASLEEP WITH A SPEECH - AND HE PRETTY MUCH DID SO FOR ALL OF CANADA - NOT LONG AFTER THE SOUND OF MILLIONS OF SNORES HE FLED BACK TO HIS OLD CONGREGATION OF BLUE-HAIRS IN MASSACHUSETTS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: IGNATIEFF - PERHAPS THE MOST FLATTERING PHOTO EVER TAKEN OF MICHAEL - THIS WITH THE SANDWICH MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN ON ONE OF HIS DESPERATE CROSS-COUNTRY BUS TRIPS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT A REGULAR GUY HE WAS - ON THESE MA-AND-PA KETTLE JAUNTS HIS USUAL PATE AND POUILLY-FUME WERE FORBIDDEN - SILK STOCKINGS WERE CHANGED FOR WAL-MART'S BEST DACRON

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: CLINTON - HILLARY GOES PUNK - WHO COULD RESIST THIS PICTURE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE? - MOST PHOTOS HAVE HER YELLING INTO SOME LEADER'S FACE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: BRYANT - MICHAEL - ONTARIO POLITICAL HIGH-FLYER GOT OFF WITH NO TRIAL FOR KILLING A MAN AND DRIVING RECKLESSLY - THE FORMER ATTORNEY-GENERAL WASN'T EVEN GIVEN A BREATHALYZER BY POLICE - HIS PR FLACKS HELPED IN THE SQUALID BUSINESS

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