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

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