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?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OBAMA CAMERON AND DANISH PM THORNING-SCHMIDT - BARACK DAVID AND THE BLOND TAKE A CHARMING "SELFIE" DURING MENDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE - THE MOST GROTESQUELY INAPPROPRIATE IMAGE OF A NATIONAL LEADER SINCE THE ONE OF BLAIR GLARING AT HIS CHARMING WIFE YAWNING (SEE BELOW) - MICHELLE IS NOT AMUSED

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OBAMA AND DANISH PM THORNING-SCHMIDT - BARACK AND HELLE HAVING A GOOD LAUGH AT MANDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE - MICHELLE IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT AMUSED

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: OBAMA AND THORNING-SCHMIDT - BARACK AND HELLE GETTING REAL COZY DURING MANDELA MEMORIAL SERVICE - LOOKING AT MICHELLE, THERE WAS NO NEED FOR AIR-CONDITIONING GOING HOME ON A FROSTY AIR FORCE ONE

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FORD - ROB - AKA MAYOR OF TORONTO - CELLPHONE PHOTO AS HE APPEARED AT AN EVENT FROM WHERE HE IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO LEAVE - WHICH DO YOU THINK IS RIDICULOUS: ALLEGATIONS ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR OR JUST HIM? - IS THAT BEER OR VOMIT OR JUST SLOBBER ON HIS SHIRT FRONT?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FORD - BROTHERS ROB AND DOUG - THEY USED TO JUST BE BUMBLING AND WEIRDLY FUNNY - HERE THEY RESEMBLE THE NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE GENOVESE FAMILY - NO WONDER NEWSPAPER SOURCES WANT TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: FORD - TORONTO'S MAYOR ROB - PRACTICE INHALING AT CITY HALL? WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD? PUCKERING UP TO KISS A REPORTER FROM THE TORONTO STAR?

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: HARRY - IS THE PRINCE MAD? HE DOES HAVE MADNESS IN THE MATERNAL LINE - HE BRAGS OF KILLING A MAN IN AFGHANISTAN - HE STRUTS ABOUT NUDE IN LAS VEGAS - HE ATTENDS A PARTY IN NAZI-STYLE PAJAMAS - HE'S AT BEST THE ROYAL EQUIVALENT OF GEORGE BUSH, AMERICA'S CERTIFIED MORON PRESIDENT

JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: KATE - DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE - A GENUINELY CHARMING AND ATTRACTIVE WOMAN - BUT HER NEW PORTRAIT IS GHASTLY - THE EYES SUGGEST SOMETHING ELFIN - AND WORSE, THE OVERALL IMPRESSION IS UNMISTAKABLY MASCULINE-LOOKING

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