Political Expressions, Part 2

Who's gonna make a better face decides your fate in politics

Sort of a follow-up to the previous post, this page once again proves that "making face" and "saving face" could be both useful in politics. Besides, the politicians make the same amount of funny faces as any of us, only they have more photographers around them.


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Bush & Putin in Lao Cai, Vietnam:


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Girls are wonderful:







Our leader is funny. Is it a good thing?

President Bush is too obvious subject for funny photographs, but here we go again:













Younger Presidents:



Bill & Hilary Clinton in their more groovy period:


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When politicians mean business:




Russians may look funny, but they're probably not joking







Putin's words can be very ominous (for example saying that "attack on Iran would mean attack on Russia"). I have a gun and I am not afraid to use it:







Even in his funnier moments, he still remains the current Russian "tzar" with plans to stay in power for much longer.





(photos by AP)



(photos by Kommersant)



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George Bush and Vladimir Putin in a Russian 1956 vintage "Volga" GAZ-21.
(see the full set "Presidents & Cars" here)


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Driving Soviet cars is not easy:


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Good Photoshop jobs:
with Putin -



with Bush -




Putin discovered in paintings:








(original unknown)

Other politicians:









Bored...



Here is an interesting photograph of Nikita Kchruschev meeting Fidel Castro in the middle of winter:


(photo by Alberto Korda)


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Political Summits can be pretty intense:


(image credit: Yankees Man)

...or rather mellow:


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Uncovering some interesting resemblances:








Why do politicians keep crossing the road?
Anyway, now we have a sign for it:


(image credit: Gervo)

and again, George & Tony this time:


(image credit: Andy Gosling)