Smile! You're in Politics
Presidents have a sense of humor. Voters usually don't.
Here are a few shots that prove that politics can be hilarious (besides the obvious pleasure of taking down your opponents and having an evil laugh in the washroom after a successful speech).
Bush is really very cute:
(images credit: Solnyffka)
(photo by AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Politics vs. Real Life
Some of us often have no clue what the politicians are talking about:
In the meantime the world keeps on offering its own political commentary:
Presidents can rest easy. Arnold can fix anything:
How can you help? By keeping mum:
Conserving materials is always a good idea:
Very misguided political move:
You know, beer is really a Global Pacifier of Nations:
Money is an entirely different matter:
Here is a very upbeat picture of the French President:
Fun and Games in the Communist Block
We'll start with a perennial mystery:
Fidel Castro in Bratsk, Siberia, in the 60s -
(image credit: Andrey "FeliksSpb")
Castro is indescribably Cool -
(image credit: Solnyffka)
He also got a present from Soviets: very rare custom wagon GAZ-14 limo -
(image credit: ruskii-cherni)
Youngish-looking Leonid Brezhnev in 1963, again in Bratsk:
(image credit: Andrey "FeliksSpb")
Some see Medvedev, we see "Medved-ized" Putin:
(photo by Dmitry Lovetski)
(images credit: AP Photo, Dmitry Astakhov)
Without doubt, Putin is still a crucial figure in Russian politics:
And then again, Russian court games always go in cycles:
Various Other Players
Caught in paroxysms of thought and deliberation:
(photo by AP/Fritz Reiss)
(photo by Vasily Shaposhnikov/Kommersant)
Watch what you say in Italian Parliament:
... or in South Korean Parliament, too:
(photo by Yonhap, Han Sang-kun)
That guy must be hiding something different behind his communist newspaper:
Boring speeches -
The weirdest Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovski is no stranger to presenting an off-beat image:
(all we can say is, this face is not to be trusted)
(images credit: Solnyffka)
His idea of Russia can be pretty much summarized by this picture:
(image credit: Arkady Shaikhet)
So after all this sinister/hilarious overture, we should really finish on a positive note:
All is well in the world! -
(image credit: Reiters/RIA Novosti/Vladimir Rodionov)
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich seem to agree:
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