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Funniest Politicians :O

Kervoskia
03-04-2005, 17:28
Yes, post who you think are the funniest politicians! You can also post who you think would make funny politicians!
South Osettia
03-04-2005, 17:30
Boris Johnson was pretty funny, in a 'laugh at' kind of way.
Peechland
03-04-2005, 17:33
Can we post who we think would be the funniest politicians? In which case I'd say Dave Chapell and Jeff Foxworthy.
GrandBill
03-04-2005, 17:37
Georges W. Bush for is face expressions
Sanctaphrax
03-04-2005, 17:40
Georges W. Bush for is face expressions
And for screw-ups while talking!
imported_Jako
03-04-2005, 17:41
yeah Boris Johnson is hilarious. The very idea that people like him could be running the country makes me shiver. He's the kind of Tory that would be very good at dinner parties, or just having a drink with down the pub, but can you actually imagine him making decisions that effect peoples' lives? Gawd help us!

I've seen John Prescott speak a couple of times. I think he's got a great sense of humour. Plus he's feisty enough to punch mulleted tw*ts who throw eggs at him. Top bloke
Quorm
03-04-2005, 17:44
Pfft. Obviously, the funiest politician ever is Dan Quayle.

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.
One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is `to be prepared'.
If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure.
Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.

If the above doesn't convince you, just do a google for Dan Quayle quotes - there are hundreds more just as funny.
Greedy Pig
03-04-2005, 17:50
Georges W. Bush for is face expressions

You misunderestimate him.

Bushism rocks. :D
New Granada
03-04-2005, 17:54
James Trafficant


"Think about it. While 60 percent of taxpayer calls to the IRS go unanswered, the IRS agents were watching Marilyn Chambers do the Rotary International. Beam me up here. It is time to pass a flat 15 percent sales tax and abolish this gambling, porno-watching IRS completely.

I yield back the internal rectal service of the United States of America.

--

CONSIDER a recent exchange between James Traficant, a Democratic congressman from Youngstown, Ohio, and a woman called Sandra Ferrante. The occasion was the sombre meeting of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. The subject was whether Mr Traficant should be expelled from Congress. Ms Ferrante was a rare friendly witness:

Traficant: Were you and I sex partners?
Ferrante: No
Traficant: Why not?

"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room!" — Traficant to photojournalists covering his House ethics subcommittee hearing


"I want you to disregard all the opposing counsel has said. I think they're delusionary. I think they've had something funny for lunch in their meal, I think they should be handcuffed, chained to a fence and flogged, and all of their hearsay evidence should be thrown the hell out. And if they lie again, I'm going to go over there and kick them in the crotch. Thank you very much."

And then when I get out I will grab a sword like Maximus Meridius Demidius and as a Gladiator I will stab people in the crotch.

http://www.louholtzhalloffame.com/honorees/98/traficant.gif
Sesquipedalianism
03-04-2005, 18:03
Dan Quayle all the way.
Marrakech II
03-04-2005, 18:29
John Kerry for his obvious funny looks. Howard Dean for his carried away yelling. GW for his big ears. Saddam Hussien for his "spider hole" look.
Kusarii
03-04-2005, 18:34
Can we post who we think would be the funniest politicians? In which case I'd say Dave Chapell and Jeff Foxworthy.

No way, Larry the Cable guy and Chris Rock, Dave chapelle and Jeff foxworthy come close seconds though :p

And I'll agree with the Boris Johnson remark :)
Super-power
03-04-2005, 18:36
John Bolton (http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/images/0829-03.jpg) - I support his no-bollocks approach to diplomacy, however I can't stand his moustache! Argh
Kervoskia
03-04-2005, 18:36
I'll state an obvious one, Ross Perot.
Chrana
03-04-2005, 18:40
Poland is a goldmine of funny politicians. One parliament woman stated that she loves sex, just as much as a horse loves wheat, while another one was asking about vertical corridors :D
Johnny Wadd
03-04-2005, 18:42
Al Gore was the most funny politician since Byrd.
The Elder Malaclypse
03-04-2005, 18:48
I would say that meester chamberlain was funny ha ha. Because of his funny little face. Hahaahahhaha
Quorm
03-04-2005, 19:07
I'm bored, so more Dan Quayle quotes:

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.
I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change.
Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system.
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
Johnny Wadd
03-04-2005, 19:13
I'm bored, so more Dan Quayle quotes:

Hmm, sorry Quiz-kid, you've been making an ass out of yourself.
Nekone
03-04-2005, 19:31
They're all funny. the great thing is tho... we can laugh at them, and still respect them.
Cuzzbin
03-04-2005, 22:44
Boris is my favourite politition, and not only is he funny to laugh at, but hes intellectually funny as well. William Hague as well, and John Prescott because of the mistakes hes made;

A lot of these households are single parent households, or single parents, or single parent households. I made that crap can we do it again? (he didnt realise he was live at the time!)
Atheistic Might
03-04-2005, 22:57
Nixon. Ever watch his debate with JFK? He looks so bad, you kind of feel sorry for him.

But it is still funny.
The Lagonia States
03-04-2005, 23:00
Well, there's two questions here. The funniest polititian who was intentionally funny was Regan.

However, Danny Boy was just so funny to listen to. He was actually a really smart man, but you'd never know it from hearing him speak!
The Tribes Of Longton
03-04-2005, 23:13
Is anyone old enough (and British enough) to remember when Michael Heseltine picked up the sceptre and waved it menacingly at the Labour benches? Well, can anyone remember the Labour bloke who tried it but dropped the damn thing? Funniest. Thing. Ever. :D
The White Hats
03-04-2005, 23:25
Is anyone old enough (and British enough) to remember when Michael Heseltine picked up the sceptre and waved it menacingly at the Labour benches? Well, can anyone remember the Labour bloke who tried it but dropped the damn thing? Funniest. Thing. Ever. :D
Mace, surely? Waving a golden ball around his head would have been silly.

Ron Brown (Leith) was the Labour MP who made a prick of himself.
The Tribes Of Longton
03-04-2005, 23:33
Mace, surely? Waving a golden ball around his head would have been silly.

Ron Brown (Leith) was the Labour MP who made a prick of himself.
The golden ball is the orb. Isn't it?

*looks cofused*

But thanks for the name :)
The White Hats
03-04-2005, 23:51
The golden ball is the orb. Isn't it?

*looks cofused*

But thanks for the name :)
Meh. We were both wrong. The sceptre is the little rod thingy the Queen tots to show she's queenly, or something.

But it was the mace that Heseltine threatened the Labour benches with.
The Tribes Of Longton
03-04-2005, 23:55
Meh. We were both wrong. The sceptre is the little rod thingy the Queen tots to show she's queenly, or something.

But it was the mace that Heseltine threatened the Labour benches with.
Yeah, I just asked someone. My god, I don't believe anyone :(
The White Hats
04-04-2005, 00:07
Yeah, I just asked someone. My god, I don't believe anyone :(
A wise policy when talking to me. ;)
Talose
04-04-2005, 00:27
I'd say Ralph Nader... and that conservative democratic senator from Georgia that spoke at the Republican convention. He annoy the hell out of me.
Patra Caesar
04-04-2005, 02:09
One hundred years ago there was a politician here in Australia called Henry Parkes, father of Federation he is now remembered as. He was a large man, and once a heckler asked if what he would name it (implying he was so fat he was pregnant). Parkes replied, "If it's a boy it shall be named after my father, if its a girl I will name it after my mother, but if its just shit, piss and wind I'll name it after you."

Of course the first act they took after Federation was to spend a full quarter of the national budget on booze. Somethings never change.
Mushroomania
04-04-2005, 02:31
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of Queensland, was somewhat eccentric. He objected to daylight savings because "it would fade the curtains too much" and advocated the use of small nuclear devices to create shipping channels in the Great Barrier Reef.
Mirgoshir
04-04-2005, 04:16
How about when Bush says "I own a lumber company, thats news to me." and then says to the audience "Wanna buy some wood."
Patra Caesar
04-04-2005, 04:19
Joh Bjelke-Petersen, former Premier of Queensland, was somewhat eccentric. He objected to daylight savings because "it would fade the curtains too much" and advocated the use of small nuclear devices to create shipping channels in the Great Barrier Reef.

See, now I thought his problem with daylight savings was the dairy industry... If you change the clocks the cows get milked at diffrent times which makes them less effeciant and produce less...
Robbopolis
04-04-2005, 04:24
For senses of humor, I say Reagan and Churchill.

"I'm very happy to say that we've just passed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes."

When FDR barged in on him in a bath, Chrchill quiped, "The Prime Minister of Great Britain has nothing to hide from the President of the United States."
Patra Caesar
04-04-2005, 15:16
Nigel Freemajuarna...

OK, what about Pauline Hanson? The fish and chip bitch from Ipswich who became a racist politician, lost control of her own party, was thrown in jail for breaking the law and is now on prime time television doing ballroom dancing.

Or Pauline Pantsdown

I don't like a puppet without strings
There's a muppet in the wings
And its saying racist things
I won't cop that. No, no way.

Video killed the racist star
Howard wonders what you are
A piece on the scrap heap
A bit of a Downer
Taverham high
04-04-2005, 15:55
robin cook has a hilarious squinty, goblin-like face.

also, the cartoonist steve bell from the guardian makes most politicians look hilarious.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/archive/stevebell/0,7371,337764,00.html
SimNewtonia
04-04-2005, 17:28
robin cook has a hilarious squinty, goblin-like face.

also, the cartoonist steve bell from the guardian makes most politicians look hilarious.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/cartoons/archive/stevebell/0,7371,337764,00.html

Oh, you haven't seen the caricatures of 'Lil Johnny Howard that are a regular fixture in Australian newspapers...