Politics Guru Mugs

Narendra Modi

'English majors on the bulldozers, poli-sci majors on the dump trucks, sociology on the excavators...'

Department of No One Could Have Anticipated.

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"Nation-building never works."

'In its new 'spirit of evenhandedness,' the U. S. Government today sent troops to occupy all foreign countries....'

Who will determine Venezuela's future?

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

'His best qualities are circumventing questions and evading answers.'

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

"We can waste time and look for a solution or...just find a scapegoat?"

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'Greek debt was downgraded for the 11th time this week, by S&P, to P.O.S. Negative Infinity, meaning it's safer to eat uranium, than own Greek debt.'

Israel/Palestine Conflict

Donald Trump Removing Aggressor Label From Vladimir Putin

"He's the chief watchdog, who watches over all the other watchdogs—but this must be his night off."

US and the EU

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

'Ah, it's so precious to witness a child learn how government actually works...'

Trump Poutine

To Err Is Human, to Mess up Big-Time Is Democratic

G7 Summit Concern

Matryoshka/ Russian Gas Cylinders

'It's settled then. Your people will meet with my people if they ever get me any people.'

"Nothing like a good shot of democracy to help fight terrorist cells."

"Let me connect you with Edith, our specialist in ethnic conflict in the former Yugoslavia. My expertise happens to be in North Korean intransigence."

Sybil Obama

"We may have to rob from the rich AND the poor."

Intolerable

"An Iraq attack is one thing, but I'm not sure about a Persian incursion."

"Do you ever have days when you can't seem to rise above petty politics?"

Best Seller in Washington D.C.: Politics for dummies

"If you could just stop threatening to invade us every 5 minutes... that would be great."

Viva Belarus!

"I propose legislation to simplify Brexit - the Americans are having a hard time following it."