Top ten funniest political videos

Here is my Top 10 funniest political videos. Or  more accurately they could be seen as my Top 10 occasionally humorous, awesome and/or downright terrible politically themed videos on the Internet.

# 10 Star wars political analogies rule: Coming in at number 10. Chris Knight goes all Star Wars campaigning for Rockingham County Board of Education in 2006.

It is a dark time for the Rebellion. Evading the dreaded Imperial starfleet, a group of freedom fighters led by Chris Knight have established a new secret base on the remote ice world of Hoth.

The evil Board of Education Vader, obsessed with finding young Knight, has dispatched thousands of remote probes into the far reaches of space….

#9 There’s not a chin behind Chuck Norris’ beard only another fist: History will show that Arkansas Republican Mike Huckabee finished second behind John McCain in his tilt for the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination. History will also show that he was also rather awesomely the only “Chuck Norris Approved” candidate in that particular race.

#8 The Howard Dean scream: 2004 were the fledgling days of youtube and with it’s help one enthusiastic Dean scream to supporters after the 2004 Iowa primary was amplified to such a degree that it scuppered the Democratic Presidential hopeful’s nomination attempt in one fell swoop;

#7 This is my Land : From the same era, a legendary political viral. This is my land parodied both President Bush and John Kerry with equal measure and ensured it travelled far beyond the usual partisan attack videos.

#6 Gordon Brown picks a winner (and eats it) : Gordon Brown showed us back in 2007 he was made of the right stuff for PM; determining his goal, deftly picking away at it and executing with a skilled slight of hand. Love the analytical notes accompanying this one.

#5 Kevin Rudd waxes lyrical : Closer to home, the infamous ear wax saga - Australian PM in his back bench days picking his own ear wax and eating it. To me this is somehow far more weird and disturbing than your run of the mill nose picking job. See also the famous Australian satirists Chaser’s war on everything subsequent ambush the PM with a giant cotton bud dripping with ear wax.

#4 Political fisticuffs : Again - one of those topics that warrants its own list. It is perhaps not surprising that when passionate people with diametrically opposing views are put in a room to shout at one another that occasionally tempers can get a little flared. What is surprising that these people all around the world hardly ever come to blows, but when they do it’s shamefully spectacular. Here is a compilation of some of the biggest political melees ever caught on camera set to the Benny Hill theme tune. 

#3 Roll like Barack : This divisive classic has been given a distinctive Obama twist

#2 Tina Fey single handedly skewers Sarah Palin : Sarah Palin played an important role in the 2008 election. As the Republican VP candidate she mobilised the Hard christian right concerned that the moderate McCain was not standing up for their values and helped quell some nasty internal GOP divisions. She also pretty much scared the living daylights out of everyone else.  Enter Tina Fey and her earth shattering Palin impersonations… (apologies for the highlights vid - NBC has stomped out all copies and restricted regional viewings… unless you’re in the US)

#1 The genius behind Bush’s soaring rhetoric : Topping out my Top 10 funny political videos list you cant go past former American President George W. Bush. With so many Bushisms to cover off (they could easily form a separate top 100 list), I thought it best we look at this revealing interview with the genius behind so many of them… Bush’s ‘Speechalist’ Harlan McCraney

What other funny videos of a political bent have you loved in recent years?

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