Great Political Insults: Part 2

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1. "What makes him think a middle-aged actor, who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?" Which aspring politician was described in these words? Charlton Heston Clint Eastwood Arnold Schwarzenegger Ed Asner

2. Of which near-legendary figure was it said: " ---- is the type of man who thinks that when he gets to Heaven, God will step down from the great white throne and bow him into His vacated seat"? Lyndon Johnson Winston Churchill Douglas MacArthur Charles de Gaulle

3. "If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune, and if someone pulled him out, that I suppose, would be a calamity." I don't think there was any love lost between insulted and insulter, but which British Prime Minister made these remarks about a bitter political opponent? Robert Walpole William Pitt (The Younger) Robert Peel Benjamin Disraeli

4. "If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he surely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary in the White House backyard come Wednesday". Of which US President was this a cutting analysis? Franklin Roosevelt Ulysses S. Grant Chester Arthur James Knox Polk

5. "She has the mouth of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula." Of which political leader was this said? Edith Cresson (France) Isabel Perón (Argentina) Margaret Thatcher (Great Britain) Jeanne Sauvé (Canada)

6. "His head rattles as he walks" was one commentator's judgment of an American political leader. Which one? Al Gore John Kerry Dan Quayle John McCain

7. Sometimes the insulted turns the tables on the insulter. Which political leader was told: "Sir, if you were my husband I would poison your drink," and replied: "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it"? Pierre Trudeau Woodrow Wilson Winston Churchill François Mitterrand

8. Which Australian political leader was described in these less than flattering terms: "He's like a shiver waiting for a spine ... Debating with him is like being flogged by a warm lettuce"? John Howard Gough Whitlam Bob Hawke John Hewson

9. The political commentator Gore Vidal called him: "One of our worst Presidents". Of which US leader was this a blunt assessment? Richard Nixon George W. Bush John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan

10. "I believe that ________ can make this country what it once was - an Arctic region covered with ice." Which US president was the comedian Steve Martin describing? George H W Bush Gerald Ford George W Bush Ronald Reagan