Election Day 2022

 Election Day

Today we look at some nude politicians, real and fake.  Regardless of what you thought of him when he was Governor of California, there's no denying that Arnold Schwarzenegger, above, was easy on the eyes.

If a rear view of Arnold isn't enough, here's a front view.  The last time I showed this photo, a viewer thought it was a fake, but it's real.  It was taken in the 1970s and published in Spy magazine.  After it was published, Arnold appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show, and Oprah asked him if the nude photo upset him.  He answered, "Why would I get upset about the nude photograph that I posed for an artist for, for a sculpture?  I'm not embarrassed.  I have nothing to hide."

In this sequence from the movie The Terminator, Arnold has just arrived stark naked as the Terminator.  We get a nice rear view of him as he surveys his surroundings, and he's even full-frontal for a moment.  View this full-screen for more detail.

Meanwhile, to our north, here's a faked image of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2011.

A few years later, Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada.  There are no nude photos of Trudeau that I know of, but fake nude images of him abound, inspired by his youthful good looks.  Here's a fake of Trudeau that's a takeoff of a painting by Jacques-Louis David called Portrait of Madame Recamier.

There's a whole set of fake nudes of Trudeau, including the one above, on a site devoted to Rule 34: if it exists, there's porn about it.

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As I said yesterday, let's get rid of the right-wing politicians and followers of Trump who don't believe in free elections or LGBTQ rights. If you haven’t already voted, make sure to get out and vote!