David Letterman Looks Like Socrates

Happiness. pic.twitter.com/EQXsrj83QP

— Will Sasso (@WillSasso) March 23, 2016

Paul Ryan Stiles

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13 August update: Paul Ryan more closely resembles Reagan, especially with his hairstyle. And one can imagine him as a crooner from the thirties or forties.

Lookalikes: Bashar al-Assad and Glenn Quinn

Glenn Quinn, who played Becky's boyfriend Mark on Roseanne and the president of Syria, the aptly-named Bashar al-Assad.

Lookalikes

The resemblance lies in the faint and shaven eyebrows, respectively.

Allen West: Real-Life Mr. Butts

With his ash-gray fade Congressman Allen West resembles no one so much as Doonesbury's Mr. Butts, an anthropomorphic walking cigarette.

Anders Breivik

looks like a cross between Julian Assange and Heath Ledger.

The Scandal Beneath the Scandal

While seemingly everyone focuses on the Weiner sex scandal, Philip Weiss of Mondoweiss hopes that it might bring attention to what he regardsas the real scandal, specifically Weiner's prevaricating about Israel and Palestine.

Maybe it's in their nostrils, but I think Weiner and "Diaper" David Vitter look alike.

Lookalikes

Sam Rockwell has built his career playing smarmy characters like Eric Knox in Charlie's Angels. If a movie comes from the Wisconsin protests, who better to portray Scott Walker. Notice the puckered smirks on both men's faces.

Lookalikes: Glenn Beck and Stephen Harper

Rand Paul and Buddy

I'll delve into the Rand Paul situation later. Right now, I just wanted to post these pictures showing the haircuts of Rand Paul and Buddy the beagle from Where My Dogs At? It wasn't until yesterday, when I read Field Negro's crack on Rand Paul's hair, that I realized the similarity.

Ed Case Lookalikes

Whom do you think Ed Case looks more like: Ted Forth or Boomer Esiason? I say Boomer, but Ted Forth is very close too.

Brad Degroot/Christian Lacroix

Leslie-Walker in '08

James Wolcott has aptly called Sarah Palin a "Northern Exposure Karen Walker", but has he or anybody noticed John McCain's resemblance to Beverley Leslie, Karen Walker's sworn enemy?

Dreher/Timberlake

Big Red

I was watching 20/20: Sex in America last night. John Stossel periodically interviewed someone from the Family Research Council aptly named Peter Sprigg. Does he resemble the actor Matt Ross (according to IMDb.com, he "is most frequently cast as spineless corporate-types")? You make the call.

Lookalikes

Despite her liking pearls and her flip hairdo, Michelle Obama doesn't remind me of Jackie Kennedy. Then I realised she really looks much like Amy Poehler, especially about the eyes.

Lookalikes: Barack Obama and Aubrey Graham

For a long time I've noticed how much Barack Obama looks like Aubrey Graham ("Jimmy Brooks" in Degrassi: The Next Generation). And now I've finally gotten around to posting photos of the two so you can decide for yourself how similar they look.

13 February update: The New York Times erred in comparing Barack with Lenny Kravitz, thus inviting this sarcastic post from--Carrot Top?

Nosferatu vs. Tweety, 2008

But if I were putting money on this thing, I'd bet on Giuliani. God help us, a Rudy-Hillary race

--Rod Dreher, Beliefnet.com

More Lookalikes

I was watching Olbermann today. He interviewed Bob Herbert by telephone about Dun Miso* and I just realized how much Herbert resembles Michael Berryman. I mean no disrespect to either man, but the similarity of their faces, especially about the eyes, is amazing.

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*An anagram for a grizzled old coot fond of wearing cowboy hats indoors.

Beyond Borat!

I saw Borat! on Sunday. Because of the movie, interest in the real Kazakhstan--the ninth largest country on Earth-- is growing, as evidenced by this USA Today article. And Registan.net, a site I have just found, promises "Central Asia News — All Central Asia, All The Time."

Critics' opinions of the movie are gathered here.

Does anyone else find that Borat looks like Steve Harvey?