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"10 Hilarious Political Parodies on Twitter\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. @GingrichIdeas\n\nThis clever parody reads like Newt Gingrich's secret to-do list. He has quite the vision for the United States if he gets elected president (hint: there's a lot of space talk).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. @ElBloombito\n\nMiguel Bloombito started tweeting in response to New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg's deadpan New Yorker accent when integrating Spanish into his press conferences. You'll find announcements, apologies and a lot of misplaced tildes.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. @KimJongNumberUn\n\nNorth Korea has a new dictator, and he's living it up. His bio explains it all: \"I used to be an unemployed twenty-something still living at home. Now I have nuclear weapons. It's all good, yo.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. @FearRicksVest\n\nRick Santorum's sweater vest pretty much takes all the credit for any popularity Santorum has. The only thing that might be funnier is when @FearRicksVest retweets the real Santorum giving details about his vests.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. @Queen_UK\n\nRuling the United Kingdom can make you surly. Luckily Her Majesty tweets out her frustrations and enjoys #ginoclock on a regular basis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. @MayorEmanuel\n\nCreated during Chicago's 2011 mayoral race, this parody account hasn't been updated for months (we can pretend it's because Rahm Emanuel is too busy being mayor of Chicago), but it still holds an impressive 49,000 followers. The caricature of @MayorEmanuel is known for his enthusiastic language.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. @Fake_Kissinger\n\nFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has always been a controversial figure in American politics, but Twitter brings him down to our level \u2014 with talk of diamond pi\u00F1atas, helicopter traffic jams and persistent antagonization of left-wing thinking (one of these things isn't very far off).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. @_Capitalism_\n\nThis is a personified version of the United States's economic system, sending nonchalant tweets about ruining lives and revealing aspects of its true \"personality.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. @ArabicObama\n\nWith each tweet written in Arabic, it's hard to tell what this account really tries to do. It's either supposed to be a mockery of those questioning President Obama's Christian faith or a parodied view of him from the Arab world. Either way, it's amusing. After translation, one tweet reads, \"A wife has the right to beat her husband two times a week, and that's a final decision.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. @BachmannLeaks\n\nHere, Michele Bachmann addresses \"Americans and liberals\" as two separate entities, praises Reagan more than usual and verbally abuses her husband, Marcus. Fun for the whole family.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are countless parody accounts on Twitter \u2014 musicians, celebrities, cartoon characters and religious figures can all grace your feed with their presence. The most entertaining parodies, however, may be those of politicians around the world.\nFor some people, real politicians who utilize Twitter can be overwhelming with constant campaigning and diehard opinions, especially during an election year. But their parodies \u2014 which sometimes boast more followers than the verified accounts \u2014 offer a momentary break from all that.\nCheck out the gallery for 10 hilarious political parody accounts that are still relevant, providing you with amusing 140-character insights that may, in a weird way, even highlight some truth in politics (or at the very least make you laugh).\nWhich political parodies on Twitter did we miss? Let us know in the comments.\nThumbnail courtesy of Andreas Eldh."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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