I know, I know, this one's a long debate. Yes, politicians are public figures, they hold positions of responsibility, some of them even run entire countries, so they need to be careful and comport themselves in a certain fashion and so forth and so on... However, they are still humans and nothing comes more natural to our species than a sense of humour (OK, there are actually many things that come more natural to humans than humour, but I digress.)
To be honest though, I really believe that most politicians do not have a sense of humour. It's not that they are trying to be careful, they are genuinely not funny people. Whenever a politician does something funny (or at least tries to), this generally means that we laugh at them. Failed attempts at playing football (a certain Greek ex-Prime Minister comes to mind), failed attempts at riding a racing bicycle (another Greek ex-Prime Minister comes to mind), failed attempts at doing anything normal and logical (Boris Johnson, anyone?), each country has at least one politician who fails to show any degree of humour.
And then you see this show...
Now, I don't live in the States so I am really not in a position to judge Barack Obama on his policies (or lack thereof, depending on your POV). But really, kudos to him for this appearance. Like him or not, he is the President of the US, and still he owns my fellow-countryman Zack. I'm trying ever-so-hard to imagine different politicians at a similar setting... no luck so far, but I'm open to ideas.
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