Photo Oops: 101 Photo Opportunities Gone Horribly Awry

This side-splitting compilation of political mishaps presents more than 100 photographs that politicians wished hadn't been taken and captures "our leaders" looking silly, stupid or just plain ridiculous. Hilarious pictures of politicians in compromising positions are here-from Richard Nixon checking his watch as he shakes hands to Rudy Giuliani in drag to Bill Bradley lecturing elementary school kids to Al Gore trying to find someone to shake hands with to Gerald Ford falling down stairs. Emphasis is on the characters of the current election whom we see in the press daily. Famous, infamous as well as little known photo oops through the ages round out the comedy.

Hal Buell was head of the Associated Press Photography Service for 25 years and is the author of Moments: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs.