Photo war on first nite-Kerry counters his silly shot with Bush follies

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/216215p-186123c.html





Although Democrats were determined to minimize the Bush bashing last night, they quickly got into a spat with Republicans as a silly photo op sparked a photo war.

While Democrats rallied at their Boston convention, the nominee, Kerry was on a tour of a sterile NASA facility at Cape Canaveral in Florida with former astronauts-turned-Sens. John Glenn and Bill Nelson.

Ignoring the political rule to avoid being caught eating or wearing a silly hat, Kerry donned a turquoise "safe suit" - a goofy-looking outfit that made him a dead ringer for Woody Allen in "Sleeper."

The Bush campaign blast-E-mailed the Kerry photo - paired with the infamous shot of 1988 Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis in a tank - under the headline "Earth to Kerry."

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But the Kerry camp, asked for a response, sent photos of Bush in a ceremonial kimono, cheerleading at Yale and picking his nose years ago at a baseball game.

[k in IA]

1. I love that they sent the nose picking picture. How funny - just consider

that a warning, you repugs, if you want to start a photo war.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. Game. Set. Match.

[gratuitous]

3. Rapid response team, go!

I don't think this is a game the Bushistas really want to play, considering the number of stupid photos out there of their guy that exist (nearly a 1 to 1 correspondence of all photos of Stupidhead). But it's apparently all they have anymore: They surely can't run on Stupidhead's record, so we'll see the battle of the silly photos.

Bush falls off a Segway
Bush chokes on a pretzel
Bush hammers thumb on a Habitat for Humanity house
Bush does a ceremonial first cut with a chainsaw in the snow
Bush bonks his head getting into and out of Chopper One
Bush salutes holding dog
Bush drops dog
Bush drops trou
Bush drops out of sight

[displacedtexan]

28. Don't forget about the binoculars!

With the lens caps still on!

[LarryBaker]

37. So what? As did Clinton

If it is even true at all. Maybe you better look into this:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/binoculars.asp

[psychopomp]

40. Your link does not back your claim

"(A)a close-up examination of the photograph of President Clinton reveals blurriness around the putative lens caps indicative of digital manipulation:


And don't you mean "Klinton"?

And yes, Junior probably figured out that he didn't have the lenscaps removed all by himself. Kudos.

[LarryBaker]

53. Don't make claims you can't support

is all I'm saying. There's an adundance of real images we can use, as already demonstrated, and presumably fake ones will only fall back on yourself. But hey, maybe the pics of Clinton and Bush using capped binoculars ARE real. Then here's another explaination:

Here is an explanation, from my nephew who is a senior officer in the Texas National Guard, and left the service two years ago as a Captain in the U.S. Army.

His note, unedited, upon seeing the photo you sent me captioned "Big Trouble" follows.

"The main point of this is the photo. I looked at the vision device closely and it looks like its a pair of NVDs (Night Vision Devices), not binoculars.

"For the unknowing, NVDs are kept capped during the day as the lens burns out if exposed to very bright light. (I know this first hand as my driver in Korea burned his goggles out by leaving them on and uncapped during the day.)

"There is a pinhole in the lenscap that lets in only enough light to active the close tint (the green shades you see when you look through a night vision scope) so you get an idea of what it does at night. So, to the Democrats who don't really understand what the military does, and never look closely at a picture, what you are looking at is a picture of the president following proper procedure in the use and care of a $4,000 piece of equipment."

Good enough? In any case, let's just leave this picture out ot the discussion and focus on those that matter, ok?

Also, I was under the assumption Clinton spells his name with a "C". You really have that bad a spelling problem?

[psychopomp]

55. Not good enough

From your source:



The lenscaps are off in this photo. This would invalidate the assertion made in bold print above.

[Name removed]

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[gatlingforme]

56. WOW, Thanks for telling that person what you deem is proper .

to discuss in this forum. I think the binocular pics are funny. If you disagree with that then so be it. you push it though when you are telling someone what they can and can't say. Not that anyone would listen.

[LarryBaker]

58. yeah right.

Anybody can say anything they want (unless edited by a moderator...)

Sure the pic is funny. But are you telling me I can't say that I think this particular pic shouldn't be used in this 'picture war' because there is doubts about validity and origin? Not that I would listen. The pic proves nothing and is better left discarded. If you want to be of help here, dig up some real pics of Dubya in embarrasing situations instead.

[Supply Side Jesus]

82. i know of one!

a video is floating around of Dubya drunk off his ass. The person filming is asking him questions and ol' Chimpy is rambling away, the DNC should toss that one out there.

[southlandshari]

83. link

Click on link at bottom of page for video.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/bush/bush.html

[Supply Side Jesus]

85. disco!

thank you! i'll have to book mark that!

[gatlingforme]

88. what I like has been posted. I am sure there are many more pics

that you will deem better w/o the rhetoric. . see below.

[OKNancy]

63. That's an old one

both the one of Clinton and then of Bush have been debunked.
Personally the booger picking one is my favorite.

[merh]

4. At least Kerry can ride a bike -

I am proud that they are kicking back (I too am glad they sent the nose picking photo.)

[central scrutinizer]

5. Sad

Instead of issues, once again we have to deal with this trivial bullshit. Sadly, how much somebody spend on a haircut is more important than 900 dead GI's.

[DemBones DemBones]

6. You gotta love the response -- and they didn't even use

the photos of * falling off a Segway, hitting his head getting in or out of helicopters, tripping getting off planes, dropping that poor dog, Barney, etc.

But saying John Kerry is a dead ringer for Woody Allen in "Sleeper" is stupid, Kerry being about a foot and a half taller and much better looking.

[Sequoia]

10. At least "Sleeper" was a funny and great movie

and laughter is the best medicine. What movie should the Chimpster be compared to?

[Zhade]

92. Planet of the Apes.

Of course, you have to see the end to understand his current impact on the world...

:D

[trekbiker]

7. dont forget the blown out umbrella shot...

that was one of my favorites. stupid mother cheney fool....

[LiberalEsto]

8. I wanna see the nose-pickin' pic!! n/t

[shanti]

13. it's easy to find

lots of du'ers have it as their avatar.

[Tuttle]

72. Here's the animated one

but I regularly change the URL so please don't link to my copy.



...now, watch this drive,
Tut-tut

[GoldenOldie]

Explain Please!!!!!

Why did the media make fun of the photo-op of Dukakis in a tank wearing a helmet that is required by those who actually operate this equipment......a tank consists of extremely hard metal and one finds themselves in very close quarters, the danger of slaming ones head into the frame of the tank is evident. No one be they media, cons or libs think it silly or ridiculous that a politician entering a hard hat area, where one is protected from falling beams, bricks, equipment, etc, is having a photo-op of the politician wearing a required hard-hat.

John Kerry had the opportunity to go to NASA the center of the Space Program, that Georgie and the Neocons support funding for further Space advancements. He was allowed to observe, crawl over and through and around an actual rocket. Because of the sensitivity of this equipment everyone entering this area is required to wear special gear......similar to entering a special quaranteen intensive care unit of a hospital. Yet the media whores....Woodruff, Hemmer, Blitzer, etc.....who if they had the opportunity to have the same experience and report on it would have had to wear the same gear and done the very same thing they are condemning Kerry for.

I would love to have the few working "Journalists," actually show the actual tapings of the celebrity media whores who have flown in jets wearing full flight gear with their faces pushed to the back of their helmets while the Pilots show them the manuevers a certain jet is capable of. I would love to have them show the actual tapings of them in nuclear subs, wearing the required gear.

All of this hoopla about Dukakis, Kerry is even more ridiculous when they then show, Georgie in a flight suit, wearing the wrong military brass, strutting with the un-released belts around his groin. Or Georgie on a ranch(????), cutting down the forest.

[Lisa]

46. Bush operating chainsaw without proper safety gear ...

A colleague, who's safety officer on a wildfire crew, noted that Bush has violated his own government's rules for what forestry employees are supposed to wear when using chainsaws -- aviator shades and jeans aren't sufficient, and those lightweight earplugs wouldn't protect his hearing.

[Eurobabe]

49. RE: lightweight earplugs wouldn't protect his hearing

so that's why he hears no one but himself? Ah-ha!

[Lisa]

60. hey, it's not like he was using it or anything!

He's not the "listening" type anyway ...

[klook]

100. Playing dress-up

My impression of the spin on the Dukakis tank footage was that he looked like a kid playing army. You know, sort of like a dork who isn't really a pilot dressing up like one for a photo op.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. I would've preferred * in that silly flight suit, with the codpiece.

Oh, well, you can't have everything.

BTW, that is NOT a "kimono" that * is wearing. It is a Chinese ceremonial Tang shirt.

:evilgrin:

[Catfight]

11. Please post all those pics here again of Dumbya! The umbrella

one is hysterical!

[Myrina]

12. Bush looks like a Teletubbie with chicken pox !!!

:) LMAO !!

[rocktivity]

14. Helloooo---it was a STERILE facility, and it was a SAFE suit

whose "goofiness" serves a purpose--keeping you alive. What was Kerry supposed to do, tour the facility without one? Sorry, RNC, you fired a blank.

:headbang:
rocknation

[RamboLiberal]

20. Problem is the Cheney'in networks are showing it

I just heard on radio(Lynn Cullen) that CNN has just shown it with rabbit ears imposed on the photo!

Even though the Kerry folks countered smartly, the Cheney'in networks won't show the Chimpy photos.

As I said in another thread, the Kerry campaign has to be smarter than this and not get the candidate in any "costume" photo ops that are even questionable as to how the RNC and Cheny'in nets and newspapers will use!

[wabeewoman]

32. Oh please

Didn't you learn in school that a bully will make fun of anything. You don't have to 'give' them an opportunity. Kerry's response was perfect-it says we don't take any shit and we have a sense of humor. The repugs seem to be doing pretty well making themselves look like petty bullies with no plan, just pictures.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

97. Oh, PLEASE give it a rest!! Holy cow!!

[Straight Shooter]

33. Bingo! It would be arrogance if he had NOT put on the suit.

I saw the pic. Looked perfectly fine to me, did not remind me of anything except the sterile conditions required in such an environment. What, he should go in there and contaminate the place? :shrug:

[stlchic]

35. They would have smeared him either way...

If Kerry hadn't worn it, what do you want to bet the right wing spin machine would have just had the headline "Kerry displays arrogance - clean rules apparently don't apply to him" ? :crazy:

[spotbird]

91. Welcome.

there is no bottom, is there?

[Thor_MN]

86. I think the purpose is more along the lines of not contaminating the room

with dirt, cat hair, whatever crud that is clinging to your clothes, shoes, hair. If the suit were designed to keep you alive, it would have to be something more than a Tyvek bunny suit.

You wear them to prevent the expensive stuff that is in the room from being mucked up with dirt.

[Myrina]

15. The Dems could turn that Kerry shot to their advantage ...

Something like "Kerry's brave enough to enter the contaminated wasteland at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to personally begin the cleanup after he's elected."

or

"Preparing for Bush's attack ads, Kerry dons a new bullshit-proof suit"

or

"At least Kerry met the intellect and height requirements to be admitted into the NASA lab"


.... C'mon DU ~ let's run with it ...

[SoCalDem]

16. I have a gallery full of them (not photoshops) just goofy ones

I am sending the link to the Kerry camp.. If anyone from there is lurking, please let them know about these.. Add to my collection in this thread.. I have lost the one where he's tangled up in the limo door..

http://socaldem.smugmug.com/gallery/100873/1/3645213

[SoCalDem]

22. A few suggested pics for the next "photo-dump"

[KDLarsen]

25. God..

.. I just bursted out one big laugh at the umbrella photo!

[Catfight]

31. The chair one cracked me up! "and that's the whole truth!" Ruth

Buzzy would be proud.

[Eurobabe]

50. yeah, hurler in chief!

[glitch]

42. me too! Still laughing

thanks for posting socaldem

[Lisa]

47. that's my fave too ...

Someone posted a whole series of him wrestling with that umbrella, a while back -- culminating with that classic shot.


Another funny pic (video, actually) is the one Letterman uses, of Bush spitting on the White House lawn.

[bpilgrim]

51. more images... ------------------------------------- LINK

http://www.globalfreepress.com/bush/

to add to the dump ;->

peace

[bpilgrim]

71. link fixed

TONS OF BUSH PICS

peace

[klook]

68. Those are hilarious. Thanks. n/t

[1monster]

79. Why does this one make me think of Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann????

:evilgrin:

[KC21304]

67. I love the one with Bush shoveling dirt on World Peace.

He sure did put an end to World Peace when he became pResident.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

87. Well Eight pages of photos

That says it all. Thanks for the link.

[TahitiNut]

17. It just shows how the GOP is clueless about CLEAN rooms.

Thousands of workers in high-tech industries who wear such clothing daily just moved slightly left.

The GOP just showed themselves as totally out-of-touch.

[true grit]

29. Reminds me of Bush the first and the scanner

Millions realized just how out of touch these people are.

[klook]

69. Yep, they prefer dogma to science. n/t

[Fleshdancer]

18. Do we have a pic of W waving at Stevie Wonder????

This is not a smart battle for the GOP. We have SO MANY stupid Bush pics.

[VolcanoJen]

19. CNN sure thinks it's funny. They just showed this Photoshopped version...

... and gave www.blogsforbush.com a nice plug, too.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:



I'm just trying to keep a sense of humor about the whole thing, personally.

[DS1]

30. reminds me of a photoshop I did in Aug '02

(which explains the poor quality ;-) )

[VolcanoJen]

39. Oh, that's beautiful!!!

Of course, I'm leaning toward linking to KerryBunnySuit, just to steal their bandwidth. }(

[WatchWhatISay]

21. Don't forget my personal favorite

The one with the two turkeys - one pecking the others pecker.

[fob]

23. Here's my pics of bush*, their from 9/11/01

http://thm-ar1r2.search.vip.scd.yahoo.com/image/412277022

http://thm-br1r2.search.vip.scd.yahoo.com/image/85389090

http://thm-ar1r2.search.vip.scd.yahoo.com/image/443507554

Oh, nevermind, he was nowhere to be found that day.

[malachi]

62. Funny stuff! LOL

[yellowcanine]

24. They blasted the "nose-pickin" photo? Pure genius. Kerry 2 Bush 1.

Heh.

[RamboLiberal]

26. Problem is the Kerry people can blast all they want

but it doesn't help if no one sees it. It needs to be shown on the talking heads shows.

[calimary]

27. I'll see your Sleeper Suit and raise you one Boring-for-Boogers.

They should know better than to get into a fight like this. Cue the DOG DROPPER PHOTO! EVERY animal lover should get that one. Complete with those darling Little Leaguers - screaming in HORROR.

[Mari333]

34. pickin fer gold

http://www.lazygranch.com/nosepic.htm

[bushisanidiot]

36. Somehow I'm Sure there are FAR more "silly photos" of AWOL than there are

of Kerry.

I could use a few more for my sig line

[LarryBaker]

38. Is Dukakis really "banished"?

Dukakis, ironically, had been banished from the Democratic convention as a Massachusetts liberal the party would prefer to forget.

Why?

[The_Casual_Observer]

48. Why does it matter?

[LarryBaker]

54. What kind of question is that? Why does anything matter?

Just for your information, I like Dukakis. And I was just wondering if him being "banished" was just a figure of speech meaning that the DNC indirectly has made understood that they don't want his face on the air for fear of sparking repug hatred, or that he literally has been banished and wouldn't be let in to the convention even if he stood in the door and just wanted an audience seat. So yes, I want to know, what's the deal here, if there even is one.

[The_Casual_Observer]

59. I would imagine that a researcher who would go to the bother to

find a picture of Clinton like your offering, might be able to find out anything he wanted about his friend Dukakis without a spurious posting to this thread.

[LarryBaker]

61. Well I'm sorry to disappoint you

but I use Google, and though I could find the Bush/Clinton pic with a simple search for urban legends, I've come up blank on Dukakis in this matter. What, are you really that pissed because I pulled up a site that showed Clinton as well having the caps on? Please. Maybe you should read the explanation for the caps-on thing that I posted later.

Back to the real question, nobody here is interested in the fact that Dukakis may have been explicitly banished from the convention?

[DinahMoeHum]

41. Isn't there a photo of * wiping his glasses off that woman's suit?

when he was on Dave Letterman's show?

This inquiring mind wishes to know.


:evilgrin:

[SoCalDem]

43. Here ya go

[hatrack]

73. You don't have the Bush/Kofi Annan WH Photo-op shot, do you?

Oh, please, please post that one!!!

[SoCalDem]

74. I made a Holiday card out of it.. the original I had

is on my other (dead) computer:(






other photoshopped ones
http://socaldem.smugmug.com/gallery/103026/1/1359901


non photoshopped ones are in link upthread

[SoCalDem]

75. found a better one

[SoCalDem]

44. Here's one I have NEVER seen before... from BBC

[DinahMoeHum]

45. "The fish was THIS big" Bwahahahahaaaa!!!!!

Thanks for the photos.

We should really compile a coffee-table book of these!!



:evilgrin:

[merh]

101. I love that one!

Q: Why did we attack Iraq, Mr. President?

A: Duhhh, why not!

[drmom]

52. COME ON PEOPLE...EMAIL THESE TO CNN, etc.!

If nothing else, it might give them an idea...

[Kukesa]

64. I agree! We have to share!! n/t

[progressivebydesign]

65. The Kerry Campaign needs to circulate as many photos of Kerry as possible.

.. ALL of Kerry in full uniform during his military service. At least he doesn't HAVE to play dress up!! What a bunch of wankers, those republicans.. can't win an election on its own merits ONCE AGAIN! We got that evil dipshit Bush the First, instead of Dukakis, because of their filthy tricks.. when in fact, Dukakis is a brilliant leader.. whose knowledge of economics and policy is staggering.

The problem is that the media whores are just too happy to run bad photos and stories about Kerry.. while ignoring the volumes of lame-ass photos of Bush. They are Goring Kerry this time around.. Supposedly voters say they "don't know what Kerry stands for!". Well.. Kerry has done his best to articulate that through his paid advertising, BUT the other part of that equations SHOULD come from the MEDIA!! Helloooo?? They are the ones that should be articulating the positions of EACH candidate, INSTEAD they are focusing on name-calling, funny photos, and innuendo. The US media is NOT doing its job!!!

[killbotfactory]

66. This is what politics have become...

our country is doomed.

[rniel]

70. SO What....

Kerry releases photos, but none of them will be shown on tv by the right wing media. So I don't know if it accomplished anything.

[sofa king]

76. More silliness.

[DoYouEverWonder]

77. Heck, here's W on his bike today

He looks stupid just doing normal things.

I love the flag, waving to the left. And his little American flag helmet. i can't image riding a mountain bike with toe clips and a mouth guard? And they say Kerry looks silly?

[SoCalDem]

80. Danger !!...Danger !!...Danger !!

[2Design]

78. who has picture of bush cheer leading at Yale

[TEXASYANKEE]

81. Yowza!!!!

THIS Dem team is showing some balls!!! Go team Kerry!!!

[agincourt]

84. I don't think Dukkakis lost,

over the flying squirrel photo. BFEE 1 wrapped himself in the flag,used a lot of sound bites, and threw out much bible thumping bullshit to befuddle the sheeple. Save for Ann Richards, we just didn't fight very hard in '88. Dukkakis and the Dems just played it too safe against a criminal in a John Wayne suit. I hope we don't play it too safe this year.

[Shallah Kali]

89. What of Bush's fondness of rubbing bald heads?

There are several here at JuliusBlog here
http://juliusblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_juliusblog_archive.html#108300556134138351

[MGKrebs]

90. Don't forget this one!

[Media_Lies_Daily]

98. Well....that cost me a little time cleaning off my screen! LOL!!!!

[Oilwellian]

93. CNN showed pics from Kerry camp

I saw them this evening on the Abrams Report. The nosepicking shot wasn't just a photo...it was the original video of the wonderous event. :D

[althecat]

94. I wondered why * nose picking was top rating on Scoop today...

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=george+bush+nose+pick

Everybody is searching Google for the nose pick...

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0212/S00046.htm

[buycitgo]

95. this goes right there, and it's one I haven't seen before

http://www.ifilm.com/viralvideo?ifilmid=960813

really funny

[elehhhhna]

96. And God Spoketh to George: "There's a bat in your cave..."

[DoomFook]

99. Petty

I think it shows that Kerry realizes how important space exploration is. The only space bush knows is the vast universe of space between his ears.