KERRY SHOVES BACK (And Poses For Ridiculous Photo-Kerry's Dukakis Moment)

New York Post ^ | 7/27/04 | STEFAN C. FRIEDMAN

[kattracks]

[snip]

The famously off-the-cuff Heinz Kerry is scheduled to address the delegates tonight. At the Kennedy Center, her husband violated the cardinal rule of politics — getting his picture taken in a ridiculous outfit.

Visiting the space shuttle Discovery, Kerry donned dust-free overalls that made him resemble the sperm cells in Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)."

Republican operatives issued a press release featuring the photo and its predecessor — the famous shot of 1988 Democratic nominee Mike Dukakis wearing an ill-fitting tank helmet.

"It's the picture worth a thousand words," said a GOP strategist as he chortled over the photo of Kerry.

But Democrats were not concerned.

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade.

With Kenneth Lovett in Boston

[kattracks]

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) crawls through a hatch while touring a space shuttle at NASA (news - web sites) headquarters wearing clean environmental space suit in Cape Canaveral, Florida, July 26, 2004. Kerry will formally accept the Democratic nomination for president at the party's convention in Boston on July 29. REUTERS/Handout/NASA

[Calico Cat]

Brings back memories of those tank photos of Dukakis!

[ambrose]

[Tamzee]

He's too ridiculous for words.... really... nothing describes him adequately.

[AHerald]

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade.

The Kerry camp is in an impossible spot with that over-top ridiculous photo, but, sheesh! a learning-disabled fourth-grader could come up with a better quip than Wade's.

[pt17]

Kerry doesn't have to pose to look rediculous. It's his natural look.

[AHerald]

Visiting the space shuttle Discovery, Kerry donned dust-free overalls that made him resemble the sperm cells in Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid To Ask)."

ROFLMAO! Too damn funny. I think it was Hugh Hewitt who first noted the Allen comparison.

[dyed_in_the_wool]

This == Dukakis in a tank.
Period.

[alpha-8-25-02]

the only thing that makes sense to me is jfk,is not running for president.
but only putting together a scrap book.

[ambrose]

Compare the Kerry pic with an actual pic from the Woody Allen film:

[ambrose]

I don't think so.

Kerry merely looks stupid in this picture.

Dukakis looked stupid in the tank - but it also highlighted or reminded people of the fact that he was a leftist who would weaken our military. He seemed laughable in the tank, but he also came across as a hypocrite and two-faced for trying to act like he'd be a tough commander-in-chief. Kerry just looks goofy..

I dunno, what would be the equivalent for GWB... I guess going to a French restaurant and trying to order in French? LOL.

[ninonitti]

Oh TerRAYsha!!!!

Buy one of these space thingys for me, they're so swell.

[boxerblues]

Will Kerry break out and start singing the umpa lumpa song

[Fintan]

"Okay Teresa...NOW can we have sex????"

 

[raybbr]

Reminds me of this:

[yonif]

Will he be wearing that when he accepts the nomination?

[JerseyHighlander]

I thought I was the only one to picture that right off the bat.

[JerseyHighlander]

"There is no need for the average American citizen to own a handgun or rifle for personal protection, just as there is no need for the average American to prepare for possible WMD attack on the homeland."

"Now please SS agent, tell the reporters to move along, there's nothing here to see."

[MadIvan]

Stop that, stop that, it's silly!

It's very silly indeed.

Regards, Ivan

[NYCVirago]

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade.

The difference is, W looked great in the flight suit, and Kerry looks like even more of a dork than he usually does in that getup.

[snopercod]

John Kerry crawls through a hatch...

The dumazz reporter didn't even know what "hatch" that was. Kerry was crawling out of the orbiter crew module.

[BulletBobCo]

[listenhillary]

Going after the gerbil fantasy crowd I wonder? OOH! that Kerry!

[chainsaw]

CAPTION: These 'Depends' changing machines are great!

[anoldafvet]

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade."

My fervent wish is that when Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, he walks out on the stage in that flight suit.

[TomGuy]

Bill Clinton: When we needed a doofus to send to the Convention and to lose in November, paving the way for Hilly, John Kerry said, "Send me. See, I'm a perfect doofus. I learned stupid photo-op tricks from the best--Michael Dukakis."

[AlbionGirl]

He's really good with his tail, isn't he?

[Wumpus Hunter]

"Compare the Kerry pic with an actual pic from the Woody Allen film"

Look at the two pictures and think of Woody's line:

"But I don't wanna go. What if it's a homosexual experience?"

[HalfFull]

LOL

[FReepaholic]

...At the Kennedy Center, her husband violated the cardinal rule of politics — getting his picture taken in a ridiculous outfit...

What's so ridiculous about a clean-room suit??

These suits are worn by many workers all the way from space center techs to computer hard drive manufacturers.

Yeah, they're a b*tch to wear 8 hours a day and I spent many days wearing one at KSC. But I was damn proud to wear one and be a part of the space program.

I guess some people think that any suit other than a three-piece business suit is ridiculous. How elitist is that?

[leprechaun9]

Is that a TELE-TUBBIE?

[mewzilla]

This pic is all over the front of the Boston Herald this morning. ROTF!!! Boy, does Jean look goony.

[listenhillary]

Do you get your picture taken everyday in a clean room suit climbing out of a white orifice?

[kattracks]

What's so ridiculous about a clean-room suit??

Nothing unless it's being used for a photo op by a presidential candidate, who's crawling around on the ground.

It's hard to imagine this undignified doofus

as a 'leader" who will be able to protect this country from our enemies.

[Pravious]

No, no... the REAL caption is:
John F. Kerry, democratic candidate for President of the United States (and Vietnam veteran), poses after having successfully completed the world's first manned colonoscopy. The patient, Senator Kennedy, is said to be doing fine...

[reformedliberal]

Oh, please.

It isn't about clean room suits or pride in work. It is about a know-nothing who will gut the space program, among other programs, in order to have enough of our money to take all health care decisions aways from us and give them to the government under the guise of a benefit, among other things.

This was a photo-op designed to highlight Zelig's commitment to science and research, 2 things he is as knowledgeable about as how to pitch a baseball or the title of the rules arbiter in baseball, for that matter. Because it is mendacious, he deserves all the ridicule that can be printed, spoken and broadcast....and then some.

He looks like a grinning idiot. Were he capable of actually doing something productive in a clean room or anywhere else, you MIGHT have a point. This is dishonest. He is dishonest. The press is dishonest.

W at least flew jets and has worn flight suits while doing so.

You should be insulted that your profession is being hijacked to impress the punters with F'n's science credentials.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

This is the outfit Kerry plans to wear when he goes in to clean out your wallet.

[Dante3]

You make a good point for yourself.

Some, however, were a little confused when they saw Kerry wear it. At first I wasn't sure if the photo was fake, or if he was supposed to be a bunny or in a burka. It's just a Dukakis moment.

[kattracks]

[Moose4]

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade.

Uh...Senor Wade? President Bush was wearing that flight suit because HE'D JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE COCKPIT OF AN EA-6B PROWLER, YOU THUNDERING MORON! It's kind of required to wear that rig...y'know, ejection seats, parachutes, G-suits, oxygen, all that sort of thing?

Oh never mind. Wade probably gets the vapors if he has to fly coach.

}:-)4

[rebel_yell2]

The difference is, W looked great in the flight suit, and Kerry looks like even more of a dork than he usually does in that getup.

Not to the point. The real difference is that W IS a pilot who flew supersonic F-102 fighter jets solo, while the closest Kerry came to being a pilot is riding in the back of TAY-RAY-ZAH's "flying squirrel."

And the Kerry picture HAS to remind old-timers of Dukakis' infamous "tank commander" picture.

[dennisw]

Girlymann

[johnb838]

Nothing unless it's being used for a photo op by a presidential candidate,

That suddenly reminded me of old Jimmah Cahtah, back in the day, who used to present himself as all things to all people like F'n. I'm reminded of Dan Ackroyd parodying this in a sketch called "The Pepsi Syndrome", in a similar costume, saying "Ah'm a nukular engineer. And as a nukulah engineeah, Ah'm pretty scared." Then there's something about a 10 story bunny wabbit, I can't remember the details.

[Sister_T]

"The brilliant Republicans who put George Bush in a flight suit to strut around an aircraft carrier won't get very far giving advice to NASA about the kinds of coveralls to wear," said Kerry campaign spokesman David Wade.

COMMENT!

Bush looked like a MAN in that flight suit. Like he was made for it. Kerry looks like a straight-up DORK!!!

[kattracks]

ping

[mwyounce]

Especially with that grin on his face, I keep thinking of the Oompa Loompas from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory myself...

[sweetliberty]

Catpuppy, apparently you weren't the only one that saw the similarity between the sperm and the dork presidential candidate. The entire country is laughing at his silly @$$ today. Even Leno last night called this Kerry's Dukakis moment.

[weegee]

2004: A Space Idiocy

Houston... we have a moron.

[TomGuy]

Doofus Kerry dons a new wardrobe so that he may mingle with the commoners, but not get contaminated by them.

[weegee]

"Well-l-l-l-l-l-l Goll-l-l-l-l-l-l-ly"