Posted on 07/27/2004 6:49:48 PM PDT by Cableguy
BOSTON, July 27 -- The tabloids are painting John F. Kerry as an out-of-this-world figure.
The New York Post's front page Tuesday featured a huge picture of the Democratic presidential nominee-to-be in a blue spacesuit, crawling out of the shuttle Discovery at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Next to the headline ("BOSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM") and a description of Kerry's "ridiculous outfit," Rupert Murdoch's paper ran a smaller shot of Woody Allen dressed as a human sperm from the movie "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask."
The same Kerry photo ran in the Boston Herald, whose front page this week has been devoted to Kerry-bashing, with the story comparing his donning of the "clean suit" to 1988 nominee Michael S. Dukakis's infamous flub of riding around in a tank. (The Herald's banner headline, "TERESA'S TED K TIRADE," spotlighted some remarks that Kerry's wife made in a 1975 book.) The in-your-face pictures landed like a meteor, with cable networks showing them throughout the day.
Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said the candidate was required to wear the suit. "Given the challenges facing our nation today, you'd think these papers could find something better to write about," he said. Campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill, asked by Fox News whether NASA's release of the picture was a dirty trick, said: "Well, what do you think?" No photos were supposed to be taken, she said.
But Kennedy Space Center spokesman Mike Rein said a video was routinely made of Kerry "as we have done for the last 40 years." He said NASA takes such footage because Kerry was in "a very confined and hazardous area" and that the pictures are always made public.
New York Post Editor in Chief Col Allan said he was just having "a bit of fun" before Al Gore, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the convention Monday night. "The candidate as a sperm lasted exactly one edition" on the front page, he said. Asked if he was trying to make Kerry look silly, Allan said: "He needs no help from us."
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ROFLMHO!
ROFLMHO! you, too!
Really? His wife showed us what outerspace is like tonight.
Caption no 1: taking a one way ride in the new NASA intergalactic transporter.
Caption No 2: Checking out the toilet tank at NASA.
Caption 3: After 2 above the white Bunny Suit turned blue.
rotf-LOL
awesome picture!
Hey Howie -- I'm sure EVERYONE notices how far up the Dem's bum your nose and the Post's is. You're pathetic.
*snicker*
OOMPA - LOOMPA --- DOO DAH DEE DAH! 
Priceless!
Oompa loompa doompety da If you're not greedy, you will go far You will live in happiness too Like the Oompa Loompa Doompety do Doompety do ... Oompa loompa doompety da If you're not spoiled then you will go far You will live in happiness too Like the Oompa Loompa Doompety do
It REALLLLLY makes him look like a shallow 'poser'. And then to WHINE about it? Surely he went there for the PUBLICITY!
Doesn't he realize there's a convention of the dem's most faithful already gathered and partying to honor him !
Kerry should have been in Boston. Even hardcore dem's must see the stupidity in his trips!
Is this normal for a presumptive nominee to STAY AWAY from the celebration, and ALSO go for HIGH VISABILITY trips elsewhere?
THAT is exactly how I'd like FoxNews to be covering this event!
I suggest taping it, and watching it in the evening at very least.
They had all their stories of butt kissing praise ready to go and had to write this one instead.
See my version of the POST front-page =o) by clicking here Wash Post Pg1
oh, you're nasty! ;-)
I had no idea that was an animation until ALL the images
on that page had loaded...
Boy, with the Girly-Girl pitch at Fenway,
(from the half-way point between the mound and the plate, no less)
....and the "SHOVE IT!"
....and this bunny wabbit suit....
THis week is more fun than I expected!
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