Actually, it is quite clever. Being a politician's photographer has to rank as among one of the most boring positions there is - you're waiting for a screwup, violence or something really goofy to happen. Otherwise, it's 99.9% same old crap, day after day.
I'm not surprised they used it - it's different.
How many goofball pictures of Jean-Fraud sKerry have been released to the wires, after all?
Deal with it.
Well, you didn't have to get SNIPPY about it!