FO,
I have considered my earlier position concerning the Kerry Canine Avatar. I have come to the conclusion that my initial assessment was short sighted and rash. Your picture has much in it's favor. The French Poodle's expression shows the aristocrat's haughty insouciance. I can see this French Poodle, sitting in the heiress's lap, looking out the window of the private jet as they fly over the red states, pitying the pathetic sod-busters slaving away in our menial existence. The glasses are no doubt rosy, enabling French Poodle and patrician alike to see the world in a pleasant pinkish hue, a world where terrorists fear and obey the law, where the UN spends more energy preventing genocide than making profit on the backs of Iraqi children. And the beautiful colored coiffure, expensive (only the best for the heiress's pet) yet tasteful and trendy. The multi-colors represent the refined mind's refusal to think in the simple terms of the vulgar, unwashed masses; nothing is simply black and white for French Poodle or man (terrorism, Islamofacism, beheadings, good v. evil). These are complex issues requiring convoluted logic to decipher. And therein lies the problem. How can any picture capture the multifaceted personality of French Poodle or his politician doppleganger. Can any single image capture the complexity of either Poodle or man, beings with many, many moods and metaphorical faces, a different opinion for each of them? I think not. If only there was some film, perhaps 8mm, of the Poodle in action. Think of the the 8mm home movies of the French Poodle's primate cousin, wandering through burned out Vietnamese villages. Ah, to see the Poodle in all it's glory in this fashion. Alas, it is not to be. Therefore, it is only proper that I proffer this, my humble apology. This picture does indeed represent, as best as is possible, the spirit and sublime dignity that is jfk.