The dork is standing in a mud puddle.
I'd say it looks more like he pissed his pants!
He's straddling a puddle, perhaps not mud.
Straddling comes quite naturally to him, but peeing in public? Well, he does run at the mouth.
Silly FReeper; those are his carefully placed mirrors so he can make sure that everything is positioned just right for his photo op.
No, I think they are like flat rock...kinda like flagstone or somethng like that but in a lighter color. I have some of that at my house. However, the photo is stupid. But then again we're talking about kerry here..........