Matthews is a pig, (my apologies to pigs everywhere) and I doubt the Army has a helmet big enough for his big fat block head.
Tony was on a helicopter going into a war zone; Dukakis was in tank for a political commercial....a photo op. Mathews does not have the mental capacity to note the difference.
Tony was cute when asked (by Wallace) about the helmet picture.
He said he literally could not move his head because of the armor, and he decided to choose whether to look foolish or be foolish (without armor) .
He decided to look foolish.
But he didn't really. He had the helmet on for a good reason not a photo op. Did that Dukakis picture really do him in?
Did the egg picture of Kerry do him in? You know, the green egg emerging from some nest?
Or was it the football picture? Or the soccer picture? Or the bike picture?
So many pictures, so little charm.
Anyway, I think it was the voters realization of what a pathetic phony he is, not any of the pictures, and the same is true of Dukakis.