Men's Vogue Cover: Edwards dog in open pickup without carrier? Will Romney standard apply?

Men's Vogue ^ | July 2007

[Stultis]

You can read the accompanying article if you like. Not having a bucket handy I decided to skip it. But I was struck by this cover (when submarinerswife posted it over here):

Since Time Magazine thinks it's important we hear about Mitt Romney possibly transporting a dog dangerously or illegally A QUARTER CENTURY AGO, I wonder if they'll have any questions for Edwards and his photographer?

Was this...

...a contrived pose? Or does Edwards (or do his hirelings) transport this dog, or others, in the open bed of that pickup, or in other like vehicles, without a carrier? (I'm hearing this is illegal in many states.)

Don't get me wrong. I woulda thought this whole thing completely silly and beneath consideration. But Time didn't think it was silly wrt Romney.

[Stultis]

And then there's this pic:

CAPTION: All FOR ONE Elizabeth, John, Emma Claire, and Jack take a lap around the grounds of their North Carolina home. Of parenting, Elizabeth says, "You have to teach them that they have to face things, that the worst things, those are the test of you." (Image originally appeared in the June 2007 issue of Vogue.)

Looks like they're moving pretty fast in some kind of a golf cart, four wheeler, or similar vehicle with limited safety features. Where are helmets for the kids? Where are the proper restraints?

[Stultis]

ping

[newzjunkey]

BUMP

[Recovering_Democrat]

John Edwards endangers the health and safety of children!!

His kids ought to find a good trial lawyer and sue.

[keat]

Do real men really read “Men’s Vogue”? Seems pretty gay to me.

[KingSnorky]

Oh, how rugged. This is the first time Edwards has ever touched a pickup truck.

[Tax-chick]

“Runners’ World” did a piece on Edwards around the time of the last election. Apparently he runs. I suppose he likes his dog; it certainly looks happy enough.

Elliot Spitzer runs, too. I guess the lesson is that even dreadful libs aren’t 100% awful all the time!

[Lx]

Men read Vogue???? OH, ‘men’ read Vogue, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

[Gene Eric]

It’s a steering wheel on a pedestal and 4 hair dryers.

[dighton]

The existence of a Men’s Vogue is worrisome, and they’ve picked the right cover boy.

[SusaninOhio]

The HAIR! The HAIR is getting messed up!

Oh the humanity!

[elizabetty]

Citzens Arrest!! Citizens Arrest!! Hey fella, put some helmets on those chitren of yourine.

[toddlintown]

Which one’s Edwards? They both have silky hair.

[Screamname]

LOL! Tell me about it, this is the first time I ever heard of a “mens” vogue. Maybe they created it just for Breck girl Edwards.

[steveo]

Lizzy has Don King’s hairdresser.

[Screamname]

Vogue lyrics
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
Vogue, vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue, vogue

Look around everywhere you turn is heartache
It's everywhere that you go (look around)
You try everything you can to escape
The pain of life that you know (life that you know)

When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor, and here's what it's for, so

[Chorus:]

Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (go with the flow)
You know you can do it

All you need is your own imagination
So use it that's what it's for (that's what it's for)
Go inside, for your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (open up the door)

It makes no difference if you're black or white
If you're a boy or a girl
If the music's pumping it will give you new life
You're a superstar, yes, that's what you are, you know it

[chorus, substituting "groove" for "move"]

Beauty's where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That's where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life's a ball
So get up on the dance floor

[chorus]

Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (move to the music)
Vogue, (Vogue)
Beauty's where you find it (go with the flow)

Greta Garbo, and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine

Grace Kelly; Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers, dance on air

They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine, Lana too
Bette Davis, we love you

Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don't just stand there, let's get to it
Strike a pose, there's nothing to it

Vogue, vogue

Oooh, you've got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh, you've got to just
Let your body go with the flow
Oooh, you've got to
Vogue

[teacherwoes]

No child booster seats? That's against the law in many states. Are they even wearing a seat belt? Where's the state police when you need them?

[tioga]

Oh, look, a whole family of organ donors.

[Still Thinking]

Didn’t even know there WAS one. Can’t imagine a guy with even one testicle reading it.

[kaehurowing]

Looks to me like the ATV picture is posed, with a big fan blowing on them to make it look like they’re moving.