CAPTION THIS: John Kerry as "Alpha Weenie" - with yellow flower-power zipper pull

www.powerlineblog.com ^ | March 29, 2004 | Hindrocket (via Hugh Hewitt)

[RonDog]

From Hindrocket with www.powerlineblog.com:

March 29, 2004

A Ray of Hope

My main reason for optimism, vis a vis the November election, is John Kerry. You probably remember his snowboarding vacation, which we posted a photo or two of last week. But Mrs. Rocket called my attention to this picture, which I hadn't seen:

Mrs. Rocket pointed out a detail which had escaped my fashion-oblivious notice, namely, the yellow flower-power zipper pull. The whole look, of course, is appalling: the vest, the gloves, the botox. It is Mrs. Rocket's opinion that the American people will not elect as President a man who wears a vest with a flower power zipper pull.

I think she may be right.

UPDATE: A reader adds: "Thanks for posting that picture of Kerry today. Right now the French are pursing their lips and narrowing their eyes in shrewd appraisal: 'Daisy zipper pull, snowboard with mural graphics, sunglasses hanging from fleece shirt, thin vest-like outer garment. Yes. Clearly this man is the true Alpha Weenie.'''

MORE: A reader from Kentucky writes: "I think I shall be ill. My niece has a flower just like that one. She's seven."

HUGH HEWITT writes: "Just the man to instill fear in the hearts of our enemies."

STILL MORE: Another reader thinks the photo is very funny, but wonders whether the daisy might have been Photoshopped into it. Fear not; the photo is straight from the Associated Press. Her question, though, did cause me to run a search for all photos of Kerry with his snowboard. And it appears that this picture is the only one that shows the flower-power zipper pull. I infer from this that shortly after the photo was taken, a horrified aide noticed the flower and removed it from Kerry's get-up. Leaving only the sunglasses, the vest, the gloves, the board itself and the botox as evidence of Kerry's Alpha Weenie status.

Posted by Hindrocket at 11:01 PM

[RonDog]

See also, from www.hughhewitt.com:

March 30, 2004

Just the man to instill fear in the hearts of our enemies.

When you recover  from that picture, consider the article below detailing al Qaeda's surprise at the American response to 9/11.  I have been thinking on this for most of the last three hours.  They really thought that Bush would respond like Clinton.  Now they hate Bush.  They must be hoping for a Kerry win in November because they have to assume that Kerry will indeed revert to Clinton form when it comes to terrorism: meetings, caucuses, conferences, minutes, high-level consultations, late-night phone calls to Kofi, walks in the twilight at Camp David, more meetings and conferences, more furrowed brows, and many, many plans and indictments.  And every four years a barrage of cruise missiles at a site abandoned hours, days or weeks earlier.

How they must miss Clinton.  How they must long for Kerry, along with Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong Il, and the retired nut prime minister of Malaysia.

A yellow flower zipper pull says a lot.  Especially to our enemies.

Posted [by Hugh Hewitt] at 8:30 AM, Pacific

[doug from upland]

No photoshop? This is real?

[EggsAckley]

Here's a nice comparison:

[TheSpottedOwl]

Photoshopped? Probably not. What a geek.

[RightWingMama]

Perfect!!! LOL

[Helms]

[plain talk]

Man vs Boy.

[DeFault User]

Come on, folks, let's cut the guy a break. Maybe the plastic surgeon hands out those yellow plastic flowers after every treatment and ol' John just forgot to take it off.

[jjm2111]

You know I don't like John Kerry. I think he's a first rate a-hole and I'm going to vote Bush, but why do people attack him for this nonsense?

I think the the flower (if it wasn't photoshopped) is over-the-top, but my Lord complaining about:

"the vest, the gloves" and "snowboard with mural graphics, sunglasses hanging from fleece shirt, thin vest-like outer garment."

So what if he puts his sunglasses on his vest? And what's wrong with a vest and gloves? He's snowboarding for crying out loud. Also, he can't choose what graphics are on his board. One mostly buys a board based on their height and weight and you get the graphics that comes with it.

What's he supposed to wear when he's snowboarding? A power suit with power tie?

I snowboard. I wear gloves when I do it, and snowboarding is a hell of a lot more fun than clearing brush on a dusty ranch.

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[MarkeyD]

I wondered the PhotoShop angle myself the first time I saw that photo.

[finnman69]

[MJR DAD]

Reference Post 3. To quote Zell Miller (Democrate, Georgia) "It's obvious to me that this country is rapidly dividing itself into two camps - the wimps and the warriors,... The ones who want to argue and assess and appease, and the ones who want to carry this fight to our enemies and kill them before they kill us."

"Wimp" pictured right...

Warrior pictured left...

[EggsAckley]

Yup. My thoughts eggsackley.

[al baby]

Good vs Evil

[FourtySeven]

LOL......thanks, that was a belly laugh there!

[skeeter]

A yellow flower zipper pull says a lot. Especially to our enemies.

Oh what can it mean to a daydream believer & a homecoming queen?

[Cyber Ninja]

John Kerry’s zipper-pull is a cute little yellow daisy.
The deeper meaning behind this is really quite hazy.
He tries to be cool.
He’s just a rich fool.
The fact still remain, John Kerry is certifiably crazy.

>8D

[onyx]

LM*O.
How do you caption that?

ALPHA WEENIE says it all.
Dang, the guy is truly a creep.

[ohioWfan]

Let me improve that comparison just a tad....