[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.

[muskogee]

"snowboarding is a hell of a lot more fun than clearing brush on a dusty ranch" Not to me. After all I have seen, give me a chainsaw, dirt, dust, and brush on my own place with nobody around and I'd call it heaven on earth.

[Shermy]

but why do people attack him for this nonsense?

1. It's a long election season.

2. In this instance the clothing and sporting photo-ops are planned media events worthy of comment.

[DLfromthedesert]

I hope you haven't cussed out anybody on the slopes.