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Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Why all the fuss? Kerry wore an outfit appropriate for the environment he was in. His face looks cute and genuinely happy. Again, why all the fuss?

Posted by A Rat Named Dog (Member # 699) on :

Not quite sure what you're talking about.

Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :

Any linkage?
Satyagraha

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Republicans and Democrats alike are making a big fuss over a picture of Kerry wearing a blue clean suit when he visited a space center or something. I can't seem to find the linkage now. Maybe the tempest in a teapot blew over.

Posted by Insanity Plea (Member # 2053) on :

Hrmph, that's what i hate about American politics, everybody is so melodramatic...I say they need to learn from the brits and Taiwanaese, have a good brawl and get the pent up frustration out of their system.
Satyagraha

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Linky

I also don't see what the big deal is. Yeah, he looks kinda dorky, but he looked dorky wearing a bicycle helmet, too.

I don't vote according to coolness. [Dont Know]

Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :

And that's why there's no Mr. President -- The Action Figure!

Posted by Mean Old Frisco (Member # 6666) on :

Just imagining the Clinton action figure makes me glad that there's not a line of Oval Office toys.

Posted by Mean Old Frisco (Member # 6666) on :

The Lincoln Action Figure! Press the button on his back, and the front of his skull flies off! Fun for the whole family!

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

I don't get it. Wasn't he using appropriate clothing to the environment he was in?
Sheesh...politic campaigns are ugly everywhere, it seems.

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Egads! After what we've done with LOTR action figures...

Whoops! I didn't say that. [Monkeys]

Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :

Eh, it's Drudge. Does anyone really expect better or smarter?

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

So it's Drudge's fault that the Dem campaign manager got in a tizzy about this?

[Confused]

edit: Or are you saying that they democratic campaign didn't respond to this until after Drudge posted the pictures?

[ July 28, 2004, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]

Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :

No, mph. I'm almost positive the Dem. campaign manager responded to this long before trash like Drudge (maybe Fox News, too?) went apeshit over it. That makes chronological sense.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

I'm still confused what exactly they were responding too... How could this possibly be viewed in a negative light?

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

That's what I'm saying, Hobbes! I agree with you.
Maybe they're noticing something I (and you, of course) did not see.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Huh. I must have missed that. I only saw where Drudge was printing the transcript of the democratic campaign manager freaking out. I didn't see where Drudge, Fox News, or anybody else got in a tizzy about it.

Could you give us a link?

Posted by Mean Old Frisco (Member # 6666) on :

quote:
I'm still confused what exactly they were responding too... How could this possibly be viewed in a negative light?

There are plenty of people dumb enough to vote for or against a candidate based on petty stuff like this (i.e. looking silly in a picture). While some on this board would have you believe that these people are all Republicans, that's sadly not true. Fence-sitters are not immune to stupidity.

[ July 28, 2004, 02:42 PM: Message edited by: Mean Old Frisco ]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I refuse to believe that a significant percentage of the population is that stupid, even though I know it's true.

Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :

That's really, really sad.

Hobbes [Smile]

Posted by HollowEarth (Member # 2586) on :

Truth be told, those suits make everyone look like a dork. It doesn't matter what you look like before you put one on.

Posted by naledge (Member # 392) on :

There is no story here. If this is what people consider an embarassing picture then they are really reaching for something to talk about.

Trust me, I work for NASA, that is NOT A SPACE SUIT! No astronaut ever wore anything like that in his or her ride to space. The type of suit Kerry and company are wearing is a fabric garment that covers you from head to toe and prevents particles from contaminating spaceflight hardware. Engineers, technicians, and scientist always wear these suits in a clean room environment where spaceflight hardware and equipment is being prepared for launch. From the pictures, it looks like Kerry and company are in the crew cabin of one of the space shuttles. If that is the case, then it is a REQUIREMENT to wear that type of suit since it would designated as a clean room area. Besides, everybody I know always looks dorky in these suits; they are worn serve a function, not to make a fashion statement.

-nal

[ July 28, 2004, 03:51 PM: Message edited by: naledge ]

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

naledge

[Hail]

Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :

They are also required wearing in TV studios designed to send a real bar of chocolate to TV sets.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

quote:
No, mph. I'm almost positive the Dem. campaign manager responded to this long before trash like Drudge (maybe Fox News, too?) went apeshit over it. That makes chronological sense.

It's one thing to be mad at the press for posting a picture that makes your candidate look bad (for the record, it was the NY Post).

It's another thing to accuse NASA of releasing the picture for political reasons.

Dagonee

[ July 28, 2004, 03:55 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

Posted by naledge (Member # 392) on :

quote:
They are also required wearing in TV studios designed to send a real bar of chocolate to TV sets.

LOL, forgot about that! oompah-pah-loompah-pah

-nal

Posted by Child of the Mind (Member # 1740) on :

I can see the headlines:

KERRY PHOTOS DEPICT SCANDAL OF THE CENTURY: NASA-GATE

KERRY CAUGHT IN COMPROMISING SITUATION WITH SPACE SUIT

KERRY: "I DID NOT HAVE RELATIONS WITH THAT SPACE SUIT"

KERRY LOOKS SILLY, FACES IMPEACHMENT

KERRY ONLY WORE THE SPACE SUIT FOR OIL

Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :

The only person who looks like a dork here is the campaign manager for making such a big deal about it and trying to make it sound there is a vast dorky picture conspiracy out there.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

I agree. The campaign manager should have instead used this to their advantage -- a great photo op. Used it to build him up in some way.....

Campaign manager must not have a degree in marketing...

Farmgirl

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

as others have said it seems silly that the dems have made a big deal over it. Hell, they should have used it as a plus, saying that Kerry enjoyed going to NASA where he could learn things that Bush could never understand. Not only would they show how Kerry supports NASA they could get a dig at Bush in. [Smile]

Sure he looks sort of dorky...but he always looks dorky, so it is not really a big deal. His campaign is acting like NASA released nude photos from a changing room or something. lol, he is wearing a clean suit it is not something to be embarrassed about.

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

If you don't click on the links, the fact that Kerry made the news by wearing a clean suit is a little disturbing in and of itself. Is it usually smeared with...no, I can't finish.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Oh, kat. And you thought my 800 pound holy spirit joke was bad...

[ July 28, 2004, 04:56 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

[Razz]

Dag, I just don't know what you're talking about. *blink*

[ July 28, 2004, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Well, the suit was blue.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I think that's the most natural-looking smile I've seen on Kerry.

Posted by WheatPuppet (Member # 5142) on :

Lmao

It's not like he's wearing women's underwear, people! [ROFL]

And if he were, would we think any differently about him? [ROFL]

(wipes tear) [Cry]

Maybe I'm the only one to find that funny.