Kerry needs to watch his image - He looks like a fool in this pic

He can't let himself be photographed like this.

I've seen a few bad pics of Kerry but this isn't one of them. It's a good pic. At any rate, there are thousands of bad pics of the Shrub so Kerry is miles ahead in that regard.

Not me. Wait till gas is $5/gal. Won't look so friggin silly then. The pic looks great to me, especially since he's wearing a helmet.

Almost the same difference. :shrug:

I used to be a UW-Milwaukee Panther. GRRRRR.

Yellow rules.

<yawn>

and friendly...

:shrug:

almost very hard to fall off of becuase of the level of control you have over it?

I'm sensing hostility towards people who don't drive everywhere.

I'll vote for that dude!

A bike pic isn't good for you? Too bad for you. Now I've got one more reason to vote for the guy since I'm and avid cyclist.

I leave it to your imagination to guess what it is.

would not have the imagination to guess correctly.

won't get fooled again. Prolific and wrongheaded.

LOL - what is it? More bondo than original body? Windows busted out, and tape or plastic sheeting up instead?

C'mon... tell!

with parts estimated 6 k

Chimp?

According to the League of American Bicyclists, nearly 1 million U.S. workers commute regularly by bicycle. The federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics lists bicycles second only to cars as a preferred mode of transportation.

Biking's growing popularity was evident during a National Bike Summit this month in Washington. Cyclists from 47 states converged on the city for three days; it was the biggest turnout in the event's three-year history.

The summit's popularity coincides with growth of the bike caucus. The bipartisan group, established in 1996, now includes more than 100 House members. The Senate has started its own group with more than a dozen members so far.

It also is good public policy, he says. In the past decade, spurred largely by the bike lobby, Congress has more than quadrupled spending on bike projects - to nearly $2 billion. That has helped build almost 20,000 miles of bike trails, put bike racks on buses and establish biker safety programs nationwide.

http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/5458991.htm?1c

he's trying to think...

Jim Carey in Liar Liar trying to hold back a lie. LOL

WOW!

He apparently doesn't feel he has to give a shucky darn any more. He truly feels free to "let it all hang out" it would seem.

I would LOVE to see an artist translate this one to a formal portrait for the White House.

I actually laughed out loud!:)

that would be fucking hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the only person I've seen who doesn't is Hillary Duff

Im with ya, right up to the part about Hillary Duff.

;)

...forced off the road and into a ditch or a parked car who is NOT wearing a helmet.

I have no problem with it, but I think the photos of him in hockey apparell would be received a little more warmly by red-state voters who get their rocks off on having leaders who look masculine, muscular and militaristic.

Mind you, I'm not offended, but I live in the Red America, so I have an idea as to what sells and what does not out here.

and there's something funny, in my mind, about those bikes, the helmets and those tight shorts...

It's just my opinion. I wouldn't want to go out in public like that.

Don't get me wrong--I'm a hockey fan, but I live in freeperville. I know about five hockey fans. Seriously--and the farther south you go, the worse it gets.

Even out here in Repug Hinterland there is a biking club that all wear helmets and *those shorts*. Brave souls too, out here where pickups are wider than most road lanes.

then try it again with "those shorts" (which happen to have padding in appropriate places to facilitate long hours spent on the saddle). Tell me which work better for you.

Kerry is using the right tool for the job, sounds like a smart thing to do to me.

not sure why it is one, but there are signs that say the road is one. And I see ten or twenty bikers a day going along dressed just like this. They obviously bike long distances and are in great shape.

I cycle, and believe me, you don't want to wear regular shorts on a long ride. As I said in an earlier post, there are Americans unsophisticated enough to believe that cyclists are "sissies." I know a lot of male riders, and most are in terrific shape. I know a man in his 70s who just completed a six-day ride across the southern United States.

That picture, if widely circulated, would help fight that bullshit "Kerry is cold and unlikable" stuff that's starting to spread. He looks pretty friendly there, and you know if that were Bush, he'd either be making some dumbass face or falling off.

No codpiece?
No Mission Accomplished sign??

Does Kerry really expect to beat the competition???



http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2003-06-17-segway_x.htm

:+

Which Lance Armstrong won despite having survived testicular cancer.

think that was intentional?

It is a color that's clearly visible, which is important when biking through traffic.

I think this is purely coincidental. I don't think Kerry is sending subliminal messages to France.

Your problem, I take it, is with the wave of his hand?

And may I say, Good legs, John.

:puke:

I don't see the problem with that pic at all.

I've seen more pics of Bush making chimp faces.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

like that ole couch tater chimp. :puke: I don't care too much for the yellow helmet though, x( he should choose a more flattering color. :think:

But then I think that middle aged guy who feels they have to dress up in spandex like Lance Armstrong just to ride a bike looks like a dork.

He's in pretty good shape for his age though.

As a "Brooklyn cowgirl", you're in a great position to be Fashion Police! Don't get your fringed jacket caught in a subway door.

For the average guy on a bike the tight shirt, small hat and bike shorts really do a number on your dignity. I have also noticed that they are unnecessary (unless going more than 50 miles). I'll trade some chafing for not looking like a twit any day.

I consistently wear spandex shorts and cycling jerseys for either road biking or mountain biking. Why? Because of the comfort factor.

Most serious cyclists aren't out there to try and impress people with the way they look. They're out there to BIKE.

Unless you are in a race, no. The hats look really silly. I can understand the helmets and have worn them myself when cycling in an urban area or on steep trails. The shorts do help. The solution, so I do not have to look at those fools? Wear the bike shorts, and put a regular pair of shorts over them. You get the comfort and you do not look like a dork.

For those people who wear full bicycle regalia: People are laughing at you.

The purpose of the jerseys is that they wick moisture away from your skin, unlike cotton t-shirts that tend to get completely soaked and quite uncomfortable.

Furthermore, wearing other shorts over top of your riding shorts tends to make things rather hot -- especially during the summer. I don't know about you, but living in the NE I have been riding many times when the temperature is in the high 80's / low 90's with 85%+ humidity -- and the LAST thing I want to do is to throw on an ADDITIONAL layer of clothing.

If you're so worried about people you don't know thinking you're a "dork", then you've got much bigger problems than what kind of clothes people are wearing while cycling....

They just may be too polite to mention it.

... not superficialities like what kind of outfits I wear while cycling. And, in fact, I've had friends give me a hard time for wearing all cycling gear -- and it hasn't damaged my psyche to the point of pushing me into therapy yet.

To be quite honest, you sound like a person who worries just a little bit too much about what other people think of you -- to the point of allowing that concern to dictate your freedom in being who you truly are. It took me many years to overcome such a predisposition, and to be quite blunt, you couldn't pay me enough to go back.

Me? Don't care. Spandex is much more comfortable. Colors let drivers know you're there. You go faster, have more fun (unless you like fighting wind).

Try it sometime.

I don't know what's wrong with people that worry so terribly much over what other people think about them. It's one thing going on a job interview but GMAFB!

Just more evidence we're mostly a species of mindless lemmings, IMNSHO.

I believe people in full biking regalia look deeply silly. I would be a hypocrite if I would prance about in said clothes. I think they look bad, therefore I do not wear them.

I would make an analogy to guys who put on a full professional baseball-type of uniform to play league softball. It is both unnecessary and dorky. Plus they look like total knobs when getting a beer after the game.

When biking for enjoyment or exercise you are not being competitive. You are riding an f'n bike. A full uniform is not necessary.

It is kinda like taking your glove to a baseball game. Cool when you are ten, but one hopes to have some dignity when older.

in the least. To each his own re: how important looking "dorky", a "total knob", "silly", etc.--but my take is that these are the concerns of a ten year old.

I believe people in full biking regalia look deeply silly. I would be a hypocrite if I would prance about in said clothes. I think they look bad, therefore I do not wear them.

Good for you. That's YOUR choice. Others are free to choose differently, and there ain't a damned thing you can do about it!

I would make an analogy to guys who put on a full professional baseball-type of uniform to play league softball. It is both unnecessary and dorky. Plus they look like total knobs when getting a beer after the game.

Yah. Like, last week I went to the mall and I saw this guy wearing an outfit that was like, so 2002, and I turned to my friend and we like laughed at him and stuff, because he was so dorky!

How old are we? 13? 14?

When biking for enjoyment or exercise you are not being competitive. You are riding an f'n bike. A full uniform is not necessary.

It's not about being competitive. It's about being comfortable. I find your remarks amusing, because when I rode with a local cycling club -- all enjoyment, mind you -- the overwhelming majority of people in the club turned out in cycling regalia. Then again, I'm sure that all of us were simply concerned about "image", right? :eyes:

It is kinda like taking your glove to a baseball game. Cool when you are ten, but one hopes to have some dignity when older.

Funny, when I was 10, I never would have been caught in full cycling regalia because I was worried about being "dorky". Now that I'm 30, I'm more concerned with being comfortable.

Dignity has more to do with how you perceive yourself than how you worry about how others perceive you.

I don't know what photo you're looking at, but in the photo at the front of this thread, he is wearing a yellowish-orange short-sleeved T-shirt that says "Milwaukee Panthers".

I was speaking of others. Thank God he had the decency not to wear one of those. The shorts have to go or be covered.

but even if everyone was laughing at me... why do you think that would matter? Would wearing normal shorts and a t-shirt make everyone happy? Even if that sacrificed my own comfort and health? Comfort in the ventilated and rain resistent and moisture wicking jerseys and the padded seats and ventilation of the bike shorts.

Why on earth would I wear senssible biking clothes only to cover them up with others? What's the point? To prevent people from laughing at me? LOL

Plus better pockets.

What is the purpose of this post? :shrug:

this picture makes him look bad. :shrug:

He's riding a bike...

On edit: and this is a good thing, because not too many "ill" people go bike riding.

And that is George Bush in case you don't know!

With then-PM of Canada Chretien at the APEC summit in Shanghai, Oct 21, 2001.

good to me...I'm just trying to figure out what kind of frame he's riding. I gave up road bikes years ago...now I mountain bike and I fall all the time including several whopper face plants over the handle bars this weekend...bruised ego and sore back/butt...all part of the fun...but you only fall if somebody sees you crash...what dirt and blood on my legs?

Hee. I'll have to tell my husband that one. He went over the handlebars the other week, and he was mortified, even though he was alone. He even "hid" his injury (swollen hand) from me for a week!

I do insist that he take his cell phone with him into the woods, now that I know what kind of falls are possible out there. Dorky, I know, but he rides alone and I worry that he'll get hurt or break down and not be able to walk out before dark.

One time, I did a particularly nasty faceplant in which I actually landed "face-first" on a downslope. I went into work the next day with a black eye, scrapes all down the side of my face, and a swollen lip. I looked like I had been in a bar fight, but quickly set all of my co-workers straight and actually BRAGGED about how bad my fall was.

Looking back, I was lucky to not have had to pick teeth up off of the trail, as I remember feeling them bouncing off of rocks!

As an old HS friend of mine used to say, "Chicks dig scars!" ;-)

Looks like fool? You're kidding right?

while her back is turned to him and she talking to someone else.

No Class Bush rides again(golf cart), afraid of horses, segways, and ponies.

Which is a welcome alternative to his serious, grave demeanor in the media.

At least he is wearing a helmet and is attired properly.

Adding Bush photo for equal time:

...to bring up such a petty issue.

Some talking head critized Kerry for taking time off after the primaries to go skiing in an "elitist" place like Sun Valley, yet wouldn't say boo about the country club lifestyle his fatass buddies live.

Letsee, he skis, rides a bike, plays hockey...does he also windsurf, hang-glide, repell? Damn watching him wears me out.

What is your point I wonder. It's pretty lame if you think you are digging up embarrassing photos to hurt Kerry...I don't know who would think he looks like a fool except someone with an aversion to the color orange.

Exactly how would he keep himself from being photographed like this when he is riding in public? Perhaps jump off the bike, attack the photographer and smash his camera like the Bushies do?

I'm ashamed of myself, but I agree with ringmastery. This look is foreign (in more ways than one) to, I think, a majority of Americans (unfortunately). I understand Kerry's vigor, and his desire to project it, but this picture (and the snow-boarding picture) make me think Kerry may really be out of touch. I don't think you would see, for example, Wes Clark, John Edwards or Howard Dean photographed in biking shorts and helmet. The image of the Kennedys was enhanced by their pursuit of sports most Americans did not participate in, but I'm afraid it's a new, down-home political world today. I wish Kerry would get in the White House, and then find a way to make these sports Presidential!

I ride an old Trek 2300 carbon with an Ultegra component set myself!

I hadn't realized.

without passing out on it.

no man Kerry's age looks good in it. Edwards might get away looking normal in that outfit, but Kerry looks sort of like a goober here.

Why are you trying to smear Kerry?

That's GOT to be a national security risk.

Guess Bush's Segway pics are more to your liking.

Jeez, aren't you Kerry people reading my posts?

:D

GMAB.

That's what bikers wear. Kerry brings his bike on the campaign plane and bikes as much as possible. The shirt is for a Milwaukee sports team. Spandex would be ridiculous to wear to a park, but he's going on a long bike ride. It's appropriate.

per bill maher.

stop. lets stop this. maybe instead of telling kerry how not to be true to self, how not to present self. maybe we have to say to the world, grow up. this isnt a popularity bimbo head prom queen to do.

enough

we elected a c student (i dont believe he was c, if it is reported c, we can pretty well guess it was lower since nothing is accurate givin to us with bush)

someone who doesnt read

a non deep thinker

a business failure

a drunk

a druggie

because though gore was smart and knew what he was talking about and experienced, we had him running in circles trying to please everyone and how foolish was that

i am now starting to hear the same thing about kerry on media. and this is going to just feed and grow and no matter what kerry does it is going to be in critique of how he appears, not what he offers. how sad that will be to create

so

kerry be boring, be you, focus on the issues and what you need to do to fix all the ills bushco created

i dont have to have sleep with you, just want someone who thinks in the office

Which is more than can be said about Pretzelboy on the Segway....

:-)

He looks pretty good for a 60 year old.

If someone rides a bike for exercise and does it safely, he or she looks like a geek in all the safety gear.

Can I see a picture of you on a bike? Of anybody?

Would it look foolish? What is so foolish about that picture, EXACTLY? Please, share ALL THE DETAILS OF YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS

It's funny, you know, let's say I was one of Uncle Karl's Trained Professionals.

First, I would get myself a star. Sure, I'd be giving some money to people I hate, but it would be serving the cause of my Bushevik Masters, wouldn't it, Ringmaster...

If I was a Bushevik Operative, safe in my cushy DC office, I'd then post the most divisive threads, red herrings and nonsense to tie as many people as possible.

It would be a brilliant strategy and I would excel at it.

I would smile to my Bushevik Masters as I watched my studiously practiced and concocted RED HERRING THREADS sucker people in.

But some people might catch on to me.

What would I do then?

What should I do, were this hypothetical situation TRUE, RINGMASTER?

Please share ALL YOUR THOUGHTS on that matter, as well, when you reply.

far in the distance, a train whistle sounds....

I've exposed The Ringmaster of His Circus several times.

You know the Bushevik Main Rule: If you are exposed as a farud. Ignore it and move on.

This one is high up on the Bushevik Food Chain, I think.

Is that you, Annthrax?

for the public service msg. Kinda makes sense. Good idea too -- I'm going over to FR and master some rings there.

What is your point, anyway? Are you EVER going to respond to ANYONE on this thread?

Hmmmmmmm???????

:nuke:

Constructive criticism is fine, we all understand that, but IMNSHO THIS kind of CRAP should get people BANNED!

:puke:

This one is a cagey one. Uncle Karl's Boys, the REAL ONES, not the dumbass Dittohead/Freeper/Brownshirt Trolls, know how to push the enevlope and fly under the radar.

Don't look for the Ringmaster to return to the site of the RED HERRING CIRCUS he started.

Not the style of Uncle Karl's Boys to do so.

(that would be Karl Lodeschmidt, the Dead German Chemist)

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

One of those fu**ing breaks, that is!

Take a look at Kerry's leg muscles while you're at it. He's in good shape.
Now, can we please stop picking on the next President of the United States?

... photos of themselves they wish had never been taken. So what?

At least Senator Kerry can ride a bike. Commander Bunnypants can't land a plane, y'know... even if he dresses the part.

:D

Nonsense. Kerry should try to influence how people perceive him but he shouldn't have to worry about every little thing.

n/t

mindless anti-Kerry posts are guaranteed to get a lot of responses.

What, a month and a half to go?

Can't get here soon enough.

Get a grip! At least he looks healthy and lean, which is more than we can say for the likes of blobs like...well, you know which politicians and pundits.

"Crispy Criticisms"?????

bwahahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha

What is wrong with exercise and safety? He could encourage the US to get into shape!

for his age, also he looks happy.

don't get on me...I'm just kidding./

than you do by starting this thread.

He looks good, he's smiling, I see nothing wrong with this.

In fact, he should share more of this to people, so they can "see" who
the real Kerry is. They will be like "OMG, he's actually human.....omg....he's doing physical activity....what a hero".

Why would anyone want to pick on Kerry for biking?

Oh, wait! That's right, if he's biking, he's not buying foreign oil.

I get it now. Are you sure you're a Democrat?

I hope to be as good shape as Kerry when I'm his age. So maybe some fat Republicans will think riding a bike is 'unmanly' or something. Big deal. They're going to vote Bush anyway.

look like a fool! Sheesh, what's up with all the superficiality?

...which stands for Really Obnoxious Anonymous.

That way, you could learn how to quit being really obnoxious, and we could be spared your really obnoxious posts.

JMHO.

I have already had one person who I know is an undecided voter tell me that the pic reminds him of the "Dukakis in a Tank" photo. While just about anything Kerry does will play well at DU, this photo does look a little ridiculous to less partisan folks.

I sure in fuck don't want them (him, her, it) on my side.

we don't have the luxury of excluding votes because the voters are not pure enough. This election will be decided in large part by the middle of the road voter.

People look ridiculous in biking outfits. I bike regularly and I look like a flipping fool when I put on those pants. I refuse to wear the colorful jersees because they look so ignorant. I don't care what your politics are, no amount of "liberal" is going to make someone suddenly look dignified in a biking getup.

just idiots.

...your post falls into that category, IMHO.

Do you like looking at Junior in his little flight suit?

In fact it is exactly the same type of logic Freepers use. I criticize one photo of Kerry and I must like "looking at Junior in his little flight suit." Your childish little insult is what is ridiculous.

Does everyone need to fall in line and agree that everything Kerry does is great and wonderful in order to get membership to the liberal club?

he's embarassed? :shrug:

Looks like a guy on a bike to me. Where IS the "author"of this thread after 150 posts and what purpose (or should I say,whose purposes) does it serve? :shrug:

like clearing brush?

:headbang:
rocknation

and that's bad for your prostate.

and he would probably think the photo was cool.