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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 09:59 AM
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Finally somebody has told kerry to quit wearing the stupid
kiddy biking stuff. the clothes is what made him look stupid on a bike or windsurfing, not the actual activity.

COOL:


NOT COOL:
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TaleWgnDg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:00 AM
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1. I'd agree but only until after Kerry gets into the whitehouse . . .
then GWBush and his lackeys can eat sh**
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rkc3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:02 AM
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2. Holy shit!
Kerry can ride a bike *and* talk on a cell phone at the same time.

The undecideds need to see photos comparing Kerry on a bike and bush's face after riding his bike. It would be a no-brainer.
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Not Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:03 AM
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3. I disagree
JK is a serious athlete, not a photo op poser.
I nearly fell off my chair when I first saw the picture of him with the helmet slung on the handlebars.

Quite frankly, I want this guy to have all his mental faculties in the event he takes a tumble. Wear the helmet!

If his campaign wants to control media coverage when he rides, that is another thing.
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:07 AM
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7. I think he is stopped, and has his helmet off to talk on the cell phone.
I'm sure as soon as he moved he put his helmet on.
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funkybutt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:40 AM
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21. he wasn't talking on a cell phone there
I know it looks that way, but I saw the video this morning. I think he's just scratching his face or something. At first I thought it was a cell phone too.
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omnithrope Donating Member (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:03 AM
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4. This is NOT AN ISSUE!
It saddens me that this is an issue for ANYONE - especially those of us here at DU.

Crap like this just steals attention away from real issues.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:21 AM
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12. well I hate to break it to you, we're not selecting the person best
suited to be president. we're selecting the person most likable. don't take my word for it listen to the so called journalist.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:35 AM
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19. Sorrrry... People VOTE for likable. n/t
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Catfight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:03 AM
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5. unsafe is cool, safe is uncool? Hum....not sure I agree with that.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:18 AM
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10. Yes.
I have had big debates here on DU about the dorkiness of biking clothes. For those just going for a ride (not racing) biking clothes are undignified and hopelessly dorky.

Helmets are goofy-looking too. They may be necessary, but they are uncool.
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IIgnoreNobody Donating Member (376 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:04 AM
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6. Yawn
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:08 AM
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8. Give me a break












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beaconess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:27 AM
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25. It IS hard to look woosier than Bushie, isn't it?


"President Bush, right, rides his mountain bike as he starts out at Quantico Marine Base and FBI Training Facilities Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004 in Quantico, Va. Following Bush is a Secret Service Agent. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)"

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041003/480/vapm10310031415
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sherilocks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:12 AM
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9. Now if * would only take off the tablecloth
shirt that looks like it came off Arafat's head.
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tuvor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:21 AM
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11. I'll take that over the mission-accomplished ensemble any day.
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:23 AM
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13. I think the top picture is stupid outfit. Bottom one okay.
I saw the top one on TV and I was hoping that I saw wrong. Long sleeved sweater with shorts?
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:29 AM
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15. sorry, folks but the yellow shirt with gray and black striped shorts
are a fashion no no. if you're dressing like this well, lets just leave it at that.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:33 PM
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44. The yellow shirt is for the University of Wisconsion-Milwaukee Panthers...
can you say swing-state? I think you can...

Sid
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:38 AM
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27. That's a Yankee thang
I've lived up here in Michigan for ten years. These northern folks don't like to give up their shorts until the very last minute, until that very first snowflake falls. You see long sleeves with shorts all the time up here. We Texans think it's goofy, but we find ourselves doing it too! It's surprisingly comfortable in cold weather, especially on a bike.
:hi:
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TexasSissy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:19 PM
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41. I see. It makes him look like a "sissy," though.
:7
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:25 AM
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14. i think the pic you labeled cool actually looks sillier then the one
Edited on Wed Oct-13-04 10:26 AM by jonnyblitz
you labeled not cool. I think you need to get outta Oklahoma more often.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:30 AM
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16. yeah, right. if you say so.
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ParanoidPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:09 AM
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23. Yeah! Come on out here to California......
.....and get a good look at how people really dress when riding a bike. :evilgrin:

In 2000 over 10,850,000 people voted for president in California.
In 2000 just over 1,200,000 people voted for president in Oklahoma.

In 2000 Gore won California by over 1.5 million votes.

You do the math. :)
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demokatgurrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:33 AM
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17. I'm no biker so maybe that's why
they don't look all that different to me. But to me, he looks cool in both and I agree, protect that brain, wear the helmet

but this is a silly non-issue.
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progressivebydesign Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:33 AM
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18. I love Kerry... and I agree.
The bright spandex is not attractive to women, and not terribly macho to the average voter.

Let me explain. Right now. it's ALL ABOUT IMAGE. Kerry has to appeal to a broad group of voters, and the meme is "hunk vs. punk". Bush's manly :puke: photo of him looking like something in Cool Hand Luke, on his "ranch", is circulating, and it resonates well with the average folks.

Kerry is active and does tons of stuff.. just for now, until the election, dump the spandex.
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:43 AM
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22. exactly. yes this should not matter, but it does.
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:36 AM
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26. I'll tell ya right now.....I adore John Kerry the Man As President.....
Edited on Wed Oct-13-04 11:37 AM by MsTryska
and to be frank i always thought he was slightly dorky in his sports clips. but that's okay. He's president, not a stud, i told myself.



Well watching Diary of a Political Tourist on HBO the other night, Alexandra Pelosi caught him in full hockey gear warming up for a game. He was stretching.

And at one point, he got on the ice in pushup position, in his skates and stretched that way.

I got a flash of what Kerry might be like...as a man.


I've got a whole new perception now. and a huge crush.


i wish to god there were screen captures soemwhere on the web, but sadly, none. but there should be. i would make that my desktop.
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:42 AM
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28. I'm right there with ya! LOL
That hockey gear does something to me. I wish he'd wear it all the time. And to the debate tonight. (Red Wings fan here)
:D
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:47 AM
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30. Did you see him
doing those stripper pushups? if not i highly recommend wathcing the HBO documentary. it's a must see.


sweet jesus, it's been 2 days and i still can't get the image out of my head.
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booksenkatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:54 AM
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31. The show repeats Thursday at 6:30EST
I'm popping the corn already.:)
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:35 PM
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37. Thanks! I may have to pre-empt
the nightly news to get another peek. :p
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:54 AM
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32. What doc is that? Haven't heard of that one!
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MsTryska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:38 PM
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39. It's Diary of a Political Tourist..
an America Undercover special on HBO. it was made by Alexandra Pelosi - she's Nancy Pelosi's daughter, and in 2000, i think? she did On the road with george or something. Basically she got in with dubya's press corps and di her thing...

actually here, this may help a bit with background:

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/82-10102004-380502.html
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SpaceCatMeetsMars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:04 PM
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34. I think he looks way better dressed in the top photo
I understand why bikers wear those weird-looking outfits, but I agree, for image purposes, the top outfit is way better. He looks fit, but mature, not like a bbay boomer trying to look young.
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mr_hat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 10:35 AM
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20. Technically, he's been de-phredded.
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venus Donating Member (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:11 AM
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24. The dude! I really liked that kidd jacket. Sharp. He is so cool. n/t
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:44 AM
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29. Wow! If you and Bartcop ran the campaign, Kerry would be leading by 20
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:38 PM
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38. you're damn, right. except I would be work for howard dean.
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wishlist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 11:59 AM
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33. CNN showed great live footage this morning of him riding the bike
Made my day waking up this morning to CNN headline news showing him looking so very cool riding the bike in the flattering dark top and shorts.
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:06 PM
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35. Well it is the standard uniform for cyclist (I believe) but at least
he looked good in it. The outfit in the first pic looks good too.
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Unstuck In Time Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:07 PM
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36. Now if they'd just get Lance Armstrong to wise up, too.
Everybody HATES him. </sarcasm>
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okieinpain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 12:40 PM
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40. his clothing is geared to his advertiser's colors. is that what you think
kerry is doing.
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SidDithers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:27 PM
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42. Yeah, that yellow jersey is all about the US Postal Service...
This is such a non-issue. Athletes let the weather dictate their choice of clothing. Athletes wear stretchy technical clothing to wick away sweat and keep from getting too cold or too hot. Athletes wear helmets because accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, no matter how careful you are.

If Kerry wore those clothes only for photo ops, you might have a point. However, he actually does go on long cycle rides. He really is an athlete.

Sid
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Unstuck In Time Donating Member (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:32 PM
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43. Yellow jersey = Race leader
Hey, you're right -- he IS advertising!!

:7
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cheshire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:35 PM
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45. BS He wears proper outfits. Who cares about that in light of the idiot in
the WH.
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Hepburn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 01:46 PM
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46. Yummmmmms....
....I have to tell you, the more I look at Kerry, the better he looks. I love the navy blue bike clothes. IMO, he is a sexy guy.

BTW: I used to ride road races a VERY long time ago and knew a bit about bike riding back then. As I recall, when a rider's leg is extended in the down position the knee should be as seen in the photos of Kerry - just a slight flex. When I looked at the photos of Bush riding, IMO, it looks like no one took the time to properly fit the bike to him. He looks wrong IMO for a few reasons and one of them IMO is that the bike does not fit him. OK....he is a total idiot and usually looks dumb....but this did not help.
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Ducks In A Row Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-13-04 02:12 PM
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47. right, wearing the dull hard to see colors
I'm sure the rethugs will be happy for him to make it easier for Kerry to get hit by traffic.
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