Any "real" photographer would toss this shot. This is obviously someone with an axe to grind. "Oh, look what I did! Bush has Mickey Mouse ears! Aren't I clever?"
Ummmmm.......NO, just juvenile.
The AP is carrying water for Kerry and the DNC. We all know that by now. Earlier in the day, ultra-liberal Jennifer Loven wrote a hit piece against Bush saying that "Bush twisted Kerry's words" and ignored Kerry's lies. CBS, Rather, Loven, AP, they all are albatrosses on Kerry's neck.
Actually, it is quite clever. Being a politician's photographer has to rank as among one of the most boring positions there is - you're waiting for a screwup, violence or something really goofy to happen. Otherwise, it's 99.9% same old crap, day after day.
I'm not surprised they used it - it's different.
How many goofball pictures of Jean-Fraud sKerry have been released to the wires, after all?
Deal with it.
True, but it is funny.