Posted on 09/30/2004 5:29:21 PM PDT by Libloather
Kerry sees red at orange tan jokes
30/09/2004 - 18:29:24
As George Bush and John Kerry go head-to-head in what is considered the most crucial presidential election in generations, America has turned to another issue – the colour of Senator Kerry’s face.
So-called “attack dogs” who pledge their allegiance to Republican Mr Bush posted pictures on the internet this week of an “orange” looking Mr Kerry.
Newspapers picked up the story and even Lynne Cheney, the wife of vice-president Dick Cheney, has commented on the shade of the Democratic challenger’s tan.
The implication that Mr Kerry has given himself a fake tan follows earlier claims that he had botox treatment to remove wrinkles on his forehead.
Both the claims of botox injections and self-tanning started with photographs published on the right-leaning news website The Drudge Report.
During a campaign stop in Minnesota yesterday, Mrs Cheney joined in the ridiculing of Mr Kerry.
As a group of volunteers moved into a crowd with microphones for a question-and-answer period, the vice-president told supporters to look for the people with dark orange shirts.
When Cheney paused as if searching to describe the shade of orange, his wife said: “How about John Kerry’s suntan?”
Kerry campaign officials responded with exasperation.
“We’d be happy to debate the colour wheel all day long, but folks would just as soon see a debate on the important issues that are facing our nation,” said a spokesman.
Mr Kerry, from Massachusetts, and Mr Bush have kept relatively low profiles in recent days.
Both men have been in intensive practice sessions for their first live televised campaign debate, which takes place early tomorrow.
Mr Bush found time for a tour of hurricane-hit parts of Florida, a key election state.
He hugged a woman as she dried her eyes and shared her story of the storms.
“You were hit pretty hard?” Mr Bush asked one couple as he met people in Stuart, 100 miles north of Miami.
The White House arranged for a large pack of local and national reporters to capture the scene.
Florida, where the President’s brother Jeb is governor, is the state that decided the 2000 election.
Latest polls show Mr Bush leading going into the TV debate in Florida.
A second debate will be held on October 8 at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and a third is scheduled for October 13 at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
A vice-presidential debate between Mr Cheney and Senator John Edwards is on October 5 at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
The election is on November 2.
On this side of the pond, someone can get a SUNBURN in one day. A complete tan takes some time.
If being more like Europe means a deep, dark, ahem, ORANGE tan - overnight, fegetaboutit...
Drudge is 'right-leaning'??
Sorry, but John Kerry is not that good looking.
What is needed is to use enhancing filter (like Tiffen(TM)) for cameras (and eyes) when looking at kerry. He will look not orange but deep red, like overripened tomato.
A fake tan and a manicure for the debates. Someone needs to tell Kerry his goal is to get the women's vote not to be one.
Reporting the truth will get you demonized like that.
I can assure you that getting a natural tan in Ireland is extremely difficult. Windburn, yes, sunburn, no.
MY EYES! THEY BURN!!
Now that I know Lurch is really "Ernie", is Edwards "Burt"?
What an idiot, getting that fake tan just before a national debate for President. Shows exactly the decisiions he would make as president.
The orange look can also come from a variety of anti-depression medicines.
Especially since the actual picture was from a left leaning WI paper. AP and Reuters declined to publish any pics of the Orange Man.
We'll elect him Miss Congeniality.
Leni (Bahama Mama)
Dubya has to be a strong person---I'd be up there giggling the whole time.
It's harvest time! It's harvest time!
Jeeez. What happened to the Irish sense of humor?
You owe me a keyboard and a bottle of Windex for my monitor.
Wasted a whole mouthful of a decent Kali cabernet, I'll have you know. Not to mention my shirt.
Every time liberals do something ridiculous and we all (naturally) laugh at it, they huff and puff like a 1930s dowager and thunder, "How daaaaaare you eeeevil, right-wing attack dogs bring up something so frivolous to distract us from all the seeeeeerious issues?!" Which just gives us another thing to laugh at: their arrogant, humorless pomposity. Keep it up, guys, it's a surefire vote getter.
I had forgotten Kerry was in The Mothers Of Invention.
This from the land of little wee folk! (one of my guys)
Kerry advisor says bunny suit photo is a Repub. "dirty trick"
However, if you're worth a billion bucks I understand he's that easy.
Not to mention whitening his teeth and squeezing in that all too important manicure before game time.
OH, MY GOD!!! It`s Lucy Sanchez!!!!!
Woof...
Kerry had time to get a manicure today, as well.
Kerry must have a thing for Oompa Loompas. He has their coloring!!!
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It`s the remnants of Kerry`s "secret missions" in Cambodia where he was known as "Agent Orange"
"Kerry looks so good in that pic that I think we'll invite him on the next freeper Caribbean Cruise"
I hope you forgot the sarcasm tag?
Let me understand this. The Drudge Report is right leaning.......
So....That must mean that......
Dan Rather is "fair and balanced".
Yeah Right!
Breaking Headline~!
News Flash!
Kerry Campaign disputes color line!
A Kerry staffer is quoted as saying,
"“We’d be happy to debate the colour wheel all day long,..."
Later he was heard to exclaim, "Colours, Fannnntastic Colours!"
You read it here first ~ !
That's a face only some mother could love.
LOL - Great one!
Leave Kerry alone. He's honoring William of Orange.
Strange question here, I know. What percentage of men get a manicure in their lives?
The pictures of an orange JFK were posted because they were funny. If the Rats don't want people laughing at JFK then tell him to stop doing stupid things and lying about it. I played real football and never turned orange(black and blue and red but never orange).
He's been eating too many carrots.
He's going after the UT Vols vote.
He won't get it.
Put in French:
William de Ora'nge...
Just in time for Halloween.
Love it.
None I know of and I grew up with a family of men and have always been fortunate to have many, many male friends.
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