Some folks I know might wonder what I think of this and in any event I'm compelled to post my 2 cents worth here. (ain't freedom of speech wonderful?) I generally try to avoid putting politically charged stuff here, so I'll put it in the Extended entry for those who could care less, and don't want to read it.
This is about the silliest thing I've seen. Not the pictures of Kerry in a clean room suit a.k.a. "bunny suit" but the flap over it. He may look stupid, but so does everyone else who dons one.
I've worn one a few times, and I look like the Michelin man.
Everyone is required to wear them when going into the Orbiter or other clean room areas. No exceptions. NASA always takes photos of celebrities and high profile public figures in these situations. The notion that they wouldn't post them publically is absurd. The notion that NASA leaked them for political purposes is doubly so. It looks to me that someone in the Kerry campaign didn't like the pictures because they are too stupid or ignorant to understand what's going on, or worse yet, they thing the public is too stupid to understand.
But what annoys me the most is the preoccupation with appearance here. It seems that it is more important that the candidate have good looks, good hair, etc. Policies? Proposals? who cares? Give them fluff!
"Hello, Kerry Campaign, Bush is Evil. What's that? You want a positive statement on what John Kerry would do as President? Gee, we don't have have that prepared yet, he's got to decide what to do and get the focus group data. Instead, we'll send you here's a picture of him on the campaign trail, hugging his VP. They've got nice hair, huh? Oh and Bush is Satan, he lied, Cheney went to war for oil for his Halliburton buddies, etc. etc... Thank you."
Posted by Bob at July 30, 2004 08:48 AMWhy, so you do...but Kerry certainly takes the prize. Actually, the poor devil is a victim of his handlers and the more I read about prez campaigns past and present, the more I'm convinced the candidate himself is just a front-man for the party and his machine. That's where the real power, ambition and policy setting comes from and those are the b***ds we oughta' know more about.
Posted by: Jim Wells at July 30, 2004 07:23 PM