BRAND NEW JK PICTURES!!!!

[whometense]

My favorite first:



Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) (L), D-Ma, and former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) react during a speech at a Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) tribute to outgoing DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe in Washington February 10, 2005. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

[Withywindle]

1. Awesome!

We really are the Party of Sex, aren't we?

[whometense]

3. yes,

we certainly are!!!! :evilgrin:

[elshiva]

11. One of my favorite bumperstickers:

"Democrats are sexy. Have you ever heard of a nice piece of elephant?"

Have you ever heard of an equivalent Mrs. Hatch to our Mrs. Kerry?

[whometense]

23. eeeewwwwwwwwwww,

NO!

[whometense]

2. With Terry McAuliffe

Former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., talks with outgoing Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) Chairman Terry McAuliffe, at the National Building Museum, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, in Washington. Kerry, former President Clinton (news - web sites) and others attended a tribute for McAuliffe. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)

[TayTay]

12. I like this one but

it is wistfully sad. It looks like a consolation moment. On the other hand, nice closeup and way better than what the C-Span pics showed with their bad lighting. (Honestly, I thought the event looked like it was being staged in a cave or something.)

Love the closeup, those inverted comma brows, that nice shiny hair and the justaposition that show the height differential. Sweet pic!

[elshiva]

13. This is the exact behavior I was talking about:

See, Senators learn how to dominate by literally having the upperhand:
hands on top of McAuliffe and his hands below.

[TayTay]

15. He is dominating?

Where does this research come from? Sounds quirky and fun. Kerry is always clapping someone on the back or doing a neck hug or something. I thought it was just 'guys showing affection' type stuff. Enlighten me.

[JI7]

18. i think it could also have to do with him being tall

so rather than have people looking up to him while he looks down he usually just puts his arm around them which makes it more comfortable.

Terry is tall also but i think it's just something he got used to doing with everyone.

[ginnyinWI]

33. elshiva was saying

on an earlier thread, that there has been a study of senators' behavior on the floor of the senate. You know they are always touching each other's arms, shoulders, etc. It's weird once you notice it. When JK and JE did it at their first rally together, people made fun--but it was that same "senator" body language they were doing.

Anyway the gist of the study is this: the "dominant" senators tend to put their hands on the "less dominant" senators rather than the other way around. And the higher they place their hands, the more dominant they are. So putting your hand on the other guy's shoulder is very dominant behavior, like our relatives the chimps (no not THAT one!) I find it fascinating--this unspoken communication we do as primates. It's not conscious, but I'm sure it communicates.

(As an aside, my daughter(Psych major) did a research project on abusive relationships, and one telling clue that your boyfriend is "controlling" is if he puts his hand on your shoulder a lot, as if guiding you or reining you in.)

But this is not abusive on the Senate floor. Just fascinating!

[elshiva]

41. Great memory, ginny.

Yep. Senate floor manuevering is for all to see on SOTU. I have a theory about the Joe/Dubya embrace. This is how Joe described it: "I offered him my hand and he gave me a manly embrace." So, it was meant to be a handshake, but Dubya overpowered him. This is so obvious: Dubya wants to dominate Senate Dems! Like we didn't know already...just amazing how that desire plays out physically...

Personally, I don't think of JK as dominating personality-wise, just so frikkin' tall and eager to be prez. I liked those pics of him touching JE. I love to see men with other men being affectionate.

[ginnyinWI]

45. not dominating in a negative sense

JK is a high-ranking senator, and is even higher now that he almost won the presidency. So it's just natural that he would be dominant. It isn't conscious. He isn't threatening the others, not at all. He's just letting him know he's there.

As for Dubya, I agree, that kiss was over-the-top language that said "I own you!" Haha, I'd love to see him try that on JK! He'd need his security guys to protect him.
I noticed at the debates, they shook hands, and JK looked directly at Bush. But Bush didn't meet his gaze, he kind of looked off to the side. And I think he broke away first. Because he's a child, not a man.

[elshiva]

50. Great analysis!

Of course, Dubya didn't go for JK. Come. ON. All that talk about, "I'm gonna keep my foot on John Kerry's neck?" Well, bring it, man. No, course not. Always pick the weakest, smallest link. Joe is a small, conservative, easygoing guy who could get over him. I think it's sick like Dubya taking advantage of him. And after all that anti-gay rhetoric in the SOTU! ARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGH!

Yep! JK is one of the most powerful Senators now, it just comes out unconsicously and consciously as with Teddy K's joshing statements.

[ginnyinWI]

58. thanks--I love this stuff--I minored in Psychology

You cracked me up with that post, elshiva! It is so true! :) LOL

Dominance is more than saying,"I'm better than you", or "I can beat you"; it can also show leadership: it is saying, "You can count on me--I'm here to look out for you". :loveya:

[ginnyinWI]

29. I notice that too

He was also being dominant over Bill Clinton!!

[ginnyinWI]

27. nice one

Interesting contrasts in lighting. But they weren't really as solomn as all that!

by the way, the lighting on tv was bad, but if you look at it with Real Player on cspan's website, it's much better.

[ginnyinWI]

34. another one

[Firespirit]

4. He looks great!

I just :loveya: that smile! Seeing it always makes me want to (since this is the clean board) hug him.

Hope there's more coming, but if not, this is excellent nonetheless. Thanks--I needed to see something like this. Hard day.

[JohnKleeb]

6. You can take him

WEL is at work :).

[Firespirit]

9. Really?

Damn.

Do you know when she's coming back? (I need to know how much time I have before I'll get beaten to a pulp by her. :evilgrin:) No, seriously, I was kind of hoping that we could all have a chat. I feel crappy right now over something (not politics related), but there's nothing that can be done about it tonight and I was hoping to get my mind off it with some Young Kerrycrat craziness.

[JohnKleeb]

10. No I dont know when shes coming back

If you guys wanna chat right now, you can buzz me, I see that both you and GRLGMC are on.

[sandnsea]

35. umph

Age discrimination? :( Us oldies can't be crazy too???

[GRLMGC]

36. you could join us if you want

:)

[sandnsea]

38. Actually I can't

Because I don't IM! I was just having my feelings hurt and throwing a little fit. I've been in GD too long. :P

[GRLMGC]

39. I've sworn GD off

Never again. I can do it too.

[WildEyedLiberal]

44. I'm HERE

Hands off mah man.

[whometense]

16. sorry to hear that,

but I know seeing his smile at the end of a tough day does it for me too!

[TayTay]

19. Me too!

And tomorrow is Caucus Day in my town. I want to be a delegate to the State Convention (or at least an alternate.) Both Sens and a wlew of other local Dems will be in Lowell for the Convention in May and I want to go too! Will let you kow how the voting goes tomorrow. We are a small town, so we only get 3 and 3. But maybe I can get a vote.

Love the Kerry pics. Nice image to float off to dreamland with.

[whometense]

24. good luck!!! n/t

[whometense]

5. arriving...

U.S. Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., gestures as he arrives for a tribute to Democratic National Committee (news - web sites) Chairman Terry McAuliffe at the National Building Museum, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari)

[elshiva]

14. Caption: "Rah! RAH! SIS! BOOM BAH!

[whometense]

20. hahahahahahahaha

looks like a prizefighter entering the ring to me!

[elshiva]

40. Yes that too.

He is both a boxer and a cheerleader. I always working for and encouraging his fellow Dems.

[JohnKleeb]

7. I am telling you, he doesnt look older than Clinton

He's a good looking guy and a fellow thick haired dude.

[GRLMGC]

8. His hair is magical

:)

[JohnKleeb]

22. ha my hair is thick

[whometense]

17. giant serious Kerry!

almost life-sized!!!

[TayTay]

21. NH Rally, right?

That looks like Jeanne Shaheen standing next to our man.

[whometense]

25. I think so,

but the original page is gone, leaving only this mystery picture.

[JI7]

26. he is huge, i wonder where my head would be standing next to him

i'm about 5'2" or 5'3" and he is about 6'4" making him over a foot taller than me.

[whometense]

28. I'm about 5'3" also,

and my husband is 6'3".

I wear heels a lot.

[elshiva]

43. Firefighters digged Kerry

because he always said that they were left behind by Bush. Pelosi said the same in her SOTU address. It's sad. Always had the upmost respect for firefighters, ashame Dubya keeps forgetting, but Dems will remember.

[ginnyinWI]

47. it's a pattern with dub

he "honors" the firefighters by cutting their funding

he "honors" the troops by cutting their VA benefits and charging extra fees for getting care.

he "honors" the troops by extending their tours of duty.

next he will "honor" seniors by taking away their social security.

[whometense]

30. a relevant oldie

[GRLMGC]

31. Kerry is polluting Dean's pure soul

Waaahhhhhh!!!!1111

[whometense]

32. how dare he! n/t

[elshiva]

42. "Derryiac Delight!"

"Of course, they are totally buds, just look at this picture."

[JohnKleeb]

46. yeah but the hardcore ones will claim they brainwashed him

I am glad we have soliditary here, thats whats makes us different. Sure we have disagreements but I cant think of a single dem we hate, and no the Duelling Freakaliar is not one.

[ginnyinWI]

48. wow, Dean is kinda short, isn't he?

For a presidential candidate, I mean. They are usually taller than average.

[elshiva]

49. Nah. Kerry just so tall.

But Dean is on the short side.

[JohnKleeb]

60. 5'9 ain't he?

Thats short :), then again I am like 6'0.

[elshiva]

61. "I'm Little, but I'm Loud."

Really short guy Little Jimmy Dickens used to sing that. Certainly applies to Dean.

[saracat]

54. Dean is shorter than me in heels and I am 5'6. I wore flats once to

an interview and we were the same height, I swear to god.

[ginnyinWI]

37. that same yellow bracelet

it's going to have to rot and fall off him before he'll stop wearing it! :)

[elshiva]

51. SO Mysterious! Yellow Bracelet?

Spill them beans.

[JI7]

52. no mystery

it's a lance armstrong bracelet where the money goes to charity. i think they only cost about a dollar each. i'm guessing Kerry has a bunch of them.

remember, Kerry himself is a cancer survivor as Lance Armstrong is so i think he sees it as inspiration.

i know they were sold out last time i checked. they might have some more now.

[elshiva]

53. Good for him. Loveliness...

I know that they are both cancer survivors. My grandpa's a prostate cancer survivor, too (like JK) and navy vet. Of course diehard Dem, had a picture of JK, Teresa, JE, Elizabeth in the Den and voted for him. All so appropriate.

[TayTay]

55. Damn! That is a nice pic.

I like Kerry in dark ahm, Navy Blue more than in the Black suit he wore to MTP. (Don't give me grief for that, he looks very handsome in Navy blue.) I love this pic, he looks so happy. Damn, look at the size of those meathooks, gawd awhmighty, does he have big hands. (It don't mean anything, it's just, damn he has big hands.)

Bill Clinton does not look good being so thin. Somehow it diminishes him. I know he needs to watch his weight and all, but the guy is what 6'3" and now he looks like he is shrinking. Kerry is two years older than Clinton, and John looks much younger and more substantial than the Big Dog. Funny that.

[WildEyedLiberal]

56. "It don't mean anything..."

Yeah it does. :evilgrin:

[whometense]

57. hahahaha

and you should know!



New pic from the mean and snarky NY Post gossip column - I won't repeat the gossip, it'd just piss you off for no good reason on a lovely Saturday.

[TayTay]

59. Nice pic!

NYPost is a Murdoch/Fox paper. Nothing coming from them can be anything less than mean and squalid.

Okay, the black suit is nice, but I prefer the gentleman in blue. (I think he looks good in blue. It's just my opinion, I think it brings out his eyes.)

[WildEyedLiberal]

62. His eyes are green

:shrug:

I prefer him not in a suit. :evilgrin:

[TayTay]

63. Are you sure his eyes are green?

And I surely do not mind starting out in a suit. Although well-worn jeans are also very nice.

BTW, what are you doing home tonight? I thought you were gainfully employed on Sat evenings. And how was the game?

[WildEyedLiberal]

64. They look pretty damn green to me

Check out that hotness. Plus, that RS cover clearly shows his eyes, and they are green. Like mine. We are clearly soulmates.

I worked last night and again tomorrow, actually. I asked for today off because I have tickets to Illinois games. Today's was actually a very good game, not a rout like our games usually are. Still undefeated, baby. 25-0, 11-0 in the Big Ten. We are undoubtedly the best college basketball team in the nation. It's allll good.

[TayTay]

65. I will be on again later

My son will have the machine for awhile. Perhaps I will see you later, in this forum and without.

[elshiva]

66. Sweeeeeet picture. Looks like he's praying.

[Firespirit]

67. This is really an excellent picture

So realistic looking. Try opening the file, zooming in on that hotness and staring into those eyes. Whatever color they are. (Sorry to inject myself into this, but I've taken a very close look at them in three different pictures. IMO they do look green in that one, but they look VERY blue in another one I have, and gray in the large version of my avatar. Could he have colored contacts?)

[TayTay]

68. I have settled on blueish-green

You can sue me in libel court if you disagree. I like blue-green. I have hazel-green eyes myself. (Sigh! My eyes were in pre-migraine mode all day and were fizzling about with loss of peripheral vision and increase in fuzzy spots all day. Bad day to comtemplate driving. My eyes betray me sometimes. Sigh!)

[Firespirit]

70. I've continued this debate "elsewhere."

Shamelessly post-whoring to reach a certain number.

I wish I could post the pool pic in this milestone.

[whometense]

71. Back from the concert,

and ready to add my 2 cents to this vital discussion:



Definitely green in this one. God, I love this picture. Soulful.

[elshiva]

69. I've seen him wear glasses before,

but only when reading. Does he wear contacts?

[ginnyinWI]

74. no glasses, only for reading

like all of us who are over 45!

[Firespirit]

75. Awww...

So he has excellent vision then for his age. That's neat.

Quite likely better than mine will be when I'm 61 if I don't take good care of my "problem" (pre-glaucoma) :-(

---
Edit to get the age right and clarify what the problem is.

[ginnyinWI]

73. lol--no I doubt he wears colored contacts!

Hazel eyes will do that--they change color depending on the light. Psychedelic eyes! :loveya:

[karynnj]

80. Or sometimes with mood, for some reason

With my hazel eyed daughter, her eyes are usually a kaleidescope of color, but when she gets angry or intense about something they turn bright green.

[ginnyinWI]

72. well, according to his military records

his eyes are hazel. :hi:

That's what color John Kerry says his eyes are, so there. ;)

[TayTay]

76. Gawd in heaven

We have how many posts just to figure out what color the guys eyes are? We are the girliest damn place in the whole friggin' universe. LOL!

(Okay, but I think hazel can be blueish-green sometimes. Really I do. )

[JI7]

77. he does have pretty eyes

hazel seems right since they can look blue or green with some brownish or gray depending on the lights. and that's how his eyes are.

[ginnyinWI]

79. ok one more post about eyes, then I'll stop...

The first time I saw him close up (about 5 ft. away) it was outdoors at night with some kind of spotlights lighting the area. Then they looked blue-gray. Goodnight all!

[ginnyinWI]

78. it's just that time of night, TayTay! lol

Hazel, blue-green, or whatever, they are gorgeous.

[TayTay]

82. Oh, I don't mind

I actually love the girlie aspects of this forum. I really, really do. They stop me from getting to much into posting wonky stuff. All wonk and no play makes TayTay a dull girl.

[saracat]

81. My husband has hazel eyes

and there are days they are the bluest green you ever saw. So there! We are all right!

[LittleClarkie]

83. Recent snark or old snark?

I was curious enough to go over there, but I don't see anything.