# Why Jon Kerry Didn't Win - a Slideshow
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [March 19, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343 "2005-03-19T19:36:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/1 "2005-03-19T19:36:21Z")
I’m putting this in the pit because I suspect a number of people will get mad at this, but I thought it was hilarious. And I like to think I’d think so if Bush had lost and they’d done the same:
[Why John Kerry Didn’t Win](http://www.livejournal.com/users/zete_tic/329.html)
I’m still laughing.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/2 "2005-03-19T19:40:55Z")
The camera doesn’t seem to love him…
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### Author:  [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/3 "2005-03-19T19:43:43Z")
Ok, that was pretty damn funny. Hopefully, six months on from the election, people (like me, a Dem) can laugh at it all.
I particularly liked the football “hike”…“Whatcha doin’ with your head between your ass, Mr. Kerry?”
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/4 "2005-03-19T19:45:49Z")
Look, I want to be as non-partisan as I can be, and not only did I not vote for Bush, I didn’t and don’t like him either. But God damn, that collection made me laugh at Mr. Kerry’s expense. I do feel bad…and yet I’m laughing.
I hope I wasn’t suckered by Photoshoppers or fake pics. Ah, who cares, it’s still funny.
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### Author:  [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/5 "2005-03-19T19:49:53Z")
That was pretty good, but I’m fairly certain the last one (with Edwards’ hand covering Kerry’s face) is a photoshop.
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### Author:  [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/6 "2005-03-19T19:56:30Z")
Of course, there’s no doubt that you could make the same essay the opposite way around - presidents and presidential candidates have thousands of pictures taken of them. I’m sure there are plenty of Bush looking goofy and of Kerry looking presidential. That’s not what this is about. It’s just good comedy.
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### Author:  [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/7 "2005-03-19T20:20:44Z")
Oh, god, that’s hilarious. I loved the one of Bush holding a toddler and Kerry holding a teddy bear.
And yeah, I’m a registered Dem.
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### Author:  [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/8 "2005-03-19T20:29:14Z")
Atleast he seems to be having fun. Whereas, Bush is just posing for the camera.
But, yes it was amusing.
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### Author:  [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/9 "2005-03-19T20:56:14Z")
Both candidates looked silly, and neither of them looked so silly as to be worth emitting even a minor chuckle. I fail to see how this was funny.
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### Author:  [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/10 "2005-03-19T21:10:32Z")
> [@emekthian](#):
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> Both candidates looked silly, and neither of them looked so silly as to be worth emitting even a minor chuckle. I fail to see how this was funny.
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/11 "2005-03-19T21:40:45Z")
Those photos of Kerry were quite funny. IMO, the whole thing would have been funnier either with only Kerry pictures or with similarly foolish pictures of Bush. Choosing Bush’s best pictures to go next to Kerry’s worst just seemed dumb to me. The comedy is in how bad Kerry looked, not in how much better Bush could be made to look by careful picture selection.
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### Author:  [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/12 "2005-03-19T21:42:17Z")
Heh heh. He WAS kinda goony-looking…
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### Author:  [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/13 "2005-03-19T21:47:35Z")
Heheh.
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### Author:  [@zetafunction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zetafunction)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/14 "2005-03-19T22:56:00Z")
It’s funny that they showed this pic: [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/zete\_tic2/bush-bushcheneysigns2.bmp](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/zete_tic2/bush-bushcheneysigns2.bmp)
And then compared it to this pic of Kerry:
[ ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/zete_tic2/kerry-bushcheneysignsinbacknowatermark2.jpg)
Bush’s thugs actually kicked out Kerry supporters, while Kerry actually seemed to recognize that people disagreed with him.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/15 "2005-03-19T23:24:06Z")
That’s freakin hilarious. Thanks for sharing, **Sam**!
Daniel
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### Author:  [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/16 "2005-03-19T23:30:34Z")
Yeah, I didn’t really find it funny. Except for the one where Teresa was blocking John’s kiss.
And that was barely.
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/17 "2005-03-20T00:00:43Z")
Is the person who put that together a Swiftvet? As humor, it works. As an indication of the athletic prowess or military bearing of either man, it doesn’t.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/18 "2005-03-20T00:02:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Is the person who put that together a Swiftvet? As humor, it works. As an indication of the athletic prowess or military bearing of either man, it doesn’t.
Oh, I agree: part of its humor is that it shows a guy that I consider to be a dangerous goofball looking more dignified than a guy that I consider to be thoughtful and prudent.
Mental whiplash is funny.
Daniel
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### Author:  [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/19 "2005-03-20T00:05:40Z")
Agreed. As I said, it wouldn’t take much work to make a collage showing exactly the opposite.
But as comedy, there’s some gold in there. Like the picture of Bush walking arm in arm with Laura, beside a picture of Kerry walking arm in arm with Edwards, looking like he’s pulling his wife along as an afterthought. Funny stuff.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-jon-kerry-didnt-win-a-slideshow/295343/20 "2005-03-20T00:07:56Z")
That made my day! Thanks, Sam. 😃
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