Why Did Kerry Decide To TAN Himself?

[Placebo]

Kerry got some serious sun, and now his skin is really dark, why would he go out and TAN days before his first Presidential debate??? :eyes:

[dogtag]

1. It worked for John Kennedy? (n/t)

[Carolinian]

29. Exactly. Kennedy was tanned and rested against an exhausted Nixon.

[dolstein]

81. The Kennedy debate was broadcast in black and white

Kennedy's tan looked good in black and white. Kerry, on the other hand, will look like an oopah loompah.

[babylonsister]

2. Why not?

Makes me feel better and healthier looking.

[Placebo]

4. Because on him it just looks strange

and not right.

maybe it's just me, blech, i'm so on-edge about these damn debates

[Carni]

8. I hate to point this out....

But given the fact that you have Andy Warhol in your avatar I am thinking maybe you just prefer very pale people LOL

Maybe the man has gotten a tan speaking at these outdoor events?

It does happen you know!

On Edit: Please tell me that IS Andy Warhol because now that I am looking at it I am not sure. (How to make an ass of yourself in one easy step)

[Radio-Active]

74. hahaha!

hmmm.. it's either Andy Warhol or David Bowie

[Catt03]

76. LOL

[okieinpain]

24. I thought he looked healthy and relaxed. I hope he approaches

the debates the same way. it's going to be great, we should just expect the wing nuts to say that it was a tie.

[camaro69]

42. He really needs to

tone it down before the debate. His skin tone will be one of the main talking points in the aftermath if he doesn't. A tan is one thing. Looking fake is another. The media will call him FAKE.

[BlueNomad]

43. This is what is wrong with America

1000+ soldiers dead in Iraq, rampant unemployment in cities, sprialling health care cost, out of sight gas and milk prices and the tone of Kerry's tan is a hot topic...

[JohnKleeb]

44. you said it

Next we'll hear the anti Catholic smears.

[shivaji]

50. May be cuz Amerika is conditioned to bad news....

since Viet-Nam when if I recall the weekly body count (dead)
ranged in 200-350. After 50,000 dead in Viet-Nam, the 1045 dead in Iraq is not making an impact. Also all those dead in Iraq are volunteers Vs. mostly draftees in Viet-Nam.

Unemployment is high in cities but the suburbanites care less since their unemployment is low with the average hanging around 5.5%. Ditto with health care...most uninsured are in big cities.

As for the gas and milk prices, the weekly increase of $10-15 does not bother the affluent. Another big city problem. This is why states with very big cities (NY, Chicago, LA, SF) have Kerry leading. The others are living in a dream world and will vote for dumbya.

[BlueNomad]

54. ..I still

don't give a shit about whether or not Kerry has a tan...and if I didn't care about dead soldiers, spiralling health care costs and the costs of milk and gas I still wouldn't care about the shade of his tan..

[okieinpain]

60. I understand your concern, but this is a campaign of visuals

not substance. if it was substance, this would be one of the most boring one-sided elections in the country's history.

[Catt03]

Maybe it is because not one person in America

has seen anyone DIE in the war or MANGLED.

Out of sight out of mind.

In fact, no one has even seen a casket!

[Catt03]

78. dupe

[Leilani]

59. Tell that to everyone in Hawaii!

We are all fakes...because we are tanned!!!

What a bunch of garbage & nonsense.

[JohnKleeb]

3. some people like going out in the sun

:shrug: Nothin better for me than a walk around bouts on a nice sunny day.

[tjdee]

5. I don't know, but he looks pretty hot in that sig pic you've got.

And he NEVER looks hot to me, LOL.
Always just very, very presidential. :)

Tanning...maybe he actually got a bit of a tan?
on edit: duh, thought you meant he went to get a tan as opposed to he should have stayed out of the sun.

I just can't tell without a picture. I'm feeling very visual right now.

[LittleClarkie]

13. Me too

You're really clicking, you gorgeous preppy.

[Bluebear]

30. Nice oil painting graphic! :)

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. To look less "Massachusettes Liberalish", maybe?

Hell, it might have been a byproduct of windsurfing. Hey at least he shows he can properly apply sunscreen. Junior probably would have gotten a 2nd degree sunburn even before he fell off the board - which would have been in under 15 seconds given his prior performances on Segway scooters and mountain bikes.

[Dookus]

7. this must be a satire

right? You're making fun of people who post the most piddling nonsensical complaints about Kerry, right?

[JohnKleeb]

9. I'd hope so

or else I am gonna go tanning :D.

[MoonRiver]

10. Probably means he's been hitting the campaign trail hard.

He's tan and hoarse. That means he's out in the daytime with crowds screaming for more, more, more!! Sounds like a winning strategy to me! :kick:

[Lex]

11. Reminds me of what the press was saying about Gore in 2000:

Roll-up his sleeves or not?
Makeup too heavy or not?
Sighs too heavy or not?
Suit color too hip or not?

Argggghhhh. :argh:

[AspenRose]

71. Yep it's the GORE-ING of John Kerry

Sad

[goclark]

12. The tan is appealing to me

He should look great next to Chimp. But then maybe Chimp will be teasing tan from riding horses and turning brush in Crawford. LOL

[shraby]

16. Some people tan much easier than others.

I do but my husband tends to burn and my daughter doesn't hardly tan at all. My three sons tan like I do. Looking at Kerry's complexion, I would guess he tans really easy.

[WilliamPitt]

14. pzzzzcheeeezzzz

[Blue-Jay]

15. Ya know....He HAS been making lots of outdoor apprearances.

That tends to make one's skin darker after a while.

[politicat]

17. All the whistle stops and outdoor appearances.... ?

Kerry has the type of complexion like several acquaintences of mine - 10 minutes in the sun and they're brown.

It may not have been intentional... we won't know until we see the tan lines.

Pcat

[Democrat 4 Ever]

18. Do I care if he has a tan?

Hell, no! Kerry can be purple and green spotted, fat, tall, short, skinny, butt ugly or Adonis. What I do care about? Does he have a brain? Is he ethical? Can he lead us out of this morass left from Bush? Can he regain America's world respect? Can he stop the killing? Can he bring our soldiers home? Can he restore democracy? Does he know what it means to be shot at and come back and try to save others from the same fate? Does he understand mathematical concepts like deficits, unemployment, tax rates, school funding, or health care costs? Will he appoint a cabinet that is not bought and paid for by corporate America? If I believe he can answer yes to anyone of these questions he is already 10 times better than Bush will ever be. That he is dead on on each and every one makes him perfect.

He can get a Mohawk and dye it blue as long as he sticks to his ideals. We need to get away from the poster boy candidate.

[Gin]

19. First he had to tan Himself..then...he will tan the hide of the "coward .

from Crawford."

[Nordic]

20. so he'd look more like Joe Biden?

[JohnKleeb]

21. really dude I dont understand why you have a problem with this

[spanone]

22. What the hell's the difference?

[ContinentalOp]

23. Yeah, no kidding! First he has no tan and then he goes and gets a tan!

Can't he just commit to one side of this whole complexion issue?

[incapsulated]

26. There he goes again...

Flip-flopping on the melanin issue! :eyes:

[FredScuttle]

82. "I voted for sunscreen

before I voted against it"

[Generator]

25. The anti-tan people are furious!

We have lost their vote. It's over.

[CitySky]

28. Some of us are still hanging in here!

Cool, I can start a new group:

"Strikingly Pale Melanoma Survivors for Kerry!" We'll print up K/E labels for our bottles of SPF 45, and affix our Kerry 2004 pins to the front of our sun hats.

hee hee

[incapsulated]

27. Seriously...

The lighting at the debates will lighten his skin tone, even make someone fair look grey. A tan is a good thing to have under those circumstances. You don't want him going the Al Gore, old whore makeup route, now do ya?

:hi:

[Bluebear]

31. Looking at his press photos today I see no 'dark' tan

Only the look of a healthy outdoors enthusiast.

[goodhue]

48. Here he his at yesterday's Spring Grove valley . . .

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/sep04/262283.asp

On C-SPAN he looked kind of like a tomato.

But I'm not complaining.

[AspenRose]

77. Hel-LO, George Hamilton!

Wow ;-)

[oasis]

32. You may not want a tan, but I recommend that you get out more often.

;-)

[Logansquare]

33. He should say "I have a great tan, but I still took less vacation than

the other guy!"

[DeepModem Mom]

36. Yep, he's gonna need a joke, or this is the story of this debate --

[VOX]

34. Why did you feel it was necessary to start TWO threads about Kerry's tan?

Second one here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=911189

You're giving way to much shrift to a total non-issue!

[faithnotgreed]

37. ive often wondered the same thing about this poster - he/she is 18 yo

according to various posts.
so ive learned to take his/her threads with a grain of salt because they often seem a bit, perhaps, dramatic or alarmed? im not sure of the proper word

perhaps its because the poster is 18 years old ... so if we keep this in mind, it does help to understand a little about the tone of threads/posts

[Heath.Hunnicutt]

35. I wonder the same thing.

I think the public is going to get a weird impression of Kerry. Remember the reaction to the botox? I don't think this tan looks like it came from the sun, either.

I love the guy on substance, but whenever he tries to do style... Well... Nevermind.

[JI7]

38. how many threads do you need to start on something so stupid

so many democrats being led around by right wingers.

[TrogL]

39. Some of his events have been outdoors

Many Joe Sixpack's work outside. He can appeal to the "man of the people" meme. He's outside campaigning with the people. Dubya's inside closetted with this backers.

[Romulus]

40. another "attack on Kerry" by a DU'er

OK, sarcasm off.

I'm just sensitive to asshats making that "attack" claim on other Du'ers around here. :eyes:

Maybe he was enjoying the last sunny weekend before autumn? :shrug:

[JohnKleeb]

41. not an attack but a mute point

and yes hes been enjoying the sunny weather.

[roseBudd]

45. Incandescent lights color skin orange in photos

Our brains color correct for us so we don't notice this phenom until we see a photo shot under incandescent light.

Color film is daylight balanced.

[goodhue]

49. Yes it is in fact a matter of lighting I believe.

He really looked pretty red on C-SPAN last night.
This Journal Sentinel photo is rather pale in comparison . . .

[mzmolly]

46. I dunno, perhaps he attended an elitist "windsurfing party"

:eyes:

Who gives a shit?

[JohnKleeb]

47. was actually a Kennedysque touch football game

[mzmolly]

51. Ack! Another filthy "Masachewsits librul !"

:P

[JohnKleeb]

62. That picture is just so cool

[progressivebydesign]

52. Why are some threads on DU pointless? n/t

[shivaji]

53. Yap...I can just see the whores saying "Kerry has been on both sides of

Tan."

[Kadie]

55. bushie is probably getting his hair colored today.

Can't have those gray hairs showing during the debates.

[CityDem]

56. The media is trying to gore JFK

The media worked over Gore on frivolous issues like the earth colored clothes, the Rolling Stone cover, etc. They are trying to do the same to JFK. Media must have such low expectations for W* in the debates that they are already starting their smear campaign against JFK.

[digno dave]

57. Somehwere, MDrudge is laughing his ass off

we take his bait every fucking time

[marlakay]

58. Bush is at Ranch probably being programmed today

Tan is good because it makes you look like your not indoors all day. Kerry probably didn't want to look white against Bush who will be out on his ranch all week and come in tan cracking jokes about clearing brush out or some god awful stupid thing.

[moondust]

61. Are you sure that he "decided to TAN himself"?

You don't suppose the tan might simply be the byproduct of outdoor activities do you?

You pose the question as a freeper would.

Try this: "How did Kerry get so tan all of a sudden and was it intentional?"

[Placebo]

65. Nothing in a Presidential campaign...

as controlled as this happens to EITHER candidate without it being intentional.

[Bluebear]

89. yeppers

[T Bone]

63. Some people say Kennedy's TAN won the debates with Nixon

People who listened on the radio said Nixon won the debates. People who watched on tv and saw a tanned JFK next to a sweaty Nixon, with a five o'clock shadow say JFK won.

Bush will be either pasty or RED FACED on Thursday. Kerry's tan will be a plus with viewers. Trust me.

[JohnKleeb]

64. Ive seen the footage

Kennedy looks awesome and Nixon looks sickly.

[Logansquare]

66. So, we get them to film it in B & W?

Listen, they'll both be wearing so much makeup that "Tangate" or whatever Fudge is calling it will be a moot point.

[JohnKleeb]

67. I could careless

Drudge was wrong about Kerry's "Mistress", and now thats out of the spotlight. I am just saying, Kennedy won because of how he looked over Nixon that debate at least, Kerry doesn't look like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer on crack like Bush does.

[Name removed]

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[vonSchloegel]

69. That's the best explanation I've seen. More Botox.

I had heard that he is concerned about his propensity to
sweat, and in fact he stipulated that the studios be kept
below 70 degrees.

It's one thing for us to support our guy, it's another to
ignore reality and make excuses for his behavior. That's how
we got blind sided by the swift boat veterans, too. We were so
certain he was a hero, nobody really dug into his war record. 

Too many of us are blinding ourselves to the obvious. He's not
tan in the picture, he's orange! His face doesn't match his
hands, which are much closer to the color of faces of the
people standing behind him. And according to the kids he
played touch football with,  he was already that color when he
arrived in Boston.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=503497

Maybe this thread is stupid, but getting your face painted
right before a debate is even stupider. I wish we had
nominated Howard Dean.

[rumguy]

70. you got no proof freeper

that's the bottom line - your wishful smears do not make reality...

no one would go and get botox injections and get 'painted' so close to a debate...

[Karmadillo]

73. Please don't use "we" when posting on this board. Thanks.

n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

75. I am a lot more certain that John Kerry is a true hero

And Bush a coward. The facts are all there to support both claims.

[demokatgurrl]

80. Who IS this von Schloegel ?????

speaking of stoopid posts!!!!!

[vonSchloegel]

84. Don't Kill the Messenger

Sorry if I jangled a few nerves. As a newbie, I probably shouldn't have come on so strong.

I'm more than a little upset by the way things are going right now. I think we all made a big mistake jumping on the Kerry Bandwagon so soon, and now we're going to pay for it.

Kerry should be polling in the mid eighties by now, and he's not. Why? There's no reason that Chimpie should be even close, after trashing the economy, burning the deficit, and getting us into Viet Nam II.

We can sit here and blame the idiots who are going to vote for the guy who sent them a couple hundred dollar check, while writing a trillion dollar check to Haliburton, or we can blame the Nazi propagandists that run the networks. Maybe we can put our fingers in our ears and say that the polls are all lies. We have ourselves convinced that the Repukes are not scoring points against Kerry, when the truth is, he's injured. Right now, he reminds me of Daffy Duck, claiming Elmer Fudd never hit him, before taking a drink of water and turning into a fountain.

If Kerry's not up by ten points after the debates, I'm voting for Nader. It might not do any good, but at least it will demonstrate to whoever the 2008 candidate is, that pandering to the center is no way to run a Democratic campaign.

[shawmut]

85. I like how you guys keep kicking this thread up

don't think it goes unnoticed.

[dad]

87. hey hey heya!

Another Nader voter! Congrats- I thought I was all alone here... F all those dems who insist on running to the center......

[grasswire]

72. spammer (eom)

[wishlist]

79. Kerry looks totally normal in interview done yesterday by Diane Sawyer

I cannot understand why this tan garbage keeps getting so much mileage when ABC news yesterday evening showed part of the Kerry interview done just yesterday where he appears totally normal, with no orange tan or sunburn whatsoever and part of this interview with Diane Sawyer was shown this morning in GMA too.

[FredScuttle]

83. JFK will look like the very picture of good health

next to Dim Son who'll have the following:

1) gin blossoms
2) shakes/D.T.'s
3) nervous sweating
4) stammering/stuttering
5) nervous laugh/inappropriate smirk
6) scratchy throat from the fifth of bourbon he'll chug the night before
7) an earpiece (most likely)

[RhodaGrits]

86. I was watching MSNBC earlier and they did some inane piece on

Kerry looking "orange" and his "tanning". Then they cut to a piece about the debates preparation and had pics of Bush and him side by side. They were BOTH orange. And why don't they ever say anything about Bush coloring his hair before a press conference?? (Not that he has to do that very often).

I really think we should all focus on this issue instead of all the people maimed and dying for a lie in Iraq. /sarcasm off

[RetroLounge]

88. So why isn't bush* tan?

After all, he's spent half his presidency clearing brush in the Texas sun.

Maybe he's undead?

RL

[otohara]

90. For All The Positive Press Spin

Two days of obsession - what else?

[npincus]

91. maybe he wants to look like a jack-o-lantern

nothing wrong with that! It's Halloween season, after all.