JK Tour de France Picture Thread

[globalvillage]

There should be plenty more tomorrow when Lance wins Le Tour.
Vive le Lance!!!

BTW, I may use my pitiful French throughout. Excusez-moi, s'il vous plait.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/apphoto/photo?photoId=812842&sportId=1300

[Island Blue]

1. Thanks so much for posting these!

Love John, love Lance, love to cycle! What more do I need? It's funny to see JK look kinda star stuck in those photos just like we would be if we met him! These are so cool!

On edit: John & Lance have a lot in common including the fact that they're both cancer survivors, they both ride and they both speak French. I know Lance is from Texas, but I have a feeling he voted for someone other than the Village Idiot if you know what I mean!

[MH1]

2. Beautiful! Thanks!

I get the idea that Lance is not unhappy to be hanging with Mr. Kerry, either.

[whometense]

3. Lovely!!!!!

Thank you. Imagine: John Kerry goes to France just for the fun of it. Sigh.

[ginnyinWI]

5. ha whome!

We were both thinking the same thing at the same time again! :pals:

[whometense]

7. It's funny, isn't it?

:hug: Psychic twins. :-)

[ginnyinWI]

4. what a nice way to spend a weekend

Just hop over to France and watch a friend win the Tour de France! :)

[globalvillage]

9. What's really cool

is that he's watching it from the car following Lance in the race. If you watch it (It replays on OLN), check out the dude in the passenger seat of the red follow car. I think you'll recognize him.

[globalvillage]

12. JK in le tour

Well, kinda.



edit he's in the red car below the word 'credit'.

[FreedomAngel82]

69. I think I see him

Is he in the back seat on the left?

[FreedomAngel82]

68. That's awesome

I didn't know that. Anybody have a screen capture?

[Noisy Democrat]

6. These are so lovely!

Thank you so much for sharing them! (And my friend who I think doesn't have a DU account and can't express her thanks directly is also appreciating these pictures at this very moment.)

[sandnsea]

8. Exhilarating!!!

I love those pics, it is just so copasetic (sp?) to see those two together, don't ya' think?

[ginnyinWI]

10. Armstrong's won it again

USA Today article, plus a slideshow: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/tourdefrance/2005-07-23-stage-20_x.htm

[globalvillage]

11. You would think

they would at least mention that Sen Kerry is Lance's guest. The French interviewed him.
Damn liberal US media!

[europegirl4jfk]

13. Another picture

It's unbelievable! JK is only a two-hour car drive away from me. Too bad he couldn't have been there for the Tour earlier. They came through my town last week.




Visiting Democratic Sen. John Kerry, left, gestures as he leaves the overall leader of the Tour de France cycling race, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, to warm up at the Team Discovery Channel quarters near the start line in Saint-Etienne, central France, prior to the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 55.5-kilometer (34.5-mile) individual time trial looping around north of Saint-Etienne, Saturday, July 23, 2005. (AP Photo/Laurent Emmanuel) Height (pixels): 361 Width (pixels): 512
• LAURENT EMMANUEL (AP - samedi 23 juillet 2005, 17h11)

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/050723/74/4ihxi.html

[blm]

14. Can you post these pics in my Armstrong thread in GD - P?

They would be perfect.

[globalvillage]

15. Absolutely.

:-)

[blm]

19. Grazie, fellow patriot.

.)

[blm]

21. Hey, they're getting good play......maybe you should post

a separate thread. Is there an article about it you can add?

[globalvillage]

22. I found this

but I'll look for something that relates better to the pictures.

Kerry chums it up with Discovery crew
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) was hanging out at the Discovery Channel bus before the start of the 20th stage of the Tour de France. Dressed in a button-down sports shirt, chinos and penny-loafers, the cyclist and former presidential candidate looked on as Lance Armstrong warmed up for the race on his stationary bike.

With hundreds of fans looking on, and scores of photographers snapping pictures of the scene, Kerry chatted with George Hincapie, Chris Carmichael and Sheryl Crow.

"I wished him well and congratulated him on an extraordinary accomplishment, which, you know, he's got to finish off," said Kerry, about 20 minutes before Armstrong started the day's time trial. "I gave him what encouragement I could."

http://www.velonews.com/tour2005/news/articles/8598.0.html

[blm]

23. Go for it....pics are popular. Especially since Kerry is Lance's GUEST in

the following car.

[globalvillage]

24. I think I will wait till tomorrow

when Lance wins the tour. If JK is staying for that, and I can't imagine he would not, there should be lots more good stuff to post.
You can use the pics, though, if you want to start a thread.

[whometense]

16. I like this one too.

Visiting Democratic Sen. John Kerry, left, gestures as he leaves the overall leader of the Tour de France cycling race, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, to warm up at the Team Discovery Channel quarters near the start line in Saint-Etienne, central France, prior to the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 55.5-kilometer (34.5-mile) individual time trial looping around north of Saint-Etienne, Saturday, July 23, 2005. (AP Photo/Laurent Emmanuel)

[jillan]

17. Viva la Kerry :) n/t

[politicasista]

18. Thanks for the pics

:hi:

[Island Blue]

20. ABC did have a sound bite of JK

talking about Lance on the news a few minutes ago. That would have to be incredible to sit in the car following Lance! What an honor for JK to be able to do that (and for Lance to be followed by JK)!

[Mass]

25. Thanks for posting all that.

Happy to see Kerry can take some good time.

[TayTay]

26. I like this pic!

Former U.S. presidential candidate John Kerry attends the individual time trial 20th stage of the 92nd Tour de France cycling race in St. Etienne, July 23, 2005. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler

That's kinda cool. He does get around doesn't he? I really like that.

EDIT: It's probably a nice conversation starter in the Dem cloakroom as well. "So, what did you do this weekend? Well, I went home and attended a few meetings, went to a dull party, the usual. And you?" "Tour de France, rode in the Follow Car, you know, the usual."

[Island Blue]

28. That one's hot!

He looks very young in that one. And happy too. I'm glad of that!

[Mass]

29. Far from Washington and from politics

Who would not be? .

[rox63]

27. Fantastic pics!

Thanks for posting them. They've really brightened up my evening. :-)

[globalvillage]

30. Tomorrow is the final stage

and ends in Paris. Should be thrilling.

Pre-race coverage starts at 07:30 on OLN.



:woohoo:

[TayTay]

31. Did anyone catch the breif intervie with Sen. Kerry on OLN?

It was at the very end of the show. They showed a brief talk where Kerry joked that he had taped the OLN coverage of the race last year when he was on the campaign trail and would watch snippets whenever he got the change. He said he would fast-forward through the tapes and run the race without commercials. (He then made a smiley, sorry face, about skipping the commercials.) Kerry further stated that he got to the point where he could do imitations of the exuberant, hand-wailing announcer. That was a hoot and half.

(Who said Kerry's wooden and stuffy. They should see this stuff. He looked so happy to be there.)

So, where did your Senator spend the weekend GV? (Sorry, I just couldn't help myself. I am evil.)

[globalvillage]

32. I saw that,Tay Tay

I thought it was great that the announcer was so excited about JK's comments. Something like, "yeah, that's my man John Kerry" or something similar. Anyway, his reaction was priceless.

My senator? He's in his home chapel with a map of Massachusetts and some darts.

Le Tour pre-race in 15 min and counting!!!

[TayTay]

40. I got a map of his face and some darts too!

Santorum (The Perfect Catholic) is on The Daily Show tomorrow. I plan to use my evil Massachusetts liberal vibes on him to make him stutter the entire time. ("Your mother sews socks in hell, baby.")

It amuses me no end to read the local coverage of Kerry in France. The Lowell Sun just picked up the AP story that noted Kerry's presence.

"Also looking on, smiling his inscrutably beneficient smile, was the junior Senator from Massachusetts and long-time Tour de France fan, John Kerry."

I haven't a freakin clue what 'inscrutably beneficient smile' means, but it kinda warms the nether regions of my, ah, soul. (Yes, soul.) It sounds, ahm, French to me.

[globalvillage]

41. Well, if you hit him from the east

and I get him from the west, we can sandwich the miserable SOB with some really bad mojo. I hope he chokes.

As for the Senator, I like the description. I think he does have a kindly smile. Their characterization does have a tinge of implied superiority, but I can still get behind it.

[Island Blue]

42. I was reading your post and I thought you were talking about JK

when you said to Tay Tay "if you hit him from the east and I get him from the west, we can sandwich ..." then I read the rest of your sentence and realized you weren't talking about JK at all but about M-O-D.
Anyway, for a brief second there I had the image in my head of two LLLs sandwiching Kerry! (And I was jealous.)

[globalvillage]

55. LOL

I'm afraid I don't know Tay Tay that well.

[Island Blue]

63. My thoughts were more innocent than that

more like a hug. :)

[globalvillage]

64. Um, yeah. That's what I was thinking, too.

:blush:

:rofl:

[Island Blue]

65. Yeah, right.

I'm sure that's what you were thinking! :evilgrin:

[globalvillage]

78. Hmmm...

What was GV thinking?
We may never know.
:dilemma:

:hi:

[TayTay]

67. Aw, GV, there is also the question of sharing

So, no I don't think either one of us intend to 'hit' on him in that way.

Thank you for demurring from this particular round of combat.

[TayTay]

74. Btw, I loved this comment

LLLers getting very, ah, close to our fav Sen.

Just the Sandwich thing is all wrong. (Except maybe in Sandwich, MA, which would be interesting. Sandwich is a town down on the Cape.)

[TayTay]

66. Inscrutably beneficient?

I don't know, I still can't figure out what the hell that means. I wonder if he used that when he was talking to the fishermen in Gloucester? Maybe at that Elderly center in Pittsfield. I just put it down as something that only comes out in France or among writers who want to write fuzzy-headed prose that doesn't really mean anything. (On the other hand, maybe the fishermen liked it. He did get the red tide funding, or tried to. Smiling inscrutably and beneficiently might have given them pause. "Ahm, Sentah, what the hell are ya tryin ta tell us? And why are ya smiling like that? Are ya feelin awright? Ya need ta sit down or somptin? Here, have a clam.)

As for Santorum, consider the bad mojo sent. We will get the whole core of Salem pagans right on it. (About 10,000 residents in and around Salem are pagan, of various beliefs. Surely that constitutes something. And is a friggin riot at election time, let me tell ya. Sen. Kerry represents a very large (realtively speaking) constituency of witches.) No wonder Santorum hates us.

[FreedomAngel82]

70. I agree

Kerry isn't stuffy and has a great sense of humor and personality. I got to know him better on Nancy Pelosi's daughters documentary when she followed around the canidates (mostly Dean and Kerry). I just adore Kerry. Plus, he's really cute.

[globalvillage]

33. Video of JK interview

http://tour-de-france.france3.fr/tour-de-france_video.php3

Gotta love a man who speaks french.

edit: what did he say, anyway, when asked about bush*? I think it was "it's much bigger than politics.", but then, my french sucks.

Anyone?

[europegirl4jfk]

34. Your French is fine!

That's exactly what he said when asked if he minds Lance Armstrong's friendship with Bush. He answers: "Not at all. It's bigger than politics, I hope."

[globalvillage]

35. merci.

:-)
Je comprendre un petit peu, mais je ne parle pas.

See? High school French will get you laughed at on the streets of Paris, but it's better than not trying at all IMO.
Merde. Did I conjugate comprendre correctly?
I may be completely humiliating myself.
:blush:
In my defense, my Spanish is even worse.
:P

[europegirl4jfk]

36. Don't worry

"Comprendre" is the infinitive. With "je" it's "comprends". But French conjugation is horrible. I live in France since almost 20 years and still mix this stuff up. My daughter laughs at me all the time.

BTW, Kerry's French pronunciation is great. He hasn't an American accent.

[globalvillage]

37. Damn.

LOL. If I ever figure out which words are fem and which are masculine, I'll try speaking French. As it is, I'm lucky to be able to translate with some degree of success.
Thank you again.

Are you watching the race?

[europegirl4jfk]

45. No problem :-)

I was watching on French TV earlier this afternoon but had promised to go to the beach with my daughter and some friends. So I had to leave before the end. Anyway, I didn't see Kerry today.

[Mass]

38. I tried to watch the video. It did not work.

Anybody has a clue why.

[globalvillage]

39. They removed it

Or possibly just moved it. I tried the archives, but couldn't find it there either.
I'll look again.

[europegirl4jfk]

46. Video is here!

http://tour-de-france.france3.fr/tour-de-france_video_20050723.php3

They updated the site with the Sunday vids. It's in the archives now for Saturday but they linked the wrong day.

[whometense]

47. C'est merveilleux!!

Merci beaucoup! (I LOVED the part at the end where he spoke French!)

[europegirl4jfk]

48. He's even more sexy when he speaks French *g*

I showed the video to my French friends, a couple in their 40th, and they really loved him! They too think it's so sad that he didn't become president of the US.

[whometense]

49. I am not good at this stuff,

but I wish there was a way to save that as a file. It makes me so happy to see my real president as a citizen of the world.

[Noisy Democrat]

73. I saved it

I have some video-capture software that I use to download news clips. It came out to just under 2MB. I'll e-mail it to anyone who wants it to keep.

[Vektor]

75. Hello you!

How are you? :-)

[europegirl4jfk]

79. Hi Vektor! :-))

Thanks, I'm fine. We are back in France since three weeks and Julie is already on the road again, off to see her boyfriend who spends some time with his grand-parents in the north of France.

BTW, you were right to delay your trip to France until next spring. It's very hot here right now - over 100°F! - and there are to many tourists. You have to queue everywhere, at the post office, the bank, the gas-station and even the bakery.

Have a nice trip to Massachusetts, and if you meet the senator, give him a kiss from Julie and me. ;-)

[Mass]

50. The question the reporter asked was really stupid

"Is it a problem that Lance is Bush's friend?"

Kerry's answer was pretty good and his accent is fairly good for somebody who does not really practice French. Amazing. I know he learned it as a child, but still.

[ginnyinWI]

56. I can't find the video--have they removed it?

Or is it listed under someone else's name?

[europegirl4jfk]

58. New video link

Ginny, it's here:
http://tour-de-france.france3.fr/tour-de-france_video_20050723.php3

They moved it to the archives because it was on the Saturday page. Scroll down until you see Kerry's picture.

[ginnyinWI]

59. thanks!

I did see it. I've got to forward it to my French-translator daughter, who will be thrilled. Maybe she can give me an exact interpretation. If so I'll post.

[europegirl4jfk]

62. It's so funny

The French reporter starts asking JK in French, saying something like "Your mother is French, you speak French", and JK answers immediately "Just a bit" and that he doesn't feel confident etc. Then the reporter asks him something in his really bad English and JK answers in French. LOL From this moment on the journalist asks all his questions in French and Kerry answers in English mixed with some French in it, until the last question which he answers completely in French.

It reminds me so much my daughter and her English and American friends who all speak both languages. They start a sentence in English, then switch to French in mid-sentence and finish in English again. And when you ask them about that they didn't even realize. It's amazing. I guess your daughter can tell you about that too.

[whometense]

43. Just got a phone call from my son,

who happens to be in Paris right now.

He caught part of the Tour, but he said it was just like watching the Boston Marathon - a lot of jerseys in a blur from a distance. ;-) And hard to see - people stake out positions way ahead to get a good view.

[whometense]

44. Article:

http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/shared/sports/tourdefrance/2005/0724tournotes.html

TOUR DE FRANCE
Notebook: Official visit; keeping faith in Jan
Sunday, July 24, 2005

Official visit

Sen. John Kerry arrived at the Tour de France on Friday night, on hand for the race he's wanted to see again since he was a kid living in France in the 1950s.

However, last year's Democratic presidential nominee wanted to keep a low profile and brought no entourage for his weekend visit. He drank beer in the parking lot with Tour workers Friday night.

Then on Saturday, the cycling fan rode in the red Tour car with event director Jean Marie Leblanc. Kerry also was invited onto the Discovery Channel team bus to visit with Lance Armstrong before the stage.

The two met a year ago, and talked via mobile phone during last year's Tour. Armstrong and girlfriend Sheryl Crow also were in Boston last November to watch the election results at Kerry headquarters.

Like Armstrong, Kerry is a cancer survivor and has been wearing a LiveStrong bracelet since they came out last summer. A woman in Iowa gave Kerry the bracelet, and he has yet to take it off.

It was at the final election event that Armstrong invited Kerry to be his guest at this year's Tour.

Meantime, when the Tour ends in Paris today, many more celebrities are expected to be watching on the Champs Elysées. The guest list includes Will Farrell and Ron Howard, who is in Paris directing a movie. Tom Hanks also may be on hand. His wife, Rita Wilson, visited with Armstrong earlier in the Tour.

The Agence France Press also was reporting that Prince Albert of Monaco, who is a frequent Tour visitor, will be on hand for Armstrong's seventh championship. The AFP also reported that actors Michael Keaton and Lindsay Lohan are expected.

[TayTay]

57. Drinking beer in the parking lot

Now that's a Massho .... ah proper citizen of the Commonwealth of MAssachusetts. Drinking beer with the workers in the parking lot before the big setup for the race.

Damn, I love that. It's so prole. So Dem. That's just awesome. And I love the fact the he just went as a fan without a big entourrage. That is such a sweet story.

[whometense]

60. That line just

jumped off the page for me too! Loved it. Just another racing fan.

[FreedomAngel82]

71. What a nice article

I didn't know Kerry had cancer until I read about it here in this forum once on another thread. Nice you have someone as a friend who has went through the same thing as you. My grandfather died recently of lung cancer and he liked Kerry. I thought it was cool how Kerry was just there as a person and not using his status to be treated like a male diva or something. You know? That's so neat about the bracelet too!!

[JI7]

51. check out the look on Sheryl Crow's face

kind of reminds me of a pic from last year with another singer Carole King.

[politicasista]

52. I like Carole.

[JI7]

53. i remember reading about how she brought Kerry to tears with a song

it was You've got a friend song. and she sang "you've got a friend in John Kerry".

[politicasista]

54. Aww that's sweet.

[FreedomAngel82]

72. Kerry knows how to get the ladies

They're looking up at him with sparkles. ;) You never see a woman looking at Bush that way except that really weird picture of the girl with the glasses who has her hands folded like she's praying and has sparkled eyes.

[Vektor]

76. Do you have a link?

To the moon-eyed Bush worshiper? Sounds funny/creepy. :-)

[FreedomAngel82]

61. Awesome pics!

Kerry is lookin hot. :loveya:

[Vektor]

77. Awesome pictures!

:loveya:

Totally swoonworthy.

[PresidentObama]

80. Great pictures

I like Kerrys smile in the second one down.

FYI, JK's got a awesome sense of style. I love that shirt he's wearing.