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Lets just hope they keep the cloths on. Who knows maybe Kerry was a catholic priest, I dont think John Edwards is enjoying the affection.

<img src="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040707/i/r3345862088.jpg" border=0> Or is he?

LOL

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

more photos

<img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20040707/capt.sge.lhh88.070704213631.photo01.default-278x382.jpg" border=0>John keep your hands above the waste

<img src="http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040707/capt.pagh10107071723.kerry_pagh101.jpg" border=0> Not until you marry me in Mass John

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU JULY 08, 2004 10:09:35 ET XXXXX

CAN'T KEEP HANDS OFF EACH OTHER

Hugs, kisses to the cheek, affectionate touching of the face, caressing of the back, grabbing of the arm, fingers to the neck, rubbing of the knees...

John Kerry and John Edwards can't keep their hands off each other!

In the past 48 hours, "candidate handling" has become the top buzz on the trail.

News photographers have been going wild with photos of the two Johns.

"I've been covering Washington and politics for 30 years. I can say I've never seen this much touching between two men, publicly," e-mailed one wire photographer.

When asked if the Johns are acting out a cynical focus group series of poses -- perhaps to show warmth to the chilly Bush/Cheney -- a Kerry spokesperson explained: "I think we're just seeing genuine affection between them."

But the spokesperson added, "I hope we do not see them wearing matching outfits when they ride bikes this weekend."

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Oh, man, are those pix ripe for speech bubbles...<img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

"Live every day like it's the last, 'cause one day you're gonna be right!" Ray Charles (6/10/04 was the day)

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OUCH! Tough crowd!<img src=icon_smile_evil.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=newicons/anim_lol.gif border=0 align=middle>

"Live every day like it's the last, 'cause one day you're gonna be right!" Ray Charles (6/10/04 was the day)

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\"Those who hammer their guns into plows
will plow for those who do not.\"
- Thomas Jefferson

LOL

Their height disparity even works for Husband and Wife/Partner!

Now did John save the blue suite to get john out office?

.....and now pitching...John Kerry. His catcher today will be John "Grand Canyon" Edwards. These two have been working out in the clubhouse well after the rest of the team is gone. They enjoy unwinding in the Turkish bath downtown while discussing their techniques. Whoa...look at him choke up on that bat!

Smitty

Nothing says lovin' like a little huggin'
By Wesley Pruden
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published July 9, 2004

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Watching the intimate moments of courtship of others embarrasses most of us, or at least some of us. But the public displays of affection that shocked our grandparents are regarded in our time as fit for Sunday school.
Holding hands is no longer enough. The two Democratic candidates can't wait to get on stage for sessions of arm-gripping, face-fondling, knee-rubbing, neck-nuzzling, thigh-slapping and bear-hugging. This is not the political love that dare not speak its name from a closet, but the contrived warmth, born of the focus group, that shouts from the rooftop. And why not? We've become the therapeutic nation of huggers and fondlers.
The two Johns lock eyes frequently in deep contact and stop barely short of demonstrating what great kissers they may be. Monsieur Kerry might yet give us a demonstration of French kissing but, if he does, Mr. Edwards, a good ol' Carolina boy after all, will be entitled to slap his face. (Secret Service bodyguards, take note.)
Over the past two days, since Monsieur Kerry introduced his running mate at his wife's estate near Pittsburgh, "candidate handling," in the description of the Drudge Report, "has become the top buzz on the trail."
"I've been covering Washington and politics for 30 years [said one wire-service photographer]. I can say I've never seen this much touching between two men, publicly." Indeed, editors determined to preserve the appearance of a little presidential dignity and campaign decorum on "the trail" are frustrated in their search for photographs suitable for a respectable mainstream newspaper. The photographers, keen competitors for the most startling shot of the day, naturally love it.
The candidates are giving the term "Johns," heretofore familiar only in certain neighborhoods illuminated by the glow of dim red lights, an entirely new meaning. These buff and manly Johns are only following instructions to demonstrate warmth -- cuddly warmth though it may be -- to contrast with the chilly Republican images projected by George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, who keep their legs crossed and their hands to themselves at all times. No one imagines George W. inspecting Dick Cheney's cheek for razor burn in anticipation of a friendly kiss to greet the day. The president, after all, is the scion of generations of reserved and genteel WASP breeding, and the veep is a man from Wyoming, where the wrong kind of familiarity can invite a swift and fatal case of lead poisoning.
Besides, says a Kerry spokesperson, "I think we're just seeing genuine affection between them." But he adds nervously, "I hope we do not see them wearing matching outfits when they ride bikes together this weekend." No one suggests that Monsieur Kerry, who sent the Viet Cong fleeing into wild retreat into Cambodia and Laos after serving just four months in Vietnam, is any less a man than John Wayne or Clint Eastwood. John Edwards' smile makes even a feminist's heart throb with erotic speculation. The carefully calculated "candidate handling" is merely a pose to reassure voters that Monsieur Kerry does, too, have a pulse. All that's expected of John Edwards is that he learn to hug (but not kiss) in French. The rest of us will just have to grin and bear it, but from a distance. November is only five months away.

Wesley Pruden is editor in chief of The Times.

Who knows maybe they are following the rock hudson model, with the good hair and women on at their side until they run back to the bus. I can not believe their handlers are not telling them to knock this off.

Maybe they don't really want to knock it off....lol

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction"

Ronald Reagan

No maybe they do want to knock something off.
(theme music from Deliverance palys softly in the background)

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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YGBSM !

I bet they both own dogs and stock in a peanut butter company.

By this time tomorrow I shall have gained either a pearage or Westminster Abbey........Nelson

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...now squeel like a pig through them purty white teefs.

Smitty