Why do Presidential candidates try to show they can play sports?

[nolanfan34]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/20041031/450day3_kerry.jpg

I mean, come on, does he think he's Brett Favre? Goes for Bush too, nothing to me is more ridiculous than saying "I have some downtime...let's throw the football around!"

[Cornbread Maxwell]

This might actually be a good photo-op for Bush supporters.

"John Kerry can be seen above, in his familiar role of Monday Morning Quarterbacking."

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[ThaSaltCracka]

the video of this is even funnier. His handlers should put a leash on him. At least he is having fun though.

[nolanfan34]

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the video of this is even funnier. His handlers should put a leash on him. At least he is having fun though.

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The best ones are the photos of him catching the football, and I've seen at least three where his eyes are closed in the pic. Very funny stuff.

[ThaSaltCracka]

he is having fun though. Kerry acts a lot younger than he is, maybe it has something to do with the new(er) wife and grown up kids, but he seems to enjoy himself, leave him alone! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[vulturesrow]

Lets not forget the game where Kerry threw out the first pitch and it was a one happer to home plate. Then he blamed it on the National Guardsman who was catching.

[daryn]

that catcher was my buddy will.

[Cyrus]

Masses are feminine and will succumb to the most virile of studs/leaders. TV imagery has enforced that archetype most viciously. Hence, the emphasis on athleticism. (You'd never elect Franklin Roosevelt or Abraham Lincoln in this TV age.)

Watch when a woman aspires for a leadership position: she either adapts to the male prototype of leadership (with all the standards) or her ability to command is immediately challenged.

That's the way it goes.

[vulturesrow]

I heard that the original plan was for your buddy to throw out the first pitch but he got bumped in favor of Kerry? Know anything about that?