I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this one. I found it via John Hawkins, who found it via this guy, who found it via Karol. They all poke fun and laugh, as everyone should. Some are apparently trying to make this indicative of why Kerry would be a lousy president by pushing his "hipness" as a reason to vote for him.

I recall when I was in Colorado Springs, Kerry was doing a rally the youth vote in Pittsburg with, of all people, Bon Jovi. Trying to rally the youth vote with Bon Jovi! I personally have nothing against Bon Jovi and even like more of his music than I would like to admit, but I'm not sure Bon Jovi carries the college crowd anymore. So in that sense I understand where John et al are coming from.

At the same time, lighten up, people! First of all, this picture wasn't designed by the campaign, it was a submission! Yes, the campaign approved it, but I'm relatively certain they laughed at it, too. If someone did something similar with Bush in a cowboy hat on a horse saying "I'll be your huckleberry" I'd consider using it as my wallpaper.

Honestly, I find it uncharacteristically neat that the campaign would put it up.

Hideous and genuinely weird as it is.