We really need a pic thread.

[TayTay]

This has been a difficult week. Well, standing up for principle and doing the right thing is always difficult. It's always easier to hide and go along with the crowd. But, in honor of the Sens who did stand up for the constitution, for the separation of powers and for civil rights: I say we pic-thread.

Love those firefighers: (Ahm, and the longish hair.)

[TayTay]

1. Hanging out at home

A true booklover's place.

[LeftyLizzie]

24. Great Pic!

I've never seen this one before - do you have a bigger version, or is this as good as it gets? :7

[TayTay]

2. Oh yeah, there a good SFRC Committee Hearing on Thurs

I really want to see someone ask some really good questions.

[FreedomAngel82]

3. Love them!

:loveya:

[TayTay]

5. We need all the good Dems to attend

From the Bolton Hearings back in April of '05. (Damn, that man has big hands!)

[TayTay]

6. There isn't enough money in the world

to make me stand next to this guy.



One man is wicked smart and understands foreign policy and all the grey areas that go with it. The other man is a moran and can't even find North Carolina on a map. Sigh! I think Sen. Kerry should get hazardous duty pay every time he has to be somewhere with Allen. (Cuz it's so yucky.)

[globalvillage]

8. Tay, did you see the Allen threads in GD (P?) today?

He got a lot of attention in the main forums. One re his stupid hair and another about some racist vandalism he allegedly committed when in school. Do you know if that's true?

[TayTay]

9. Oh be still my beating heart

I haven't seen those yet. Sen. Barfbag and a racist act of vandalism. OMG, I am so on that.

Thanks! You made my night. I had a really great day and this is a real capper for it.

[globalvillage]

4. The pics with kids are the best.

Group hug!
:grouphug:

[TayTay]

7. GV! Best kid pic ever!

I adore this pic. It's wonderful. OMG! That is the sweetest thing I ever saw!

What a great pic!

This one was from Manchester, NH.



I don't remember if I posted this one before, but, nice smile. (And some blueberried woman in front of him who needed a hair cut. Yeesh, some people just show up looking any old way they feel fit. They need to back to school and take 'How to dress for C-Span 101.'

[ProSense]

15. How cute! Great photos this thread. n/t

[karynnj]

17. What a wonderful picture

Thais is so sweet - those kids look like they're having a good time. What's really cool is that this picture is so obviously real - almost anyone (Bush is obvious exception) could pose with kids and look good, but this is so enthusiastic and natural.

[ginnyinWI]

18. Awww..

So cute! The other kids can't wait to get at him! (yeah that's because he's so aloof, right?) Kids and dogs always show you who's loveable.

[FreedomAngel82]

28. I love that one!

I haven't seen this one. Is this the school with the black and white picture when he's reading to a group of kids and a little girl is laying on his knee or is this totally different? You don't see little kids flocking to Bushie like that! Is there anyway you can make that smaller so it can be a signature picture?

[globalvillage]

10. Don't see this one often enough.

Seems you can always trust kids and animals to recognize people of good character.

[TayTay]

11. Okay, here's a new one: A recipe for cranberry bread

I knew about the cookies, but I never knew this: http://www.virtualcities.com/ons/ma/gov/magvjk1.htm

The Honorable John Kerry
United States Senator, Massachusetts
Specialty Recipe
Massachusetts Cranberry Bread



Senator Kerry hopes that you will enjoy this special Massachusetts treat as much as he and his family do. Massachusetts grows the largest crop of cranberries in the world. Because of such an accomplishment, cranberry juice has been the State Beverage since 1970, and the cranberry itself has been the State Berry since 1994. The Senator is proud to submit such a symbolic recipe for your enjoyment.

Ingredients
1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup chopped Massachusetts cranberries
1/2 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Grease and flour a loaf pan. Cream the butter (or margarine) and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the eggs with an electric mixer. Stir in the cranberries, water, and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together and stir in with the batter. Add the chopped walnuts to the mixture and pour in the loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. Test with a toothpick.

[jillan]

20. I will try this recipe :)

I love cranberry bread.

[karynnj]

27. Same here =- it sounds very good

[FreedomAngel82]

32. I'll have to try that out sometime!

[_dynamicdems]

25. Thoroughbred mare with twin foals. And she's so friendly with JK!!!!!

Thoroughbred mares can be the most skittish creatures on earth. Trust me on this. Look how the mare (with twin foals by her side) goes right up to Senator Kerry! And he's not the least bit afraid of them.

A guy who likes horses and chocolate. Wow. We knew he was one in a billion, but still. He never ceases to impress, from his battles in the Senate to these little personal things.

Every time I see photos like this, I'm reminded of the THING we have occupying our White House. Did we fall through a black hole into a parallel universe where everything is back-asswards or what?

[FreedomAngel82]

35. I agree

They're so nice around him and you can tell they feel comfortable. They must know he's a horse person too. :) And these pictures and his deeds/actions whether this or what he fights for is another reason why I'm such a huge supporter.

[FreedomAngel82]

29. That's a beautiful one

Speaking of which my cousin has this cat and when she first got her cat her dad came over and her dad is NOT a cat person and this cat knew it and was very rude to the dad. So yes animals can sense when you don't really care for them.

[TayTay]

12. A couple more

With Sen. Karry Craig, even if he is a Rethug.

[TayTay]

13. Just relaxing, pre-speech and conference.

There is something about this pic that I just like!

[Vektor]

14. This is the greatest picture thread I have ever seen!

So many AWESOME ones I have never seen before. Kerry with the kids hugging him, the one with the horses...

Where are you gals getting all these awesome pictures?!

I'll add too!

More kid-friendly cuteness:





His eyes slay me:





This girl gets it!





SO. CUTE.





Four great fellas:





Who's yer Daddy?





Then:



And now:


(How cool is that!?)



Hot Damn!

[TayTay]

16. What is it about Kerry with kids?

That is completely irresistable. He is so natural around the little ones. I just love that.

Vek, awesome pictures. Just awesome. I adore them. And we really needed a pic thread. This week has been, 'the best of times, the worst of times.' Sigh!

[jillan]

19. those two pics of him sitting there watching tv

are amazing!

He hasn't changed one bit, except to get more handsome :9

[FreedomAngel82]

31. I LOVED your pictures!

LOL I like the one with Vanessa and the little baby. He looks so excited!

[sandrakae]

21. some more

Convention Pics






She is always so close to him.





This is when he announced John Edwards as his running mate.

This is an awesome picture.



I love seeing pictures of him in front of the American flag.





He must have just watched a Bush speech



I am guessing from trees this was taken in Florida. It is a nice pic



Convention night

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/07/30/w317_kerrryarms_wideweb__430x298,1.jpg

Here he is being a bad boy. Talking on the cell phone and no helmet



I call this the Fab Four



He needs a grandchild. Kids take to him.





For a guy who can’t reach people, he sure does draw a crowd.



I call this man versus moron.

[FreedomAngel82]

33. Wonderful pics!

My favorite's are the one of him pushing Teresa out on the road joking around (still giggle at that one) and the little babies of course. What I LOVE about Kerry and little one's is how he gets to their level. Al Gore and Clinton do that too.

[globalvillage]

22. Kerry loves kids

I love this interview pic



Sweet



Kids love Kerry



Mommies love him, too

[FreedomAngel82]

34. How cute!!

I love them all. My favorite is still the little girl with the pigtails. I've got on a disc another one of Kerry and that same little girl and she's handing him a piece of paper and he's bending down to her level to hear her and everything. I love it.

[whometense]

36. These two are my favorites

This is my favorite Bush-with-baby picture. :-)

[FreedomAngel82]

38. Aww

I love the one's of him with the baby. Does anyone have one of him in Boston (it looks like) with this little black baby and they're both looking up at something? It's so cute!

[whometense]

41. This one?

[FreedomAngel82]

44. That's it!

That one is sooo cute!!

[karynnj]

46. If he runs in 2008, someone has to tell him to use that picture

in some ad about some issue on kids' futures. Not only does he look better is that picture than almost any I've seen, it's a really inspiring uplifting picture.

[jillan]

23. omg - I NEED to buy this

http://www.allposters.com/-sp/John-Kerry-Posters_i1217525_.htm

[WildEyedLiberal]

37. I own it.

It is a nice addition to my bedroom. :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[jillan]

40. And why am I not surprised!

and jealous!

Wonder what my hubby would do if
I put that in our bedroom? :blush:

[_dynamicdems]

42. LOL! He might be tempted to add one of his own. Angelina Jolie? n/t

[jillan]

43. next week we will hit 25 years...so

whatever it takes :)!

[_dynamicdems]

45. ROTFLMAO! n/t

[Vektor]

47. Eeeew! Ick. Hopefully he would NOT choose an icky skank who

looks like a heavily-tattooed walking STD collection.

I swear, just looking at a picture of her, you can smell B.O. and malodorous discharge.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[ProSense]

26. More

[saracat]

39. Wow! Is that Chris Reeve "before" his accident?

In the middle pix?Was Chris political before? It looks like it.And supporting Kerry too?

[FreedomAngel82]

30. Here's some more kid pictures!

One of my favorite's is still when it's him at a school outside and the kids flock to the window to see him and he's got his hands up to them.

Here's the picture I was talking about in another post.





http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=john+kerry+children/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/SIG=12hd311ud/EXP=1139291195/*-http%3A//



http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=john+kerry+children/v=2/SID=e/l=IVI/SIG=12um20vj2/EXP=1139291207/*-http%3A//cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2004/05/05/1083755646_6809.jpg

[TayTay]

48. Senator from Massachusetts

I just like to remind myself sometimes.



Ahm, which one is Sen. Kerry? (Can you find him in this pic?)

Oct 30, 2005. Roxbury, Mass.

[TayTay]

49. One more from Topeka, Kansas

I think it was March, 2004. This event commemorated the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decs ion.

[ProSense]

50. Let me guess... hmmm

LOL! Love the picture.

[globalvillage]

51. I love that jacket. n/t.