{"id":6377,"date":"2004-09-13T21:19:52","date_gmt":"2004-09-14T04:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/09\/13\/ill-say-this-for-the-onion.html"},"modified":"2004-09-13T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2004-09-14T04:19:52","slug":"ill_say_this_fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/09\/13\/ill_say_this_fo.html","title":{"rendered":"I’ll say this for The Onion<\/i> …"},"content":{"rendered":"

They have managed to find the worst snapshots of both Bush and Kerry<\/a> and posted them together on the same page. Most news sources (or book covers) zero in on just one or the other.<\/p>\n

Okay, to be honest, I feel sorry for major politicians sometimes. Ever watch a televised press conference or speech, and heard the constant whirring of camera shutters? Fact is, anyone<\/em>, be it me, you, or the Pope, is sooner or later going to be caught with an odd grimace, our finger up our nose, or making a strange gesture that will delight zillions of Internet “Caption this Photo!” viewers.<\/p>\n

That said, neither Bush nor Kerry are particularly photogenic. Nor, of course, should that be the primary basis for their selection. But it does make for a lot of awful pictures.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: As an example<\/a> …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They have managed to find the worst snapshots of both Bush and Kerry and posted them together on the same page. 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