I saw the photo of him and the family arriving. I feel sorry for his wife. If she's the one I saw in the photo, she's going to hear every fat joke on every cheesedick talk/comedy show that's been collecting dust since Orson Welles died.

That's not meant as sarcasm. I always grind my teeth when the jokes get into the appearance instead of substance, regardless of where the fire comes from. It irritated me as much to listen to all the "Rush is fat" jokes as it did to hear Rush characterize Robert B. Reisch as a midget.

Back on topic--funny, the good looks didn't do J. Dansforth much good. Has anyone asked Edwards how to spell something?

Lurch looks like he's about to drop the hard word on him. Serves him right for practising black arts and communicating with stiffs.

Ha! This should go over great in the heartland.

I heard his comment the other day, "And we have better hair!" and it was humorous on one level. It was weirdly narcissistic on another. Even Bill and Al didn't come out and announce "We are the beefcake ticket" - they let the media do it. This recalls his weirder half announcing she is "sexy." Some of this stuff could be strung together into a pretty good Bush campaign commercial if they keep it up.

Unfortunate for John&John that the photographer snapped this exact instance. John K looks like he gazing in adoration, lover-like, at John E.

Maybe it's just sheer relief that SOMEONE agreed to take the job!

More likely, their touchy-feely love-fest is a deliberate design to counter the candidates' well-documented history of narcissism and self-promotion.

A little subtlety, however, would have made the "I love my fellow man" exercise a bit more credible.

Now they're suddenly having lots of photo ops tossing a football. ;)