It's not quite Michael Dukakis riding in a tank, but the staged pictures of John Kerry trap-shooting appear nearly as unnatural. Kerry, who served as Dukakis's lieutenant governor, should have known better. If they were trying to win over the Wal-Mart/Nascar vote, why didn't his aides go the full monty. Perhaps the billionaire senator's handlers are easing him into his man-of-the-people role. Next time, we should expect to see a plug of chew in Kerry's mouth, a #3 Dale Earnhardt hat on his head, and a wardrobe complete with cutoff jean shorts and one of those shirts airbrushed at the mall. This race for the White House is only big enough for one Ivy League rich kid posing as an everyman.

He actually looked pretty good with that shotgun. Not Ollie North good, but not awful.

If I were given the opportunity to speak with John Kerry, I would ask him the same question many Americans have wanted to ask him for some time:

"Why the long face?"

Be well,

Dwain

Trap shooting,skeet shooting.One must remember the monied elite enjoy the same sports many of us working stiffs do.President Kennedy enjoyed many afternoons of clay busting....why shouldnt Kerry?Just before he signs a bill making the Remington 1187 he is holding illegal.....for the masses..