Ok - so I'm in this picture mood -

[jillan]

gorgeous!!!!hot!!! beautiful!!!!



DOUSED
Kerry with new wife Julia at their wedding. Friends had just tossed him into a pond -hahaha!!


BLENDED BLISS
In 1995 Kerry wedded Teresa. His father, left, and both sets of children attended


THE ACTIVIST
Kerry waits out some rain at a peace rally in New York City's Bryant Park in April 1972(no wonder why he got along so well with Cindy!)


lol - cute socks!


did we know he rides horses too?


REGROUPING
John Kerry sits on a rock in a bomber jacket looking pensively through the fog on Mount Webster in New Hampshire after the November, 1972 election loss.:( :(


GAZING AHEAD
Hugging Alexandra after a day spent hiking on the Cape in 1987


ASSESSING THE FIELD
The Senator sketching at the Cape Cod, Mass., home he rented in 1987
(another talent!)

VICTORY
With second wife Teresa, his parents and daughters, as his 1996 Senate win is televised.

sigh!

[beachmom]

1. Great pics, Pirhana!

Since a lot of these are definitely George Butler photos, I was just wondering if you can find the picture of Kerry's first wife consoling him after the medal/ribbon throwing ceremony at the 1971 protest. He's sitting on the grass on the Mall, and his head is in his hands, and his wife's arm is around him. The photo completely refutes all of the cynical remarks made mostly by lefty types (and picked up by Rove) that he didn't throw his own medals over the fence (and therefore, didn't really believe in the cause), and that he only protested the war as a way to launch a political career. I saw the photo in a bookstore, and upon viewing it, time stood still. It made me realize how much I had internalized many of the lies, and that the press really didn't do their jobs in '04.

Anyway, that would be great if you could find that pic! Thanks, Pirhana.

[whometense]

2. I have that one.

It kills me every time I look at it.

[beachmom]

3. Actually, that's from a different angle -- I've never seen this one

The one I saw was in the George Butler book (and showed at the end of the Going Upriver DVD), but it's taken more from JK and his wife's right side.

I love this one, too. Thanks for posting this, whomtense!

[TayTay]

4. I just love Kerry's daughters.

They are so utterly damn normal. All things considered, that is a major achievement and a blessing. (And I really liked Cate Edwards too! She was so poised for such a young woman.)