"Hey guys! I got my thumb out!"
While browsing the Libertarian Leanings archives, I ran across this gem from nineteen years ago. It was October of 2004, during the presidential election campaign featuring Democrat John Kerry running against incumbent President George W. Bush. The Kerry campaign routinely publicized photos of Kerry engaged in athletic activities, thus highlighting his youth and virility. There were shots of Kerry riding his racing bicycle, wind surfing, and... this one.
Here is John Kerry playing football. Kerry is playing center, having just hiked the football, presumably to a shotgun formation quarterback not shown in the picture.
The Bush supporting Captain's Quarters blog, which later became Hot Air, opportunistically picked up the picture and made it the subject of a caption contest. The results of the contest have been lost, but Libertarian Leanings did pick a winner! I still consider it the all-time winner of all caption contests!
However, as with all those things that John Kerry claimed in his bid to unseat Bush, it is questionable as to whether he ever really did get his thumb out.
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