In a fit of daring—and in desperate need of a campaign momentum swing—John Edwards runs a dollop of mousse through his boyish locks and tries parting his hair on the left, a gesture he finds symbolically very pleasing.
Unfortunately, the results are aesthetically less than perfect, so with some disappointment he returns to his right side part and instead asks God to make Joe Lockhart strong—and to maybe make the SwiftVets catch fire or get eaten by a giant whale or something.*
Zounds!
I read the linked article about the Kerry campaign sending its damage control team to NYC to meet with their partners in the press; but the real story was this foto caption from Kerry’s speech to the American Legion: