I'm no Kerry fan, but this criticism is just stupid. "Ha-ha-Bush-is-a-chimp" stupid. Having just returned from a few days at the slopes, I can attest that people wear otherwise silly things while skiing and boarding. OK, I was in Quebec, but still, people wear otherwise silly things while skiing and boarding in Vermont, too. OK, that's Vermont, but still. I'm sure normal skiiers dress that way in Idaho as well. Criticizing the guy for wearing a perfectly respectable ski vest and a perfectly inoffensive daisy just makes the rest of us who want to criticize him for real reasons look bad.
I can't support his decision to board instead of ski, however.