Don't take those quotes for granted, why would you refuse to get your photo taken with a guy because it might be bad publicity but then go speak to the press and let them print a quote stating you support the guy!

that'd be more damaging than a silly photo.

maybe its nothing to do with the war (which i'm not going to start on in this nice friendly board), maybe he knows that all the car drivers are pissed off with the cost of petrol, or the nurses are peeved that they are still broke, or the tee-totallers annoyed that they're now going to have drunken fools wondering down their nice quiet street at all hours of the day, not just chuck out time. maybe he wants to keep his tee-totaller nurse fans (who drive to work) happy.

or maybe he was just busy that day with apple or peaches or mango or whatever name they called ickle paltrow-martin