Sometimes, the "D" stands for Dork
I saw that this was going to happen last night, but forgot about it until loyal reader E. Nelson of Baltimore, MD brought it to my attention. John Kerry (D-MA) rode a borrowed Harley onto the set of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It is sadly not atypical for Presidential candidates to pander to the lowest common denominator. But let's look at it objectively:

How does Kerry's stunt help his campaign, aside from mere name recognition? (which is probably a big help.) Do more people care what he thinks about Iraq? NO. Are more people intrigued by his health care proposal? NO. Is John Kerry even cooler today than he was yesterday? NO.

To be fair, though, Kerry's campaign is all but over, and beating up on him feels like kicking a corpse. Because it's both fun and easy

Tony