I appreciate the fact that each of our presidential candidates has a good sense of humor. But let's save the funny quips for the press corp dinners and the one-liners for the debates. This trend over the last decade or so to appear on comedy shows and now wrestling programs has gotten out of hand.

There is absolutely nothing presidential about appearing frequently on Saturday Night Live or reading the Top Ten whatever on Letterman's show. Nor is it dignified to answer glib questions about boxers or briefs.

Okay, I get the need to make them appear more down to earth, but please stop trying to make them stand-up comedians. They are running for a job that is very serious. They want rogue nations to fear them and other countries to respect them. Voters are looking to them to provide solutions to our nation's problems, not punchlines to help us forget about these problems. I'll watch reruns of M*A*S*H* when I need comic relief instead of learning about "what Barack is cooking."

Honestly, this kind of publicity is just not appealing to a voter like me who is genuinely interested in serious candidates who seek to be the leader of the free world and commander in chief. I'm not voting for court jester. Enough already.