Has it really come to this? Senators McCain, Clinton, and Obama all appeared on World Wrestling Entertainment last week to issue a smackdown on their opponents.

Sure, it's kind of funny, and it never hurts to show you have a sense of humor about yourself. But remember the last time hardcore wrestling fans turned out in record numbers to elect someone to office? It was 1998, and the elected official was Jesse "The Body" Ventura, arguably the worst governor Minnesota's ever seen. Even the people who voted for him -- mostly men ages 18 to 34, a notoriously difficult demographic to get to the voting booths -- regretted their ballot choice within just months of his term.

Nearly 5 million people tuned in to watch WWE on Monday the 21st, 1.45 of whom were of that hard-to-inspire group of men. And while all three candidates in this scenario have more business being in office than Ventura did, is this really the way our future president has to appeal to the public?