What does a candidate do when he loses the bid for presidency?According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, Al Gore wentinto hiding, grew a beard, hung out with his wife Tipper and wrote”Joined at the Heart,” a book about Americanfamilies.

So what should John Kerry do? Here are my suggestions.

– Become a regular season ticket holder at Fenway. Hang out withthe regular people. With the Curse of the Bambino over, you mightenjoy another great season of baseball. Bring a glove.
– Write a book. But not a memoir.
– Become a news commentator. Your great speaking skills willincrease the credibility of the broadcast. You’ll probablywant to stay away from Fox.
– Get together with your wife to develop a new ketchup product.I’m kind of getting sick and tired of the regular redketchup. Bring back the green Incredible Hulk ketchup or create anew blue ketchup for the Democratic party.
– Go hunting. It looked like you had some fun shooting some ducksand geese. Now, I know you did that for a photo-op for theelection, but it looks like you had fun. Don’t flip-flop,just pull the trigger.
– Get on the good side of Hillary Clinton. Rumor has itshe’ll be running for president in 2008. With her charismaand experience merged with your intellect and skills, you two canbecome a force to be reckoned with. Man, I would love to see aClinton in office again.
– Become a spokesperson for Botox. You look like Andrew Jackson.You could do for Botox what Bob Dole did for Viagra.
– Spend some quality time with John Edwards. You two looked likeyou had fun together. I’m sure you two have a lot to talkabout.
– Throw a huge not-the-president party. Invite Walter Mondale,Michael Dukakis and Al Gore. Go fishing, relax and play thatdrinking game where you take a tequila shot each time PresidentBush makes a stupid comment during his press conferences.
Look on the bright side. You may not have the power, but the otherguy has all the stress.