In a lot of ways the American electorate, and punditocracy, are fraught with contradictions. One of which is that we want presidential candidates to be role models and to “do the right thing,” but we want them to look cool doing it.  I’m no Obama fan, but if he had been caught riding around without a helmet we’d be talking about how irresponsible he is. Instead, we’re making fun of how dorky he looks. And man, does he look dorky.

On a side not, here’s proof that Barack Obama cares.