David Gregory and Jay Leno

The writers' strike is really taking a toll on the Tonight Show's guest lineup.

NBC is dragging out any of its news division personalities that it considers to be even remotely amusing.

Tonight, Jay Leno filled time with David Gregory (aka Stretch).

Leno and Gregory talking presidential primary politics -- Wow. How entertaining. I'm thrilled.

They discussed the "nastiness" between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Monday's debate.

Leno asked if Obama's "Wal-Mart" jab and Hillary's "Rezko, slum landlord business" remark had any truth to them.

LENO: Both of them seemed like such exaggerations. Is there any truth to either of those arguments?

GREGORY: Well, you know, in Obama's case, he did have some dealings with a guy who had some shady investments, this guy Rezko; and he returned those contributions. You know, there's usually grains of truth that they get sort of, you know, extrapolated, and they become magnified. And it's the heat of battle right now.

After a clip of Hillary and Obama from the debate, they babbled a bit more about the primaries.

Gregory didn't address Obama's Wal-Mart shot at all, and he completely dismissed the Rezko (or as CQ Transcripts prefers: "Resco") stuff as no big deal.

What a partisan hack!

They also talked about President Bush.

Gregory said, "He's a total smart aleck."

Leno said, "I'll tell you something I never told anybody before."

Then Leno proceeded to tell the story of when he was attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner and as he passed President Bush to get to the podium, "somebody gooses me."

He said it had to be the work of the President.

Leno said, "It just struck me as so odd... I'm flattered I guess."

What an idiot!

Leno has told that exact same story before, almost word for word, same set up.

He told it when Matt Lauer was a guest on the Tonight Show, on January 16, 2007.

Gregory then went on to tell a story about being in Poland, reporting on the President.

Gregory said that the President "goes out of his way to say, 'Gregory, you're lookin' mighty nice today by the way.' What are you supposed to do with that? 'Well, thank you. You look kinda good, too, actually.' "

Yeah. Ha, ha. President Bush is a weirdo.

God, I hope this writers' strike ends soon.