Kerry thinking hard is a contradiction in terms. An oxymoron. Maybe he asked his butler to do some hard thinking about it.
Kerry's thinking hard about whether or not to go whining to Ter-AY-za and beg for a larger allowance..... Kerry's thinking hard about whether or not his butler can be his VP candidate..... Kerry's thinking hard about whether he can nail a few models and actresses before the campaign really gets underway....... Kerry's thinking hard about putting a refurbished swift boat on the Potomac so that he can hold media events on it..... Kerry's thinking hard about lots of things, but probably nothing that's of value to our country.