November 27, 2002

Some of the funniest comedy of the week is found within the transcript of CNN’s Crossfire segment on the Canadian political adviser who called US President George W. Bush a moron. From the transcript: CARVILLE: Let me ask Mr. Goldberg. How does a the government in Canada get in there? Is it like Saudi Arabia or just a royal family or like the United States where the Supreme Court Appoints it or do they actually have election up there? JONAH GOLDBERG, "NATIONAL REVIEW": It's a remarkably undemocratic country. I hope Carville was being sarcastic, if not he joined Jonah Goldberg in acting like a fool. Also in the transcript, Bob Novak is talking to Ken Rockburn of the Canada's Public Affairs Channel: NOVAK: Let me give you, Mr Rockburn, what a columnist, a Canadian columnist... ROCKBURN: I can hardly wait to see who this is. NOVAK: Just a minute, sir. A Canadian columnist Herman Gooden (ph) said... ROCKBURN: Who? NOVAK: Just a minute. I can't really talk when you interrupt me. ROCKBURN: Well... NOVAK: I want to give you what Herman Gooden (ph) said responding to the incredible diatribe by Chretien. He said "I've come to see Chretien like some unshakeable nightmare of a house guest who won't shove off and let his host get on with the job of sweeping up. We can gather up the empties and refuse to disguise our yawns. We can change into our pajamas and brush our teeth, dripping white suds on the leftover canape crust. But he will not take the hint." That's what a Canadian says about your prime minister. ROCKBURN: OK, well, that's pretty good rhetoric. But Who is this guy? I don't know who he is. Update (following a note from Mr. Goodden): Herman Goodden is a London Free Press columnist who suffered the loss of one of the two ds in his name in the transcript. If it is true that Canadians feel this way about Prime Minister Chretien that does not imply they feel the same way about the Liberal Party. Let's see what Paul Martin and others have to offer. 11:29:21 PM