Rose's Cantina

I don't spend much time thinking about American politics. The campaigns are too long to pique my interest and the rhetoric is often too much to bare. But the campaign has suddenly become interesting because the president tanked during the election debate. You might call him Barack Obomba. Now all of a sudden there's horse race between Barry and a guy who's named after a garment because, as Barbara Walters noted yesterday, suddenly Mitt has shown himself capable of being "presidential". Holy shit, the left and George Clooney are screaming. We might lose this election!!! Okay, folks, cool the fuck down. As we know in Canada one debate does not an election make. Not counting, of course, the debate between Mulroney and Turner, but Turner was going to lose anyway. Obama's a terrible debater because he never debates. He dictates. That's what presidents do in the U.S. They tell people what to do. Trouble with Obama was that he didn't even tr...