What passes for punditry...

This is dated (it's from the end of November when Bush went to Canada) but I thought I would still post it:

On November 30, as President Bush visited Canada to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin in an effort to improve the two countries' strained relations, right-wing pundit Ann Coulter and CNN Crossfire co-host Tucker Carlson ridiculed the United States' northern neighbor. On FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes, Coulter said that Canadians "better hope the United States doesn't roll over one night and crush them. They are lucky we allow them to exist on the same continent." On CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports, Carlson stated: "Without the U.S., Canada is essentially Honduras, but colder and much less interesting"; he went on to say that instead of following politics, "the average Canadian is busy dogsledding." And on Crossfire, Carlson referred to the "limpid, flaccid nature of Canadian society."

Look, I know it is fun to joke about the Canadians, French, Polish, and whoever... I have a Canadian labmate and a friend with "-ski" at the end of his name, and I give them both some good-natured ribbing.

But that's between friends, and is not mean-spirited ridicule by supposedly serious commentators on the news... this is just two absolute bozos giving themselves blow-jobs* over their exultation of military might.

Well, best not push that line too far, you two... if Iraq gets any worse and the military any more thin, Canada might just be able to pull off a surprise attack to put the writers of Red Dawn to shame, so don't diss the Canucks. Recognize!

Or, as Media Matters points out, you could also respect them because they are our largest trade partner. Either one, take your pick.


* - Don't tell me you didn't know Ann Coulter has a penis... look at that Adam's apple for Pete's sake!