Foot-in-Mouth Disease Crosses Border
Sometimes, it helps to end the day on a positive note. Today's positive note: there is another head of state besides ours so experienced in yoga that he, too, can insert his foot completely in his mouth and yet continue to talk. Meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper who officially greeted the Dalai Lama in his office in October (a diplomatic no-no, since the Chinese government hates him). Asked to explain himself after the furor, he said, "I met the Dalai Lama in my office but I meet everyone in my office. I don't know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he's not a call girl." Bush may have terrible pronunciation, but he never compared a meeting with a religious leader to one with a prostitute, eh? [ Reuters ]