Meanwhile, in France
Nicolas Sarkozy is competitive in the beyond-satire-while-executive event, and without a 9/11 to hold back his first year numbers, may get to ponies well before George W. Bush managed to make his bones in the G-8 world of comedy.
Which is a good thing if you were amused by his break with Chirac on such minor issues as the independence from or subordination to the ultra-armed Zionist-Paleo-Xtian Alliance on the questions of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.
The world of satire may not survive a Sarko-Saint-John partnership. In every competitive event, records will be set.