Playoffs, Round 1, OMG
RON MACLEAN
So it's me here with Don Cherry on House of Commons Night in Canada for 2011. Don, we've had the opening leaders' debate in English, even before the Boston-Montreal series. What's your take on that?
DON CHERRY
It was a brawl! I'm not gonna lie to you. This is playoff parliamentary democracy!
RON MACLEAN
So who won?
DON CHERRY
It's a long series. I don't think I can predict any more than saying nobody won and nobody lost in the first game.
RON MACLEAN
Some would say Harper won a clean ace, particularly with the Auditor-General's report on the G8/G20 rolling around the press, basically saying the federal funding was a scam.
DON CHERRY
Yeah, there's a lot of loose talk in the playoffs, a lot of mind games. I read somewhere the Conservatives said Jack Layton won the debate. There's nothing they'd like better than to go up against a socialist with a cane. The G8 is old news and nobody's gonna know anything until the final report comes out after the election. It's like Sami Salo - day to day and you can't believe everything you read.
RON MACLEAN
What did you think of the Bloc?
DON CHERRY
Jill Doosep is a smart guy and I even understood what he said, although his suit was brutal.
RON MACLEAN
So you'll be tuning in for the French debate?
DON CHERRY
Absolutely! As long as I can get the subtitles.
RON MACLEAN
So that's a wrap for HOCNIC. I read that Rick Mercer thinks it's cool Gilles Duceppe is one of the top trending topics on Twitter.
DON CHERRY
I don't know what you're talking about. There's too many "t"s. Anyway, Mercer has his own agenda, but at least I taught him how to dress.
RON MACLEAN
See you tomorrow.
DON CHERRY
Can Ignatieff even skate? I mean, he's a Russian and everything...
