Note to self: Never, EVER play poker with President Obama...

I don't normally gush like a teenage girl at a Justin Bieber concert, but watching Obama in last night's debate was nothing short of inspiring. His self-control at not cock-punching the arrogant bastard that was baying at him all night long was nothing short of miraculous. A lesser man than The Prez would probably be nursing some heavily bruised knuckles this morning but the 'Black Ninja' as Bill Maher tweeted last night was far, far cooler than that...and that brings me to my point.

This is the same guy that was in the midst of the operation that would wind up taking care of Osama Bin Laden, a defining moment in his Presidency, and yet he still went and yucked it up with the gathered presstitutes at the Correspondents Dinner without so much as a hint as to what must have been on his mind....

And then there was last night...his previously cocksure opponent, reeling from a battering the likes of which he has probably never seen yet so thoroughly deserved, thought he had that one moment when he could take down his nemesis with one clean blow to the berries...he was going to get him with the 'act of terror' card...he even baited him, to make the moment that much sweeter...and the only thing the President said was "please proceed Governor"...and then, in super-slo-mo Robme started his punch from waaaaaaaaay downtown...his eyes gleaming with the knowledge that he finally had his adversary right where he wanted him...but then 'Wooooooooosh' his clenched fist missed the target and instead of watching Obama crumple to the floor in a defeated heap,  he was greeted by the moderator's knee as it hit him directly in the balls... "I'm sorry Governor, actually he DID call it an act of terror the next day"...and the President? Well he calmly sat there with a wry grin on his face that said quite clearly "Have you had enough punk? Well, have you?"..

So, for all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth and rending of garments on the left about the first debate, President Obama showed us last night what a true people's champion looks like...and also the reason why I will never, EVER play poker with this man...