and in this corner, wearing the white hat...

Oh, how I wish I could see this! Not since the Rumble in the Jungle, when Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Kinshasa in 1974, can there have been such an eagerly anticipated punch-up as the one due to take place in New York in a fortnight. [...] Now THAT piqued my interest. Wonder who is fighting? [...] The Grapple in the Big Apple will pit "Gorgeous" George Galloway, the MP, against Christopher Hitchens, the writer and polemicist, in a public debate over Iraq and US and British foreign policy. Political junkies in America are drooling at the prospect. [...] Yes, this certainly has me drooling, like one of Pavlov's dogs! Sounds like a fine heavyweight bout, to me. I'm left wondering if it will degenerate into a spirited name-calling match. Can Mr. Hitchens match "drink-sodden former Trotskyist popinjay" ? (Thanks to Dave Budge for the link, he's earned a spot on my blogroll!) Technorati : America, Britain, Christopher Hitchens, Debate, George Foreman, George Galloway, Iraq, Muhammad Ali, Politics