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| "Candidate John Kerry . . . openly proclaims his love for France" |
| 2004-04-12 |
| Ce n’est pas une plaisanterie! Elle est de l’issue d’avril du "France Today." On lui dit que John Kerry est hautain et ressemble àun Français. Voyez, il est vrai! Candidate John Kerry, on the road to the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, openly proclaims his love for France, much to the distaste of many U.S. Republicans. Kerry has good reasons. The 61-year-old Senator from Massachusetts is of French heritage and speaks the language of MoliÚre fluently. His mother, Rosemary, was a daughter of the wealthy Forbes family with roots in Saint-Briac, an upscale spa town on Brittany’s Emerald Coast. Here, in the spacious family home he still visits from time to time, the young Kerry spent most of his vacations immersed in the French way of life. One of his playmates was his first cousin, Brice Lalonde, who went on to become a leader of the French ecology movement and Minister of the Environment under Mitterrand! An avid reader of Gide and the French philosophers, the candidate for Democratic nominee makes no secret of his affection for the culture and cuisine of the Hexagon. His speech is often peppered with French phrases and expressions, to the delight of his wife Teresa, widow of ketchup mogul John Heinz and herself a passionate polyglot who learned French. Not surprisingly, the French appreciate the elegant style of Senator Kerry, who would seem the ideal "son-in-law" for a healthier era in Franco-American relations! But while transatlantic tensions persist, these influences are ammunition for adversaries who seek to delegitimize his program and even compare him to French President Jacques Chirac. France and its cultural values, a point of pride for Kerry and those close to him, become a shameful vice in the eyes of his detractors. To learn more about the candidate’s French roots -- his childhood, family and region in Brittany -- as well as the latest attacks by his anti-French adversaries, stay tuned to [France Today] for fresh installments of the story of John Kerry and his Francophile world. Je vous ai dit! John Kerry est un weasel! (English to French translation courtesy of Babel Fish.) |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 No shit! (Well, actually, Kerry is full of shit.) |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-12 10:37:16 PM |
| #1 "I'm George Bush and I approved this message." All the more reason to vote Republican this year. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-04-12 9:25:14 PM |