"We will not go to get down on bended knees before George Bush!" Segolene Royal proclaimed at the ra

[rodeodance]

my gosh------I wish she were a US Pres. candidate!




http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070422/D8OLR7EG1.html

Analysis: Sarkozy May Not Be U.S. Lapdog


Apr 22, 3:11 PM (ET)

By JOHN LEICESTER



PARIS (AP) - The raucous crowd of 15,000 flag-waving supporters erupted in joy when the woman who hopes to be France's next leader turned to a tactic tried and true: disdain and defiance toward the president of the United States.

"We will not go to get down on bended knees before George Bush!" Segolene Royal proclaimed at the rally in the southwestern city of Toulouse this week, drawing roars of "Segolene - president!"

In contrast, the man who appears headed to the May 6 runoff against her crossed the Atlantic to shake Bush's hand last September. Nicolas Sarkozy was unapologetic when one of Royal's fellow Socialists called him the U.S. president's "lapdog" and an "American neo-conservative with a French passport."

"I'd have a harder time shaking hands with a certain number of other heads of states which are not democracies," said Sarkozy. "Profound, sincere and unfailing" French friendship with the United States "is not submission," he maintains.

[Ganja Ninja]

1. "I wish she were a US Pres. candidate!"

I wish she were a member of the white house press corp.

[jojo54]

2. It goes bad for us when other countries' political candidates

base their campaigns on hating the U.S.

[Alexander]

3. Not the US, just Bush. Most people forget there is a difference.

I hope Royal wins.

[AX10]

4. For that reason alone, I would prefer a Royal victory.

Sorkozy is really a moderate Democrat by American standards. However, he is a kiss-ass to the Bush administration (think DLC).

[Mass]

5. "moderate Democrat" ??? Please.

He is about as close to Le Pen as you can be while being in the mainstream of French politics. You may be thinking of Bayrou, the centrist candidate who came third, but Sarkozy is nowhere close to the DLC (even if by that you mean Ben Nelson or Harold Ford).

[Mme. Defarge]

6. Vive La France!

[mmonk]

7. Can she at least become a member of Congress?