[YankBastard]

"Baisez cette merde!"

French President Nicolas Sarkozy abruptly terminated an interview with US television when asked about his recent divorce from his wife Cecilia

[guignol]

YB, you have a knack for bringing these things up when they're old news... not that i'm complaining, it entices me to look at things i had only vaguely heard of before you posted them here!

the original spin that sarko insulted stahl is false; as stahl's voiceover (more on that later) he was mad at his attaché de presse for not laying down stronger ground rules for the interview, or perhaps for getting him on 60min in the first place.

anyway, i say chapeaux bas, and hope american politicians take a lesson. their private lives are of no importance, and should be of no interest to us. its enquirerization is probably thing wrong numéro une with american politics.

stahl's mistaking l'hôtel de l'élysée with (the) paris hilton was not her only mistake. the start of the voiceover of the bit that CBS aired tells us sarko uncharacterisic for a frenchman, likes everything about the states. faux, and faux. that he's called sarko l'américain... he may have been called that once or twice, but it's certainly ignorant to say he IS called that...

to me, the REAL story here is a very sad one. the downfall of 60 minutes in the space of 30 years. nothing but voiceovers and sound bites about subjects that make people magazine look intellectual. just when you thought this once rock solid program could sink no lower, lesley stahl bravely breaks new ground.

[Nanbawan]

Yankbastard : Red Card...

Why am I not surprised...

Anyway, those Sarkozy related topics should be merged in one Sarko Show® thread.


PS : Hey, Nico, I need a pizza with pepperoni ! I hope you can fly the presidential jet right in Brittany. Oh ! You're already there ? Perfect !

[guignol]

Originally Posted by Nanbawan

Yankbastard : Red Card...

no, you just don't understand him. YB actually likes france... but he likes his fun, too. don't we all?

[Metropolitan]

I've watched the full show about Sarkozy on 60 minutes, and frankly I considered Lesley Stahl presentation was quite fair. What I mean is that the journalist didn't hid anything about the context, clarifying that it was indeed David Martinon who was getting insulted and not her, and specifying that she asked that question the very day of Sarkozy's divorce when the divorce was actually announced only 2 days later on thursday. It's obvious that it would have been a huge mistake in Sarkozy's communication to announce his divorce for a US TV show.

Well, all this to say that no matter whether you love or hate Sarkozy or 60 minutes, I clearly don't see any reason to make a fuss about this.

[guignol]

the real story here is not sarko or stahl but the reaction in the states and how from cheese eating surrender monkeys, france has now become the tiger who tamed the liberals at CBS (Communist Broadcasting System). plus schizo tu meurs!

[guignol]

getting blitzed with vlad the irradiator, then slapping leslie, then picking a fight with some fishermen, now insulting a citizen at the paris ag show...

môssieu, ceci n'est point un comportement! in my neighborhood, behavior like that can get you branded as... racaille.

anyone besides me getting the feeling that it's the élysée palace that needs a good cleaning out with a high pressure hose?

[YankBastard]

Originally Posted by guignol

no, you just don't understand him. YB actually likes france... but he likes his fun, too. don't we all?

"We are in a more than 200-year marriage with France. The last 38 years have been in marriage counseling."
-Colin Powell-

[guignol]

oh unca colin, unca colin! will you tell us a story? pleeeeeze????

tell us about the yellowcake again, that's a REAL SCARY ONE!

[YankBastard]

Originally Posted by guignol

oh unca colin, unca colin! will you tell us a story? pleeeeeze????

tell us about the yellowcake again, that's a REAL SCARY ONE!

No, we'll just tell you the story of how we saved you from the Germans. That's our favorite. Thanks for the statue, BTW. But we still want you to hand over Audrey Tautou.