Posted on 12/27/2012 1:33:42 AM PST by Olog-hai
Reacting to President Barack Obama’s recent nomination of John Kerry as the next US secretary of state, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius praised his future counterpart’s “personal commitment to Franco-American friendship”.
The comment was a reference to a poorly-kept “secret” that dogged the former Democratic presidential candidate during his bid to unseat then-incumbent George W. Bush in 2004: Kerry has a French connection. …
But the politician’s “Frenchness” has not always been an advantage. While running for president in 2004, Kerry was ridiculed by Republicans for his closeness to the country seen as having spurned the US by refusing to participate in the Iraq war—though Kerry himself initially voted in favor of the war. …
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
ODUNGO wants someone who hates the country almost as much as he does......John F’n Kerry
Just another fruit of prohibition. Thank you Carrie Nation for the Kennedys.
Next they will reveal the little known fact that he was in Vietnam. I had to say “was in.” I couldn’t bring myself to say “served.”
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