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Le hug: How John Kerry made a Paris cheek-kiss faux pas
Telegraph ^
| Januuary 16, 2015
Posted on 01/16/2015 9:56:41 AM PST by don-o
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posted on
01/16/2015 9:56:41 AM PST
by
don-o
To: don-o
Since he was in France, Kerry wanted to do a French kiss.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:00:51 AM PST
by
AZLiberty
(No tag today.)
To: don-o
Thanks for the warning! Things just can’t be unseen.
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01/16/2015 10:01:48 AM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: don-o
Kerry had given fair warning to his French counterparts that some American-style affection was on the cards. I think he meant to say, "some metrosexual-style affection was on the cards." I worked in a position where I greeted foreign diplomats and international VIPs. No professional I know greets people like that.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:02:10 AM PST
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: don-o
I can still pass as Canadian if I hafta.
But no. Waitaminnit. Then I'd have to speak French.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:02:45 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Dude, who took my country?)
To: don-o
the botox is clearly cause toxic build-up on his brain synapsis.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:02:48 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: don-o
Don’t these guys have diplomats and other aids that brief them on proper social protocol before doing this kind of thing? I’ve been to 28 countries and I always watch and learn what’s acceptable before doing something silly. It’s embarrassing and makes the USA look like like a bunch of classless idiots. As a rule, Europeans are more conservative in their dress and mannerisms than Us. Everytime I’ve been to Europe it’s easy to spot the Americans by their loud boisterous and flippant attitudes and white tennis shoes and jeans. Plus most Americans are really overweight compared to most other parts of the world. John Kerry should be properly briefed before he does socially unacceptable things overseas.
To: don-o
The cheek-kiss faux pas, the James Taylor faux pas... the man is doubling down.
(BTW, the pic of Kerry and Hollande nose to nose really shows the jaw J F-ing K stole from Guy Smiley. Weird... it's a faux pas in itself.)
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:09:59 AM PST
by
niteowl77
(The five stages of Progressive persuasion: lecture, nudge, shove, arrest, liquidate.)
To: airplaneguy
Dont these guys have diplomats and other aids that brief them on proper social protocol before doing this kind of thing?I've been asking myself that same question since Jimmuh Cartah gave the Queen Mum a kiss on the lips
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:13:51 AM PST
by
llevrok
(I fear the US government more than I do al Qaeda)
To: don-o
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:14:47 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Je suis Charlie Bronson.)
To: don-o
“The phrase alone sparked confusion in the media who struggled to pin down a translation for the word hug.”
Um, the word “embrace” is word the French taught us, so why would they not grasp the concept?
To: don-o
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:15:54 AM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: llevrok
I’m too young to remember Carter very well. I was a kid. But if you did that in business you’d probably get fired.
To: llevrok
What? He didn’t! I do remember Carter kissing Brezhnev, and the Soviet leader had a look on his face that was a combination of ROTFL and WTF!
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:23:55 AM PST
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: don-o
To: don-o
"My visit to France is basically to share a big hug for Paris and express the affection of the American people for France and for our friends there who have been through a terrible time, a huge attempt at some sort of PR damage control after our entire administration snubbed the West and sided with the terrorists" he said on the eve of his trip. Translation for the B.S. impaired.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:28:55 AM PST
by
Washi
To: don-o
Who the hell would want to hug a Frenchmen? On a Friday— before the Saturday baths?
Yuck.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:29:39 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
To: don-o
Europeans need to give up that double cheek kiss thing. The Dutch brag that they kiss 3 times. Every time my Dutch friends go back to Holland, particularly in the winter, they come home sick. I contend it is all that “in your face stuff” that goes on. they don't even try to kiss me anymore because I have backed away so often.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:29:42 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: Genoa; airplaneguy
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:37:46 AM PST
by
llevrok
(I fear the US government more than I do al Qaeda)
To: don-o

When you get over there to Paris don't mention to them that we
are planning on emptying Gitmo and ramping up everything.
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posted on
01/16/2015 10:42:07 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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