A Freeper's Question: Does any one know about Kerry's cousin in the French Government?

9 Feb 04 | F14 Pilot

[F14 Pilot]

Does any one know about Kerry's cousin in the French Government?

Any comment or answer will be welcome

[F14 Pilot]

Bush 2004

[F14 Pilot]

Question Ping!

[F14 Pilot]

Thank You!

[KQQL]

I think I know where the answer is..I will post it as I find it

[SAMWolf]

Lalonde (who served in France’s SOCIALIST PARTY GOVERNMENT from 1988 to 1991 and was the founder of GENERATION ECOLOGIE) and Democratic Presidential hopeful Kerry are “kissing cousins” (first cousins). Their mothers were sisters.

[SAMWolf]

Former French Environment Minister Brice Lalonde said yesterday that he supports his first cousin Sen. John Kerry in the bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

"My cousin's a nice guy, I'd like him to win," Mr. Lalonde told Agence France-Presse. "We saw each other six months ago and even then I was hoping he would be in the running and take the top job."

Mr. Lalonde, who served in France's Socialist Party government from 1988 to 1991 and was the founder of one of France's green parties, Generation Ecologie, on Tuesday revealed that he and Mr. Kerry were related.

"Our two mums were sisters, from a family that during [World War II] spread out and dispersed to the five continents," he told Europe 1 radio.

Washington Times - Inside Politics 1/29/2004

[F14 Pilot]

An enemy within ???

[SAMWolf]

Mr. Lalonde, who served in France's Socialist Party government from 1988 to 1991 and was the founder of one of France's green parties, Generation Ecologie..

Seems Mr Kerry and his cousin share the same political beliefs. ;-)

[fantasio]

Hello,
Brice Lalonde,the cousin, WAS minister in the Rocard government in 1988... He is now member of "democratie liberale" The french "republican party"

[KQQL]

Monsieur Jean "Bring It On" Kerry

Measure Number: H.R. 3396 (Defense of Marriage Act) Kerry (D-MA), Nay

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SC Dem Debate 01/29/04

Kerry opposed the death penalty until 2002 , voted against military action in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, and voted to freeze defense spending.

Bank records would later show that Kerry's Chinese campaign cash came from $300,000 in overseas wire transfers sent to Chung on orders from the chief of Chinese military intelligence, Newsweek reports.
NewsMax 02/02/04

U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry yesterday said Pope John Paul II ``crossed the line'' by instructing pols to block legalization of gay marriage.
Boston Herald 08/02/03

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Washington Times 01/04

[MEG33]

WOW!Is that picture of Kerry behind Forda legit?It is one thing to know about her relationship with anti war vets and Kerry..another to have a real photo depicting it.

[KQQL]

looks legit


FULL SIZE PIC @ http://pro.corbis.com/images/EF001345.jpg?size=67&uid={b2940620-f08e-4d73-aed7-20529b53932a}

[endthematrix]

I instantly spit on my screen when I saw that Kerry/Fonda banner!

[F14 Pilot]

Calm down, He won't have any chance!

[KQQL]

Kerry's French Connection
"Brice Lalonde, ancien ministre de l'environnement du gouvernement Rocard et ancien leader de Génération Ecologie (GE), espère que son cousin, le démocrate John Kerry, sera élu président des Etats-Unis," reports Agence France-Presse.

Sorry we had to use a foreign-language dispatch there, but we couldn't find the English version anywhere on the publicly accessible Web. Factiva, however, has it: "Former French environment minister Brice Lalonde on Wednesday said he was backing his first cousin US Senator John Kerry in his bid to take the Democratic presidential nomination."

That's right, it turns out he doesn't just look French. Apparently the haughty Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam, actually has blood ties to America's most annoying erstwhile ally.

A French blogress who identifies herself only as Carine translates a report from French TV station TF1:

Lalonde: He [Kerry] knows the world, you know, and contrary to many other Americans, he has traveled a lot. Hence he has European connections. He is a big supporter of the environment.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1067759/posts

[F14 Pilot]

Thanks for the info!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Somewhat off topic, and I may have missed entire threads about this, but has much been written about the fact that Kerry's grandfather was not Irish, but changed his name from Kohn to Kerry when he entered the country?

[MEG33]

I was speaking of the clean shaven Kerry behind Fonda at the mike in the black and white.I didn't recognize the bearded one as Kerry.She seems to be wearing the same top in both pictures,tho....

[F14 Pilot]

He is French, I guess!