[MadIvan]

Chirac has problems...Bush can make these problems far worse if he so decides: for example, I believe he could easily bribe the Chinese and the Russians into kicking the French off the UN Security Council and replacing them with the Germans. The Germans would be enthusiastic about joining, and thus it would split the Franco-German alliance.

Regards, Ivan

[Carolinamom]

Re the criticisms leveled on Nancy Reagan per her love of clothes while she was in the WH: Remember her surprise appearance on stage before the Press Club dressed in rags and carrying a mop......singing "Second Hand Clothes"? She brought down the house and succeeded in ameliorating the criticisms.

[Helms]

"I believe he could easily bribe the Chinese and the Russians into kicking the French off the UN Security Council and replacing them with the Germans. The Germans would be enthusiastic about joining, and thus it would split the Franco-German alliance. "

What goes around comes around, sometimes with greater mass and velocity.

Make it so!

[Freebird Forever]

I believe he could easily bribe the Chinese and the Russians into kicking the French off the UN Security Council and replacing them with the Germans.

Forgive my ignorance of UN protocol. Is this possible?

[BushisTheMan]

I vote we kick the French vote out of the UN and replace it with Poland. After all, France did not contribute to the win in WWII (only the French Resistance). That way, neither of our enemies has a vote and our true partner, Poland, would.

[hershey]

My, my, imagine how the French would view their hapless leader were they to lose their permanent seat on the council. he'd be out of a job asap. Humiliation personified. Oh, Fox News just said that Chirac says he has 'prior committments', that's why he won't be attending the funeral.