WHAT CECILIA SARKOZY MISSED
CECILIA SARKOZY
Posted on 08/14/2007 5:53:36 PM PDT by Cincinna
Three weeks ago, Cécilia Sarkozy, the glamorous wife of the French president, drew criticism here for her high-profile role in the freeing of jailed medical workers from Libya, a job some thought was best left to diplomats. Now Mrs. Sarkozy, a 49-year-old former model, is under scrutiny again, this time for ducking out of public appearances where a presidential spouse would be expected.
Her latest infraction of spousal etiquette: skipping a picnic with the Bush family in New England.
After accepting a rare, personal invitation to dine with President Bush and his family in Kennebunkport, Me., on Saturday, Mrs. Sarkozy stayed behind with her children at a luxury rental house in New Hampshire. She left it to her husband, President Nicolas Sarkozy, to meet the Bush clan and offer her regrets.
At a news conference, the French president explained that his wife had a severe sore throat. But a day later, newspapers in France started sniping, marveling at the first lady’s miraculous recovery.
(SNIP) Even Le Figaro, a right-leaning daily ordinarily supportive of the conservative president, took note of Mrs. Sarkozy’s swift reappearance on Sunday, when the first lady took a stroll in shorts and a T-shirt in the company of two friends.
(Excerpt) Read more at select.nytimes.com ...
When a French newspaper hires an MD to give an expert opinion on Cecilia's lame excuse you know there is big trouble.
"The French daily Le Parisien pointed out that Mrs. Sarkozy was seen the day after the lunch shopping with two friends in Wolfeboro, N.H. With the help of a medical expert, the newspaper calculated how long a severe sore throat would ordinarily last. The conclusion: Her malady had not been serious, certainly not serious enough to stand up a world leader."
Drugs...or substance abuse issues...
More likely a serious case of French courtesy, especially to Americans. She sure picked a big target though.
Maybe BDS?
Actually, IIRC, their relationship was the matter of some speculation during the French elections. I think she likes the prestige of being the French First Lady more than she likes Sarko. But Sarko knew he could never be elected in the midst of a bitter divorce. There will be more of these embarrassing moments and Sarko will do the best he can with them.
YAWN!
We know exactly waht this is, coming from the New York Times. They want to create a rift between Republicans and Sarkozy. They don’t like France in bed with the Right even one iota so they have been on a harassment campaign of Sarkozy from the first moment he took office.
She looks like Celine Dion’s homely sister.
I’ll bet that they had more fun without her.
I totally agree, Tall_Texan.
please take me off your ping list, Cincanna. I have appreciated your pings and updates very much, but this Mrs Sarkozy bashing I can live without.
Yep...by giving her a bottle of scotch and asking her to stay home.
Wow, talk about awkward, there are the Bushes, two Presidents among them, and there is Nicholas Sarkozy all alone.
I actually feel sort of bad for Sarko on this one, a family spat is awkward to begin with, a family spat published on the world stage can only be worse with cameras rolling.
And what is worse, the Sarkozy’s vacation in America must have sucked, between the rude paparazzi ruining that boating outing, and his wife bailing out on him...damn...
more pix pls
Looks like the New Yawk Times is trying to compete with Entertainment Tonight. Who in his right mind really gives a shiite?
A good lesson in marrying wisely...
She’s pretty ugly too.
For her to not go, while the president of France says he is pro US and France is an alli of the US, to have lunch with 2 US presidents at their private home is bad and a political statement against her husband. But the only real story in this is he married the wrong woman.
Who knows, who cares, much ado about nothing.
There could be any number of reasons why she didn't want to come along, or was told or asked not to.
France has been run by a "right-wing" government since 1995. Of course, to the French, anyone to the right of Karl Marx is a "conservative".
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