The French have taken cruel revenge on a man who was once their idol

timesonline UK ^ | May 31, 2005 | Charles Bremner

[phoenix_004]

Poooor chirac!!!!He can spend the rest of his presidency as a lame duck president before he's voted out!!!

[RoseofTexas]

Geezzzzzzzzz...they make it sound like his goose is cooked...hehehehehe!!!

[sgtbono2002]

Him and the horse he rode in on.

[Theodore R.]

Now if Bill Clinton would move to Paris, the French would elect him President there. He would be the first non-Frenching speaking president they have had, I presume.

[ladiesview61]

Good! He's a back stabbing scumbag!

[TADSLOS]

Step up to the plate, Jacques. You won't feel a thing.

[river rat]

BUSH DID IT !

Semper Fi

[Hodar]

So they backstabbed their hero .... how is that unusual if for France?

They didn't wait a whole lot longer before they started backstabbing us after WWI, WWII or Korea; why would we expect anything different from a country of unwashed, immoral back-stabbing ingrates.

[Tarpon]

I am mystified, is Chirac toast or is it the modern world that is doomed?

Talk about full of it, this story is over flowing.

Maybe the French just like their current hammocks, and didn't want to allow any freeloaders to join in.

Whatever -- Anything that sticks it to Chirac, I'm for it. He who laughs last ...It really is too bad that Bush got reelected, while Chirac and Schroeder have fallen on hard times. Leadership, must be something to it after all -- and the world is clearly a better place.

[RabidBartender]

On behalf of the Eastern Bloc, Mr. Chirac, it appears you missed a great opportunity to shut up.

Ain't karma a ????? ?

[Dr.Hilarious]

"Cruel revenge" is their characterization of voting down a stupid idea?

[facedown]

Under M Chirac France now finds itself in the European dog house after voters vented their wrath against the President, the political class and the modern world in general.

This could be interpreted any number of ways...none of them good.

[AmishDude]

les Echos, the business daily

Now that has to be a threadbare publication.

[wimpycat]

The people’s revenge has been cruel.

Well, no one can out-sneer the French.

[Texas Songwriter]

It is my understanding that a sitting French President cannot be prosecuted while in office. Now, maybe he can be prosecuted for his role in the oil-for-food scandal. He is up to it to his eyeballs.

[jacquej]

I haven't paid much attention to the entire EU issue, and now find myself a bit "behind the curve" when it comes to understanding the geopolitical consequences of this no vote.

Anyone care to "edumacate" me on what it means for the future of Europe? If it is 300 pages long, I probably would have voted no to it too, just on principle.

[Lancey Howard]

“The emperor is naked,” les Echos, the business daily, said

A "business daily"? In France? Why would France have a "business daily".
Does Cuba or China or North Korea have a "business daily"? Weird....

[stripes1776]

The people’s revenge has been cruel. M Chirac has been cut down in the one domain in which he was deemed him to excel: presenting France on the international stage.

I wonder if a certain politician with the first name of George has a smile on his face as wide as mine is at the moment?

[dennisw]

Jacques Chirac? F*** 'im! Good ridance to bad rubbish.

[wimpycat]

They voted down a stupid idea for even more stupid reasons. These were anti-capitalist, socialist, leftist types who did this, with just a hint of right wing thrown in. Yes, they voted it down, but it doesn't mean that the French have turned over a new leaf or anything.