Some sick idiot speechwriter in the State Department needs to lose his/her job.
Au contraire, mon ami.
(A bit of French lingo there to demonstrate my fondness for little froggies.) John Heinz-Kerry, I'll have you know, is an intellectual and writes his own speeches. Sometimes he writes them on a paper bag in which his charming wife, has packed him a few ketchup sandwiches.
This is indeed one that represents the absolute best America has to offer as a secretary of state: our ambassador who crafts agreements that tilt to our side. He's not only classically handsome, he has what the French say, savoire faire.
To us poor slobs who get mugged by the IRS every year so the damned politicians can say it's 'taxpayer money', he's just another gigolo who prances about the world stage embarrassing the hell out of us.