[Travis McGee]

Terrific interview!

He's much smarter than I thought: I had been led by the media to believe he was a drooler who would pound his shoe on a lecturn like Kruschev to make a point.

He's also more intellectually honest in stating his opinions than 99% of the weasel politicians we are cursed with in the USA.

[wardaddy]

I'm not sure what to make of this guy. He says what he feels....sometimes from the hip. He obviously doesn't care for the North African invasion...he probably would not have given up Algeria. He seems a bit tactless about some Jewish issues. All I know for sure is that the left hates him. That alone is worth watching. If Chirac ends up having to deal with Le Pen as opposed to French commies then so much the better...IMHO.

[Sarah]

Thanks for the link, I'd seen it in the Hebrew edition.

You'd just have to hear/ see Chirac to see how out-classed he is.

Chirac is nauseatingly condescending.