French begged Bush to take call

The Daily Telegraph ^ | April 17, 2003 | Toby Harnden

[MeekOneGOP]

hehe !! Thanks.

[Glock19C]

Ouch! There's really only one thing on the list (or the one linked to) that I use, Allegra. Hmmm... Might have to see if the doctor thinks anything else will work as well for me.

[Grampa Dave]

We have several good bottled waters in California, Crystal Geiger for one. Try your local bottled waters.

[happygrl]

It's roots stretch way back, to the Libyan incident back aroud 1986.

Try the French pull-out of NATO in the 1960s and the directive by De Gaulle to redeem all their American dollars in gold. This led to us going off the gold standard due to depletion of our reserves in Fort Knox.

[Grampa Dave]

That ad by French's Mustard is a great one, funny and probably a very wise one.

[Just mythoughts]

"Clinton" and "naivete" is an interesting concept.

Will have to give this some thought. I always thought that the presentation of being naive was the "sales pitch" to the regular "person", like a method of seduction.

"I feel your pain"

I considered his foreign policy was calculated to "EQUALIZE ALL NATIONS".

[Kozak]

My question for you is..... What did Clinton accomplish? :-)

Unfortunately he accomplished a lot. None of it good however.

[Miss Marple]

Quite probably it was, but it is a naive foreign policy, based on the premise that everyone has the same motives and aspirations. I think that equalizing our clout in the world with nations like North Korea, Iran, Cuba, etc. is naive.

People like Clinton think that everyone is motivated by money (or the lack thereof) or a neeeding to be liked. They have no conception of religious hatred, racial hatred, or nationalism-based expansion. They think that if we say nice things to bad people and give them some money they will go away.

Now, deep in his heart Clinton may be actively plotting the demise of this nation, and it wouldn't take much to convince me of that. However, the manner in which he publicly states foreign policy is incredibly naive for someone who was president for 8 years.

In addition, I notice that now that the speechwriters have departed, he has a particularly vulgar manner of speaking. He sounds like someone discussing who is going to be a gang leader. Very inappropriate and frightening that he has a public forum.

I wish I could think of a way to shut him up...but maybe the president is giving him enough rope.

[Just mythoughts]

I agree this is about the next election, or the next.

"HEDGE" is an excellent word to describe what has been done, just waiting for the other shoe to drop, they surely have a back-up plan, too much for them to loose not to have one.

I believe that because of the fury and rage by the Clintons and world socialists, over President Bush winning 2000 election put them on a course of self destruction.

What is "evil" about their self destructive path is what they are willing to destroy in their effort to regain power.

How differently things would be if they had not taken Sodom's side.

[Just mythoughts]

Agree,

"but maybe the president is giving him enough rope". (Smile)

[tillacum]

The french government is arrogant, I can understand the conversation was pragmatic. Does Jack C know our President is a history buff? I hope they skirm for some time to come. They have no love for America, they gave us 90 days to leave france in 1968. They withdrew from NATO, but continued to attend and disrupt the meetings, now want back in......what a bunch of screwballs.

I do think the french and german leadership are showing what they will do when and if the EU does when it is fully formed. We've just been given a nibble of the future.

[dozer7]

"ubiquitous Bill Kristol"

ubiquitous? He is everwhere.

[tillacum]

I think he put 3 or 4 Americans in jail for disagreeing with him or telling him he sucks.

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the link to Figi Water and all the other suggestions will give them a try. Darn those French I really liked Evian Water LOL

[Grampa Dave]

The Fiji Water is excellent. We went to a wedding and the couple had bottles of Fiji Water on the tables at dinner. They spent their honeymoon in Fiji!

[green team 1999]

do not buy anything french!

[VOA]

Thanks for posting the strangecosmos Concord-Eiffel parody photo.
It made my day!

[EverOnward]

Indeed, all this gives a new imagery to 'French Maid's Costume' as one can see M. Chirac even now, feather duster & all.

lol. Oh my, can't wait to see this pictured. Someone said France was where men are men and women are too (because the women don't shave their legs). Actually, I think French men are feminized pantywaists.

[mombonn]

I have caller ID. If it says "unavailable", so am I.

LOL at all the layers of calls it took from the poodles in order to contact our dear President.

If it were me, I'd still be "unavailable".

[Irish Eyes]

Thanks for the recommendation. That was a great idea of theirs to put Fiji Water on the table.