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NOW that John Kerry has lost the election, his French politician cousin can come out of hiding. Kerry's cousin Brice Lalonde, mayor of a French town who once ran for president of France, was shunned by Kerry's family during the election, reports the National Review online. "When Lalonde traveled to support his cousin at the Democratic National Convention in August, many of his relatives were horrified," NR reports. "One part of the family refused to speak French with me and wanted me to hide," Lalonde is quoted as saying. "I really sensed the anti-French feeling during the convention.

ST.-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France — Imagine the scene here a year from now if this genteel village enters U.S. history. On Aug. 15, 2005, President John F. Kerry returns with great fanfare to St.-Briac-sur-Mer, where his parents met and where he spent childhood vacations in a Breton coastal landscape immortalized by Renoir. Escorted by his cousin, Mayor Brice Lalonde — a former candidate for the French presidency — Kerry leads the celebration of the 61st anniversary of the Allied liberation of the village from the Nazis. Speaking fluent French, Kerry greets crowds filling narrow lanes and a town plaza festooned with flags...

For Kerry, Taking Care Not to Get Lost in TranslationBy JODI WILGORENPublished: June 7, 2004 OLEDO, Ohio — Senator John Kerry may speak French fluently, but he does not speak it publicly, at least not anymore. In a high school commencement address here on Sunday, on the 60th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, Mr. Kerry skipped yet another opportunity to use the language he learned in high school.In his best American accent, Senator Kerry referred to the "glorious boys of Pointe du Hoc," emphasizing each consonant: POYNT-doo-HOCK. The text of his remarks even left the "e" off the first...

John Kerry flanked by the two candidates wives and some of their children, began his talk at 10:15 PM--more than two hours after some had arrived--calling out, 'Hello, Kansas City, how are you? What should I say--Hi, may I help you?' using the well known shouted salutation at the world famous Gates barbeque restaurant. Before digging into his political themes, Kerry waxed fondly about being 'in the heartland, the city of fountains, and the home of the best ribs in America--Gates BBQ!'It was not clear how the presidential candidate had reached that conclusion.He and his party had just dined out...

RELATIONSHIP John Kerry's French Connection By Dale HurdCBN News Sr. Reporter June 1, 2004 When Kerry got into the race in 2003, the automatic assumption in the pundit class and among anyone who hadn't studied his background thoroughly, was that the man is Irish. CBN.com – SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France -- This is Kerry Country. No, it is not Massachusetts. And it is not Ireland. It is Brittany, on the coast of France, where John Forbes Kerry's French roots go through this pretty seaside village called Saint Briac-by-the-Sea. It was here in 1908 that the wealthy Forbes family came over from England...

We’ve had some fun with John Kerry’s French connections. The video “Only Thinner” is wildly funny and makes an important point: John Kerry has a surprisingly French view of the world, complete with quasi-socialist economic policies and a consensus driven approach to the war on terror that boarders on appeasement. But there’s a serious and troubling side to this controversy; one Big Media doesn’t want us to know about. To begin with, conservatives have tried in vain to pinpoint which foreign leaders support Kerry. He claims to have met with them “face-to-face,” they have sworn their allegiance to him, but...

French Going Wild For Senator Kerry In Election Fever ‘A CERTAIN ELEGANCE’ IS SEEN By MICHAEL MANVILLE Special to the Sun PARIS — It could be the flawless French he learned while at boarding school in Switzerland. Or that he summered in his youth at a picturesque village on the rocky shores of Brittany. Or his pledge to take America’s allies more seriously and pursue an inclusive foreign policy. Or maybe it’s the simple fact that he’s not President Bush. Whatever the reason, the French are going wild for John Kerry. His face graces the covers of magazines and newspapers...

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Not wanting to hurt his election chances, relatives in Brittany downplay affiliations St. Briac sur Mer, France – John Kerry's relatives in France bristle at jabs from across the Atlantic that the presidential contender has a French connection. They say Kerry has no link to France other than the home his grandparents bought here. "John Kerry is incredibly American," says Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village. "He has absolutely nothing French about him." For another cousin, Christopher Curtis: "This is an American story. John is an all-American guy with the benefit of having spent some...

SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France -- John Kerry's relatives in France bristle at jabs from across the Atlantic that the presidential contender has a French connection. They say Kerry has no link to France other than the home his grandparents bought here. ''John Kerry is incredibly American,'' says Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village. ''He has absolutely nothing French about him.'' For another cousin, Christopher Curtis: ''John is an all-American guy with the benefit of having spent some time overseas.'' With the race for the White House turning nasty -- and France-U.S. ties not quite mended from the...

<p>SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France -- John Kerry's relatives in France bristle at jabs from across the Atlantic that the presidential contender has a French connection.</p> <p>They say Kerry has no link to France other than the home his grandparents bought here.</p> <p>"John Kerry is incredibly American," says Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village. "He has absolutely nothing French about him."</p>

<p>SAINT-BRIAC-SUR-MER, France (AP) — John Kerry's relatives in France bristle at jabs from across the Atlantic that the presidential contender has a French connection. They say Kerry has no link to France other than the home his grandparents bought here.</p>

Candidate John Kerry, on the road to the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, openly proclaims his love for France, much to the distaste of many U.S. Republicans. Kerry has good reasons. The 61-year-old Senator from Massachusetts is of French heritage and speaks the language of Molière fluently. His mother, Rosemary, was a daughter of the wealthy Forbes family with roots in Saint-Briac, an upscale spa town on Brittany's Emerald Coast. Here, in the spacious family home he still visits from time to time, the young Kerry spent most of his vacations immersed in the French way of...

Listening to Republicans, Democratic candidate John Kerry is sometimes a "liberal" , sometimes a fickle candidate ("My adversary has convictions... but they never last a very long time"), sometimes old pacifist without guts... For a few days, they have resorted to a new needle, soaked in an insidious poison: John Kerry is under European influence, even a little French on the edges. At a meeting with big donors Monday in Florida, John Kerry was boasting to have received, in private, the support of several chiefs of government. "I met foreign leaders who cannot publicly declare that, but who said to...

WASHINGTON -- As the presidential race gets tighter and nastier, the F-word has increasingly crept into attacks against presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry. It has made its way into comments by the House majority leader, onto Internet blogs, and onto the Republican National Committee's website. It has shown up on sweatshirts and T-shirts, and been thrown around in columns by nationally known conservative writers. Kerry, his foes complain, might as well be French. "The French believe John Kerry has `a certain elegance,' " sneers a contributor to the FreeRepublic.com website, over unflattering pictures of the Massachusetts senator playing ping-pong,...

Village: Residents of the presidential hopeful's boyhood summer getaway in Brittany quietly hope for a Kerry win. Among them are his cousin -- the mayor. SAINT-BRIAC SUR MER, France -- Sen. John Kerry is not running for president here, but if he were, he would be a cinch to win the town's vote. Call it partly anti-Bush backlash, after months of Iraq-related mudslinging across the Atlantic. But it cannot hurt that the Massachusetts Democrat sent summers as a child in this picturesque village hugging Brittany's rocky shores. Or that Kerry's cousin happens to be mayor of Saint-Briac. "I know my...

Kerry criticized for French connection Republican strategy hits culture, image By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff, 4/12/2004 WASHINGTON -- As the presidential race gets tighter and nastier, the F-word has increasingly crept into attacks against presumptive Democratic nominee John F. Kerry. ADVERTISEMENT It has made its way into comments by the House majority leader, onto Internet blogs, and onto the Republican National Committee's website. It has shown up on sweatshirts and T-shirts, and been thrown around in columns by nationally known conservative writers. Kerry, his foes complain, might as well be French. "The French believe John Kerry has `a certain elegance,'...

John Kerry's French cousin insists there's nothing gallingly Gallic about the Massachusetts Democrat. "John Kerry is incredibly American," claimed cousin Brice Lalonde, mayor of Saint-Briac-Sur-Mer and environment minister under Socialist former president Francois Mitterrand. "He has absolutely nothing French about him." The Associated Press reported today: "With the race for the White House turning nasty - and France-U.S. ties not quite mended from the Iraq war - Kerry's Gallic clan, when questioned, talks up his American-ness. Some are keeping a low profile, saying too much talk about France could be political arsenic." Lalonde admitted, "I'm afraid to hurt him," but...

Love ya' babe, don't ever change. Nice rack. No really, my fish was this much bigger than Dean's... I don't care that Dean is up by 30 points, I won't go jump in the lake. Pull my finger kid. Bill Clinton taught me this pose. Theresa endorsed me? That's great. I can't believe Theresa changed her endorsement. Hi, I'm with stupid, who's in second place. Having made a gun with thumb and forefinger, the Fister Falls School District, who supplied the auditorium for the debate, immediately suspends John Kerry from all further campaigning in New Hampshire in accordance with...

Senator John Kerry delivered a withering attack Saturday on Howard Dean, trying to frame the presidential campaign in New Hampshire as a two-man race and saying voters here faced a choice between Dr. Dean's "confusion and contradiction" and his own "steady and consistent hand." With a month left until New Hampshire's primary and his standing in most polls in the state a distant second to Dr. Dean, Mr. Kerry assailed him for several of his more controversial statements about Iraq and for being unclear about what should happen to Osama bin Laden.