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| SisterToldjah | 10 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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DF, from what I’ve read here at your site about Sarko, I’d say you have good reason to be skeptical and cynical about him. I should have known that the stories I read about Sarko in the mainstream press in the run-up to, and after the election, were too good to be true. All the same, I think I’d be even more depressed if it were President Sego we were talking about right now ;) President Bush tends to want to believe in the best of people and their intentions, but I think his experience with the likes of Putin, and some others, has taught him the hard way that when it comes to "world leaders" and their claims of wanting to "be allies of the US," those claims have to be viewed with a very heavy dose of skepticism. I hope in the case of Sarko that Bush hasn’t allowed himself to be fooled by his charm and wit in his eagerness to make friends with France. |
| Papa Ray | 10 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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The Sweet Sister said: "I hope in the case of Sarko that Bush hasn’t allowed himself to be fooled by his charm and wit in his eagerness to make friends with France." I kinda hope so myself, but knowing President Bush, he always gives everyone several chances to make a fool out of themselves and him. I don’t expect that to change. Texans are like that, and even tho President Bush is not really a born and bred Texican, he has spent way too long here and it has rubbed off. Along with his religious beliefs, that makes him a patsy for world wise and corrupt leaders. Plus Americans as a whole tend to believe the best of people. We want to believe that way, but usually after we are screwed, we not only remember, we get even. Papa Ray |
| SisterToldjah | 10 months, 3 weeks ago | |
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Hey Papa Ray, I think as far as that goes, it depends on who gets elected president next year. If Washington wakes up in the next few months and realizes that Sarko and co. are all talk and no action, who will leave us out to dry with empty promises, I believe that a Republican president would be civil and polite to the French gov’t but not overly friendly, definitely not buddy buddy like we’re seeing right now. It’d turn back into business as usual between the US and French governments, which is to say, they wouldn’t get close to an alliance on anything. But if you have a Democrat president - like Hillary, for example - the story will be quite different, because when world leaders kick the US where it hurts, Democrats are notorious for siding with those world leaders over their own country, and I predict Hillary would fall all over Sarko with adoration and praise, calling for an "understanding of differences" etc etc. |
| obloodyhell | 10 months, 2 weeks ago | |
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>Yeah, I have a couple of reasons for being highly skeptical and cynical about Sarkozy. I mean a truckload. Hey, at least he’s not French… Sorry, that sounds like a sneer. Well, If the French can do it, they can take it, too :-D Not our fault for making the term seem undesirable. ;-) |
Post title: The French Presidents MCQ
Date: 03rd September, 2007