Chirac Eats It
Only a few days after diplomatic blowhard Jacques Chirac publicly mocked British cuisine and agriculture in open talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the French President found himself dining on a heaping plate of steaming crow (a Parisian specialty of late) as London was announced the host city for the 2012 Olympics, beating out rivals Madrid, New York, Moscow and yes, deliciously, Paris.
Over the weekend, Chirac put his ego where his sense of class should have been and tossed the stereotypical Gallic condescension left and right, insulting haggis (one of the traditional dishes of Scotland, the host country for the G8 summit), turning up his nose at northern European cuisine in general ("Finland is the worst," he sniffed) and stating that Britain's only contribution to European agriculture was Mad Cow Disease (which is actually pretty funny, but don't tell anyone I'm laughing . . . ).
“We can’t trust people who have such bad food,” Chirac was quoted as saying of the British, apparently offering a salty cream sauce as rationale for an equally curdled foreign policy that capitulates to invasion and collaborates with dictators, surrendering its own citizens to German ovens . . . perhaps this is why Chirac hesitates to criticize Schinkenbrot?
“His snide attacks on Britain expose him once and for all as a nasty, petty, racist creep,” said The Sun, Britain's best-selling newspaper, about Chirac's latest round of sneering insults towards everything not French.
But Britain enjoyed the last laugh, with members of the Olympic committee explaining their decision to award the 2012 Olympics to London rather than three time loser Paris.
"The presentation just had that little extra feel," said Senior Australian IOC member Kevan Gosper. "The British, they explained their love of the sport. It is a love affair (for the British), that was the difference. Love you can explain, but you can't sell it."
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Let's face it, no matter how much garlic you put on it, a snail is just a slug with a shell on its back."
Did anybody see the episode of "I Want To Be a Hilton" where one of the cast adamantly refused to eat the snails, even at the potential cost of losing his team the contest? Personally, I like hot, buttered snails, but it was still hilarious.
ADDENDUM:
GrannyTiger has a different spin on the Olympics bid, noting that Hillary Clinton, the junior Senator from New York, flew to Singapore to represent the United States and its bid for the Olympics to be held in NYC. Meanwhile, Tony Blair represented Britain and Jacques Chirac made the case for France. New York was always considered an outside chance, but still, we couldn't have sent someone a little more senior to make the pitch? Why not Condoleeza Rice, or even Giuliani?
GT also notes that the MSM is blaming Bush that NYC didn't get the nod, while Clinton would most certainly have taken all the credit if the choice had moved our way. MSNBC hilariously states: "The bid’s downfall could be more complicated, involving an international slap at George W. Bush’s unilateral attitude toward the world."
And they wonder why people trust journalists less than they do politicians . . .
WAY OFF TOPIC:
But oh my god!
Comments
Good to see the old boy eating it...
He's been taking it up the @$$ for sooo long!
Posted by: Ted | July 6, 2005 10:43 PM