Relatives in France keep distance from Kerry

Chicago Sun Times ^ | March 30, 2004 | JOCELYN GECKER

[pointsal]

French connection??? I thought he was Irish.
Golly is nothing sacred?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I think he wants to be the second black president - or is that the first female president?

[calcowgirl]

Skip that last question. I just found my answer.

[CathyRyan]

What is John in french?

[Rocky]

"Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village"

Well, this is undoubtedly one of those foreign leaders who told Kerry that he must win this race.

[Timeout]

Le Chateau de Jean Eff Kerry

The Les Essarts family estate, bought in 1920 by the maternal grandparents of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, sits on a bluff over the sea in Saint Briac, Brittany, Wednesday March 24, 2004. (AP Photo/Franck Prevel)

[calcowgirl]

Currently mayor, previously environment guru for Mitterrand
and candidate for President

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Baltimore Sun
Originally published Apr 12, 2004

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 cousin, and I know he has a clear view of the rest of the world," says 58-year-old Brice Lalonde. "And sometimes the rest of the world feels a little bit left out, not understood by the United States."

"I must say too," adds Lalonde, a former French environment minister and one-time presidential candidate, "his environmental policies are much better than Mr. George Bush's."
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.journal12apr12,0,663715.column.

[jackbill]

I played Capture the Flag in elementary school, but I don't think I've ever heard of Kick the Can.

Hell, we all played Kick the Can 65 years ago. Where have you been?

In our version (maybe not the standard) we played it on a simulated "baseball field". Instead of having a ball pitched to you, a tin can was placed on home-plate and you kicked it and ran.

A simulated baseball field could be established on a city street.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

"Brice Lalonde, Kerry's cousin and mayor of this seaside Brittany village" Well, this is undoubtedly one of those foreign leaders who told Kerry that he must win this race.

LOL! I bet you're right! Ha ha ha.