Posted on 12/12/2004 6:03:37 PM PST by CT CONSERVATIVE
After an acrimonious and difficult election campaign, the American Electoral System has put forth the proposition that George W. Bush lead the country for four more years. One of the president’s first appointments is Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State. This choice means that Bush intends to conduct his dogmatic foreign policy from the right of centre, in continuation with his current record without the weak, yet moderating influence of Colin Powell.
(Excerpt) Read more at miquelon.org ...
Washington’s relationship with Paris, with Bush and Rice at the helm, is consequently very unlikely to improve. The profound mistrust at the political and personal level, between Chirac and the Bush team is not going to evaporate nor dissipate any time soon.
Sadly, for some Americans, there is little difference between the political realm and deeply held personal feelings. All is intertwined. The emotions stirred up by the Administration for the past year and half are still very much present, especially those relating to perception of France and the French.
French citizens in the USA, and Franco-Americans who witness to this day the aftermath of this orchestrated French-Bashing campaign report countless anecdotes to us on a weekly basis.
One writer confides, no later than last week: «When my son arrived at the Rutgers University stadium, a group of football fans were chanting: " F*** France, F*** France." They had just learned that Boston College would now be leaving the Conference and this upset the fans. "France" was being used in that chant as a substitute word for traitor.»
New-York members of Protest Warrior.com burn a French Flag in New York, September 3rd 2004.
Anonymous emails still flood our inbox with racist taunts and insults: «Stinky, non-bathing, hairy under-armed arrogant cowards.». Others report on reading anti-French articles on various news sites, or inform us of their experiences on blogs, forums and websites that let Anti-French sentiment run rampant.
Are we going to face four more years of French-Bashing?
Keep whining Froggies!
Are we going to face four more years of French-Bashing?Yeah. Because the French elites are only ever praising the US, her policies, her culture, her elected leadership etc.
Think Monty Python.
WORD
Are we going to face four more years of French-Bashing
Qui!
Whoops that was suppose to be Oui!
We've been bashing the French for decades. What's another 4 more years?
Needed, French for "Can dish it out, but can't take it."
I SURE HOPE SO!!
oh no, CERTAINLY NOT. we will be french bashing until they get some backbone.
The above is a sad, but true commentary on the current state of France and her people.
5.56mm
Twice!! I had to reach for the crying towel!!
Ahhh, seems to me that "France and the French" had a bit in stirring up emotions.
Sounds like the libs: "Bush won so now he'd better reach across the isle!"
Yup!
The french make it just so easy to ridicule them. They are children playing let's pretend we are a powerful country. Nothing could be further from the truth.
That it the real question and answer to the other one.
Dammit, I know who started it.
French newspapers call the terrorists ''partisans'' -- a reference to World War II which is shameful because France mostly collaborated with Hitler.
My Contribution:
Mais oui! C'est drole, ça! I'm sorry I missed that footage of the French flag burning.
My advice to the Frenchies is simple.
Just leave then we don't have bash you. Take Kofi and his UN with you.
Apparently, now French-bashing is RACIST!
I saw this on Little Green Footballs:
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=13932_French_Seething_Over_Chicken_Joke
"Are we going to face four more years of French-Bashing?"
Personally, I will never forgive the French. Four years? How about starting with at least a generation or two?
Well, since the Oil For Food scandal will be being exposed during the next four years, I don't see how French "bashing" will be undeserved, much less, unavoidable.
LOL
Personally - I don't give a frog's arse.........and my last name is French, as is my husband's heritage.
I'm up for it. Is that some sort of problem?
Four years? Why limit ourselves?
The French should be thankful we are only verbally bashing! For now! There involvement in the Oil for Food Scandal is the reason our sons and daughters are dying on the Battlefields in Afgainstan and Iraq. Their Treachery is nearly to much to bear. The revelations of even more Treachery by France and our other so-called Allies cannot help the French situation.
The only suggestion that I have is that the French Bring their Politicians to justice and support the US in the fight on terroism and the war on Iraq. This will not happen because they have already aligned themselves with the Muslims against the US >>> and we know it.
Four more years of French-bashing?
Entre nous, but of course!
Like it matters.
"The only suggestion that I have is that the French Bring their Politicians to justice and support the US in the fight on terroism and the war on Iraq"
Why not add off with their heads? It is so very French.
Ah, don't worry, Frogs. We'll take an occasional break from bashing you to save your sorry asses from the real armies that you manage to piss off.
Excuse me, I trace my surnom to a Huguenot who emigrated to Neu Amsterdam in 1664. He adopted Dutch orthography for his name, and became a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church in Staten Island. About half the immigrants to Neu Amsterdam were Huguenots. They wanted to get as far the Hell away from France as possible and their descendants were and remain strong backers of the Second Amendment for obvious reasons.
I don't think Huguenots consider themselves to be French, but rather anti-French and constitute very large fraction of "French-Americans".
The French foreign minister fawned on Arafat when other countries began to shun him, and a former French premier said creation of Israel was ''a historical mistake.'' Turkey polished its credentials for membership in the European Union (notwithstanding cynical machinations by France to double-cross Turkey) by having its prime minister -- reversing 10 years of evenhandedness -- and press unleash bitter attacks on Israeli resistance to terror. The EU's foreign affairs chief, Javier Solana, said last week he had dealt with representatives of the terrorist Hamas organizations -- and then denied it.
CONTRIBUTION #2
This administration didn't lead me down the road of French bashing. Face it, Americans LIKE bashing the effete elite's that would faint at the sight of a dropling of blood from a pin pricked finger.
France started this verbal war. Isn't our fault their fweeeeling's are hurt.
Next time America won't save your frenchy a$$'s.
This is really good...
http://www.miquelon.org/gripes/index.html
The French “bashing” (in the commercials, a voiceover refers to the French as chickens and cowards) is based on historical events and unfairly depicts people of French origin in a truly unsavory manner. The actions of Carl’s Junior in these commercials are blatantly racist and a violation of the intent of the United States Constitution’s First Amendment regarding the use of Free Speech.
This is hilarious!
Shove it Frenchie
I don't know about the rest of you but it is a 400 year old tradition in my family and I am not going to break it now.
Peut le bomber dehors, mais ne peut pas le prendre
France still has a veto at the UN Security Council which is the only reason they have any power left. Until the UN is reformed or put out to pasture the US will get a daily poke from at least France at the UN (which will then end up in all the LSM news feeds) and to offset that, the US citizens will have to bash back.
It's not our choice, but it is our duty.
I'm sure President Jeb Bush and Vice President Condaleeza Rice will keep up the proud tradition of disdain that the Bush43 administration has achieved. The garlic-breathed, wine-swilling, faux intellectual hygenically challenged surrender monkeys deserve no less. They sided with (and still do)the enemies of the West, to cause us pain, suffering, loss of life and much treasure, all for filthy lucre and base politics. I submit that our WWI and WWII heroes should be brought back from their blighted land and buried in American soil before the Islamists take over in France.
On the http://www.miquelon.org/comedy.html they have prepared a list of:
COMEDIANS cited by www.miquelon.org as anti-french.
HOLLYWOOD
* Michael Levine, author of "Guerrilla PR," said he had agreed to lead the boycott on behalf of a number of Hollywood stars, citing France's "obnoxious" ingratitude for U.S. help in World War II. See boycotts... Six months later, Levine hasn't yet made a ripple...
"8 Simple Rules..."
o David Spade says of France: "They're cowards, but they make the best water."
* REGIS PHILBIN
o "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." - Regis Philbin
* BILL MAHER
"Hey Frenchie - Don't Let Democracy Die ! ... The way you killed YOUR Grandpa in the HEATWAVE!" - Link
* DENNIS MILLER
o NEWS
o DENNIS MILLER RANTS
+ "That brings us to... well, you know where that brings us, to the French. The French, you might as well gas up the dinghy and go fishing with Fredo because you are dead to me, okay. You know something?
+ These p****s are now putting — they're putting swastikas on our flag in France. You've got all those boys buried in Normandy. And after we had the good taste to chisel the armpit hair off the Statue of Liberty you gave us, you know something, I — always thought that tint was oxdized copper. Little did I know it was green with envy.You know something, I say we don't let these guys on the war train now. They don't want to be involved, fine. I say the train pulls out, leave them on the platform and say listen you're not allowed to fight with us now. You guys want to get your hands dirty at this late date, you'll have to run them through your own hair.
+ You know something, everybody's talking about post-liberation Iraq and who should take care of it. Listen, you know they need the oil and you know there's a lot of dirty paper on the French providing reactor parts that we're going to unearth. I'd have a back channel call from Bush to Chirac and I'd tell him, listen, pal, you know who's going to handle the day-to-day necessities of the noble Iraqi, it's you, my friend. Concierge is a French word, isn't it?
You know something, if they couldn't — I say we invade Iraq and then invade Chirac. You run a pipe -- you run a pipe from the oilfield right over this Eiffel Tower, shoot it up and have the world's biggest oil derrick. We got a picture of it right here. Yeah. Listen, I would call the French scum bags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum. I'm just saying listen, I'dlike to have allies too.
+ What's happening in this world right now, we have a competency chasm. We are getting real good at what we do and the whole world is going to hell in a handbasket. As that gap gets wider, they'll hate us more and more and more. We are simultaneously the most hated, feared, loved and admired planet — nation on this planet. In short, we are Frank Sinatra and you know something, the Chairman didn't get to be the Chairman lying down for punks outside the Fountainbleu." - Dennis Miller on Jay Leno
+ « The French are always reluctant to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the wishes of their enemies » - Dennis Miller
* JAY (James Douglas Muir) LENO -
Jay Leno and French History, September 2004, updated November 2004.
"Well, there’s nothing funnier to me than the French. The French Resistance is probably the biggest mythical joke that ever existed. There were four guys in the French Resistance. They couldn’t hand over the Jewish people fast enough. Oh, please, don’t tell me about the French. The French have all sorts of secret deals with Saddam and everybody else for two cents a liter. It’s an easy target." - James Douglas Muir Leno, Interview with Nikki Finke, LA Weekly.
Jay Leno Anti-French material
* And Starbucks is finally opening a store in France. You know it’s very hard to get an American store over there because the French are very protective of their culture and their customs and their food. It took Starbucks years; in fact they kept Starbucks out longer than they kept Hitler out.
* France says they may send some help to Iraq now. Boy, France is always quick to lend a hand. I hear they also will be sending some help to Alaska to clean up the Exxon Valdez spill – and if that works they might help get Baby Jessica out of the well.
* There are reports that France may agree to train Iraqi soldiers. Don’t the Iraqis already know how to surrender?
* People ask what drives him. I can understand what "drove" Lance Armstrong; if I was an American traveling in France, I’d like to get through that country as fast as I could.
* Lance Armstrong just won his fifth Tour de France. You know, that means he now has more victories in France than the German army. And the Germans only marched through twice – he did it five times.
* In the latest tape, bin Laden has called for the destruction of America, opposition to the war in the Middle East and labels our government an evil crusader. Oh, that's not bin Laden. I'm sorry. That was the president of France." - Jay Leno
* French troops arrived in Afghanistan last week, and not a minute too soon. The French are acting as advisers to the Taliban, to teach them how to surrender properly." (11/26) Jay Leno
* « it's no surprise the French won't help us get Saddam Hussein out of Iraq. They didn't help us get Germany out of France », Jay Leno
* The Hitler miniseries on CBS, seven nominations. The Napoleon miniseries also got seven nominations. So Hitler is up against Napoleon. Do you realize this could be the first time the French beat the Germans?
* They say over in France the wine region over there is going through an incredible heat wave, destroying all the crops. The crops are ruined and this has devastated the French economy. Proving once again: Prayer works.
* The French decided to use Woody Allen because he’s the one guy on the planet who doesn’t frighten them.
* While President Bush was over there, a lot of protesting. People throwing rocks, breaking windows. Great, now the French start fighting.
* France has accused the U.S. Of being rude and abusive to them and they’re taking it personally. And remember, every time an American is rude and abusive they’re taking a job away from a Frenchman.
* How many watched that stupid "Hitler" movie last night on CBS? The guy playing Hitler was so good that during the broadcast French TV viewers actually surrendered.
* Give you an idea how scary this thing is. Today France surrendered to China.
* For those of you not familiar with this holiday, Cinco de Mayo celebrates a victory of Mexico over the French army in 1862. Beating the French, who hasn’t done that? I think the piñatas put up more fight than the French.
* France has asked Iran to allow more thorough international inspections of its nuclear program. And if Iran won’t do it, France is threatening to ... you know, ask again.
* U.N. weapons inspectors said they want to go back into Iraq. And now the fighting is over, so do the French.
* The leaders of Russia, France and Germany – or, as I call them, the "axis of envy” – gathered for a summit on what their part in the rebuilding of Iraq should be. You know something? I think France should participate in rebuilding Iraq. When it comes to having experience about what to do after losing a war, nobody does it better than the French.
* We had another war-related casualty today. France hit the ground when they tried jumping on our bandwagon.
* Today is April Fool's Day, the day we traditionally honor the French.
* The United States Navy is training sea lions to protect our ships. They are teaching sea lions how to find bombs. Sea lions will help us, but the French won’t.
* What we’re doing, basically, is giving these key Iraqi officials instructions on how to surrender. See, this where we could have used the French.
* They’re going to use sea lions to guard ships, and they use dolphins to locate mines. In fact, you know the only animal that won’t help out? French poodles.
* The Air Force tested this thing yesterday in Florida, and the bomb blast was so strong at Disney World 25 French tourists surrendered.
* British soldiers in the Persian Gulf are complaining that American soldiers have better food then they do. That’s the problem with our NATO allies – the British can fight but can’t cook, the French can cook but can’t fight.
* Have you heard the latest? You know our "allies of evil,” France – the French foreign minister flew to Africa to persuade Angola, Guinea and Cameroon to drop their support for the U.S., which has gotta be a relief for Hussein. Now he just has to fight the U.S. and British forces. Doesn’t have to sweat out Cameroon.
* What a crowd! You sound like Saddam Hussein watching France at the U.N.
* Saddam Hussein has written his autobiography – it’s called "Men and a City." And here’s a shocker: The reviewers in Baghdad loved it! The only place they love it more – France!
* According to the tabloids, Michael Jackson is making plans to move to a chateau in France. You thought the French hated us before.
* This was a front-page story in USA Today – American tourists in Paris report being yelled at, attacked and spit on by the French. So things are finally getting back to normal.
* According to the latest intelligence reports, Saddam Hussein may have numerous mistresses all over Baghdad. A married man with numerous mistresses ... no wonder the French didn't want to go after him.
* A member of Canadian Parliament named Carolyn Parrish said she hates Americans and that we are bastards. So my guess is she's French Canadian.
* I'm watching the sports news and they had this psychologist on and he said that this strange behavior means that deep down, Mike is afraid to fight. I had no idea he was French, did you?
* As you know, the French continue to resist the war in Iraq or even help us. And now Bill Clinton has even come out against France. In fact, to show how serious he is, he’s vowed not to French kiss anybody until this thing is settled.
* It is so cold the French now have another reason to be in bed with the Iraqis.
* Well, it’s Valentine’s Night, which means right about now millions of couples are doing to each other what the French did to us today at the U.N.
* Dogs from all over the world are here for the big show – except for the French poodles and the German shepherds. They are both refusing to participate.
The Recall Show With Jay Leno
CONAN O'BRIAN
o Next week Europe will be under one of the biggest meteor showers in history. People in France are very excited and are asking, "What’s a shower?"
o THE CONAN O'BRIEN AFFAIRE - FEBRUARY 2004
CRAIG KILBORN
o I’d like to tell everyone to use patriotism while celebrating today. If you get drunk – please throw up on a French person.
o A band instructor at a Texas high school is taking heat for having the band put on a halftime show that had Nazi flags. The interesting thing is that the French class surrendered to the band.
WILL DURST
o "Everybody hates the French. Even the French hate the French," - Will Durst durst@willdurst.com
o "Apparently, you can call the French many things. Rude, cowardly, hirsute, arrogant, allergic to cleaning solutions, people with a propensity to poop in holes, gastronomically fixated on fungus and sauces, but old, quel horreur! " - Will Durst durst@willdurst.com
o SNL : Announcer: France. Home to the world's greatest painters, chefs.. and anti-Semites.
The French. Cowardly, yet opinionated. Arrogant, yet foul-smelling. Anti-Israel, Anti-American, and, of course, as always, Jew-hating. Paris. The city of whores. Dog feces on every corner. And effite men yelling anti-Semitic remarks at children. The real creme de la creme of world culture.
With all that's going on in the world, isn't it about time we got back to hating the French? - MPG VIDEO
DAVID LETTERMAN
o Top Ten Signs France Is Celebrating Their Soccer Victory
From "Late Night With David Letterman" on CBS TV
8. Surrendering to Germany.
o France wants more evidence. The last time France wanted more evidence, it rolled right through France with a German flag." - David Letterman
VARIOUS
o King of the Hill: Peggy says to Bill "Even in France they would take notice of your bad odor!"
o Daily Show with John Stewart: “Crowds of French protesters also burned this pile of tires… apparently to neutralize the stench of crowds of French protestors”
o « cheese-eating surrender monkeys » The Simpsons
HOWARD STERN - ANTI-FRENCH AND ANTI-FRENCH-CANADIAN.
The origin of all French Bashing? - "I've been picking on the French people for 15 years. I don't like French people. I felt that during World War II, France betrayed us. I believe that what they did was the most cowardly act. That when the Nazis marched into France, the French bent over... When I was over in France recently, Americans are looked at as dirt, as filth. We are the people that liberated them during WWII. They would be Nazis, they would be under the Nazi regime right now. They should only be kissing our asses, singing our praises." - 2 Sep 1997
o Transcript from his show dated September 2nd 1997
Of course Chirac's knee-jerk opposition to anything the US says or does merely because it is the US is not emotional in the least, nor his statement to eastern European countries that they have not been "well brought up" and have "missed a good opportunity to shut up" solely because those countries were to pro-American, nor his wanting build up the EU as a "rival pole" to the United States, nor his embrace of Saddam Husseign and Arafat, etc., etc. The French never act emotionally at all, no sirree.
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