There's a considerable amount of ill will towards the French over here -- much of it resulting from their attitude over the Iraq invasion. You might have heard that the Congressional cafeteria subsequently renamed french fries as Freedom fries.
The antipathy goes back even to WWII where they surrendered to the Germans without a fight and the English speaking world had to save their butts.
The feeling is not so deep that it will have a huge effect though it will cement Romney in the minds of money as an elitist -- which is the purpose.
“minds of money” = minds of many
I seem to recall a few 'French bashing' threads around here in those days...
‘You might have heard that the Congressional cafeteria subsequently renamed french fries as Freedom fries.’
Oh, we know. It was front page news here, and around the world, and it made America and Americans look like backward idiots.