As you know Sarkozy is often compared to Napoleon, partly for being foreign-born. (He isn't the first since old Boney; Paul Deschanel, who was President for a few months in 1920 during the Third Republic, has that honor). Note that Valéry Giscard d'Estaing was born in Koblenz, now in Germany, but between the wars it was occupied by France, and for the same reason, Ségolène Royal would also not have qualified had she won, since she was born in Senegal while under French colonial rule, but that's blessedly beside the point now).
As Marylanders we have special reason to be proud of Sarko-as-Bonaparte, since that family is closely associated with Baltimore.