Kudos to Bill Maher on a great opinion piece. Like any typical American, I like it because it validates my own opinions and confirms what I have already stated.Earlier this year, the Boston Globe got hold of an internal campaign document from GOP contender Mitt Romney, and a recurring strategy was to tie Democrats to the hated French. It said, in the Machiavellian code of the election huckster, "Hillary equals France," and it envisioned bumper stickers that read, "First, not France."I especially love the fact that nowhere in the article does he jump to Hillary's defense. Good job, Bill.
Except for one thing: We're not first. America isn't ranked anywhere near first in anything except military might and snotty billionaires. The country that is ranked No. 1 in healthcare, for example, is France. The World Health Organization ranks America at 37 in the world -- not two, or five -- 37, in between Costa Rica and Slovenia, which are both years away from discovering dentistry.
Personally, I've liked most of the French people I've met. Contrary to the stereotypes I have heard spouted about them, I've never known a French woman to hike up her skirt in public and piss on the curb under any circumstances other than those which would make an American woman do the same. They make some great wine, chocolate, and cheese. They even have some world class surf spots. I am also quite fond of the French concept of maturity as sexy. While America tends to idealize teenage girls, the French aren't afraid to love Women.
What's not to like about France? Well, they are pretty damn French. Other than that, those cheese eating surrender monkeys are okay by me.
4 comments:
Jake, you have to GO to France before weighing in on French character.
Naw, France has come to me, stayed in my house, and contrary to popular opinion, used my shower.
I think the key to Jake's opinion is They even have some world class surf spots.
I've never been to France, but the French Canadian's I've met have been OK.
I hate Hillary for many reasons, none of which have anything to do with the French.
Only one person was rude to me the whole time I was in France, but I was being a loud obnoxious tourist trying to hit on an East German girl on the train, and I think that the old lady who yelled at me was trying to sleep. Other than that, everyone was friendly to me.
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