Villepin, Chirac Circle The Bidet
President breaks tradition to prop up failing protégé (Charles Bremner, Times)
PRESIDENT CHIRAC used a rare television appearance last night to attempt to reassert his authority over France by urging Dominique de Villepin, his embattled Prime Minister, to pay attention to unhappy MPs in his ruling centre-right party.
M Chirac, who is 73 and said to be depressed by his country’s recent succession of troubles, gave a live interview to state television in an attempt to end a revolt by MPs against M de Villepin and banish his own image as an “invisible” President.
He also refused to rule out the possibility that he would stand for a third term in elections next spring, although few in the political world regard this as a serious possibility.
Remember Chirac's landslide victory in the 2002 presidential election?
Yeah, nobody else does either, now that Chirac's popularity is down in the toilet bowl with Villepin's (or should I say, down in the bidet?).
Seriously, in the free world, has there ever been such a meaningless "landslide" victory in an election as Chirac's?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/28/06 12:52 | International | Technorati
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