Richard Perle, Tom DeLay, Dick Cheney and Marc Racicot: Not French Either
For those keeping score, French-descended Richard Perle joins musketeers Tom DeLay, Dick Cheney and Marc Racicot in the mounting pile of ignored French-descended Francophobes in the GOP.
The above passage was part of a long anti-Administration rant -- thought I'd take it out and highlight it for the inane concept of a Franco-Francophobe. Read a visitor's comment below for an amusing (?) anecdote on DeLay's, um, savoir-faire or lack thereof:
A fun memory circa 1999: former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien is seated at a Washington banquet table as Tom Delay loudly introduces him to the audience as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the President of Canada, Mr. John Cur-tayne, !"
They may not know from French but this man does, having been born in France, and he has interesting things to say about anti-French sentiment in the U.S. Read on for a well-written article on his experiences as a Frenchman in the States. His web site has a well-considered article, titled "American Francophobia Takes a New Turn" -- worth a read as well.










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