Pave: The Perspicacious French I

Le jour 535 de Sarko

Far-sighted French have already begun crafting a defense against the VRWC impeachment reflex should Mr. Obama prevail next Tuesday.

David Frum at NRO shares this e-mail from a friend in the French government:

I might have told you already, but I met Joe Biden twice (in 2004) and he didn't strike me as a particularly serious leader. For instance, during the same meeting (April 2004), he told participants that the US troops would surely withdraw from Irak within six months ("Mark my words"!) and then asked them to consider allowing a NATO mission in Irak.

At one point, while he was trying to make some kind of point, he pointed his finger as yours truly and said something like "bureaucrats are sad - look at this man". Well, I was actually just bored to death, but that was no reason to wake me up. Overall, he seemed to me utterly unable to make a clear, assertive point.

So if Obama wins, Biden looks like a pretty good reason not to try and impeach him. Otherwise, we'll be heading for a very bizarre period in world history.

When you're right, you're right.

PFFT (What is this?): Compelling French insight 5 | Rayonnement français 3½