Sarkozy is now almost as hated as Bush

[New Dawn]

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/30502/president_sarkozy_remains_below_40_in_france/

[ananda]

1. like dumb americans

They voted for him.

Or else the election was crooked as it was
here.

[Ellen Forradalom]

3. He had his shit more together

than the opposition. Let that be a warning to us.

[Kitty Herder]

2. The French catch on quick.

How long did it take for Bush to drop to similarly low approval ratings here?

[sutz12]

4. It's a different political system, though...

They have multiple parties and must form coalitions to win elections. So it isn't surprising that he doesn't necessarily have 50% popularity.

Just saying that the numbers there don't necessarily correlate to numbers here. :shrug:

He's spot on about global climate change leading to more political strife, though.

[AlCzervik]

5. when i was in London he and his new wife were also there--no i didn't have lunch with them but..

i did see him give a speech and Windsor castle, it was on the BBC and one of the things he said that got gobs of attention was and i'm paraphrasing here "England and France are like siblings who fight but we are still family and we need to unite and have a good relationship with the US" at which point the BBC said "Thats been the hope of England, to have a much stronger bond with the US".

[Canuckistanian]

6. That was fast

It took DECADES for Giscard d'Estaing or Chirac to be so despised.