Proof The Americans Can Eat As Well As The French
August 11, 2007 at 9:55 pm
From today’s press conference with Presidents Bush and Sarkozy
Q Mr. President, what kind of lunch are you going to have?
PRESIDENT BUSH: We’re going to give him a hamburger or hot dog, his choice. (Laughter.)
MRS. BUSH: A traditional family lunch –
Q Mustard or catsup?
PRESIDENT BUSH: It’s up to him. We got it all laid out in there. He’s got some baked beans, if he’d like some baked beans we’ve got that, as well.
Mmmm…. yummy. Although one thing’s missing. Sounds like Freedom Fries went the way of Jacques Chirac.
richarda said,
August 12, 2007 @ 8:55 am
Should have given him the lobster roll.
Brown Line said,
August 12, 2007 @ 9:16 am
I must say, that “freedom fries” thing was asinine. “French fries” have nothing to do with France; they’re just fries made from french-cut potatoes, that is, potatoes that are cut lengthwise into strips, like frenched beans. As for our being pissed off at the French for Chirac’s playing bait-and-switch in the days before OIF, well, did anyone expect anything different? The blame really should go to Bush and Powell, for trusting the SOB.
Round Brown Spot said,
August 12, 2007 @ 10:47 am
Wrongo! They’re called french fries because people “go down” on them.
Mark said,
August 12, 2007 @ 11:15 am
I thought “Freedom Fries” was hilarious and spot-on. Of course the fries have nothing to do with France. The point was that we didn’t think France’s failure to report for duty was important enough to do anything more serious. France’s problem is their unreal sense of self-importance, and “Freedom Fries” was a response that told them how important we thought they were.
boure said,
August 12, 2007 @ 2:09 pm
The term Freedom Fries was stupid because fries don’t have anything to do with freedom.
Colette said,
August 12, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
The French don’t call them French Fries, but simply “frites”. The so-called French Fries originate from Belgium, where they are the BEST. How silly to make such a fuss about fried string potatoes. We act so ignorant sometimes without realizing our “ignorance” and stupidity.
GoldenGreg said,
August 12, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
It was to make a point Colette, not ignorance, which is sounds like you are very familiar with. Replace “we” with “I” in your statement.
Rufus T. Firefly said,
August 13, 2007 @ 8:28 am
why “catsup”? and not “ketchup”? And was it Heinz’?