The nation is all abuzz that 'Sarko" is once again going on what is seen as an "extravagant" vacation. Just after his recent triumph in the presidential election against female socialist Segolene Royale, he skipped off on a yacht of some milliondollar crony over in Malta, and les francais had much to grumble about that. Skits of him partying down on the decks of some massive boat abounded in all the political spindrivers in France.
Here's one of the photos - that's President Sarkosy in the white shirt. The only man in modern times to go yachting in Malta wearing a long-sleeved dress shirt and tie. Lordy....
Now his vacation to, of all places, Lake Winnapausaukee (who knows if I spelled that right) in New Hampshire is raising eyebrows and giving many the ammo they want to start hollering "Capitalist Lover!" and "American Wanna-be!" about the new leader of the Republic. The fear of Sarkozy trying to make France more capitalist and less socialist in order to improve the economy and the unemployment crisis has been lingering on the tips of many tongues for 3 or 4 months. Now with Sarkozy (who incidentally is very often compared to JFK - the USA's favorite tragic hero of Camelot) skipping off to trendy New England and renting a reported 21,000 euros per week property on the lake is seen as a sign that he wants to associate himself with the American lifestyle, or at least downplay the drama created after Chirac's heavy criticism of American's plunge into the Iraq war.
Perhaps "Nico" just likes a good hot dog, a rootbeer, whoopies pies, and a creemee, and the man knows where to go to get it. But I must admit to being thrilled he steered clear of the REAL piece of heaven in New England, and went next door to the not bad but slightly lesser neighbor on the other side of the Connecticutt River.
