The French Hate the French?

The International Herald Tribune and France 24 TV station conducted a joint poll in six countries to determine how many people have a negative view of the French.

Unsurprisingly, 38% of Americans don’t like the French. What is surprising is that 44% of French people don’t like the French.

Apparently familiarity does breed contempt!

The French are now engaged in a national election to choose a new leader. The two candidates are a socialist mother with no foreign policy experience and a seasoned conservative (by French standards) politician.

Now the French must make a decision which will either restore their national pride or doom them to continue down the path of economic and cultural ruin.