[Beruthiel]

Originally Posted by irishh_bob

ever been to france , they have a remarkabley low percentage of people who can speak english compared to thier neighbours in germany , netherlands etc , not being able to speak english is often seen as a badge of honour in la france

My husband is French, he has perfect English.
All his French friends also have fantastic English and though I can speak a smattering of French, we converse in English because they have such a great grasp of the English language.
Even his mother has attempted to learn English.
His French cousin now lives in Boston, so he and his 75 year old mother have perfect English.
My sister lives in France, so I have been going to France on a yearly basis for 15 years now and most of the people I encounter always make an attempt to talk to me in English so they can practice.

The French as a nation, do not want to loose their language. I understand that. It's who they are and why should they have to?
That does not mean they do not speak other languages, from my personal experience, an awful lot of them do.

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[robindch]

Meanwhile, in Soviet Russia:

[koth]

See this attack video?



more on the story about the video here

[fitz0]

Well if they can make something out of Romney speaking French, Huntsman had no chance whatsoever. He seems to have been the most reasonable candidate imo. Pity reasonable doesn't mean electable in the states.

Colbert's Super PAC put out their first ad recently.

[amacachi]

Jesus yous are all miles behind.

[MrPudding]

Pah, who needs a supreme court?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...ourt-president

MrP

[Genghiz Cohen]

[RE: Abortion]
"China[...] is destined for the ash heap of history unless it changes it's values"

Isn't that the country that owns like 10% (3rd largest stake) of the USA?

[The Black Oil]

Originally Posted by Beruthiel

I find is pretty shocking that the fact he speaks French is actually being held against him.
A new low in American politics. Let's celebrate ignorance.

It's hardly surprising. American Europhobia is alive and well, but crucially, it seems to go relatively unchallenged.

[robindch]

And then there were four:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16635833

[gawker]

Both Perry and Bachmann have now dropped out, despite both saying God had told them to run. This.... doesn't... make sense!

[Sarky]

I like how they only labelled Santorum as "Christian conservative", as if the others weren't also batsh*t crazy regarding religion.

[amacachi]

I hope Colbert runs, would be most likely to cost Obama votes and make it all interesting.

[robindch]

Originally Posted by amacachi

I hope Colbert runs, would be most likely to cost Obama votes and make it all interesting.

That's what happened when the Ross Perot -- anybody remember him? -- ran in 1992 and took enough votes from Bush the Elder to allow Clinton to win the election.

PR ftw!

[Galvasean]

Originally Posted by gawker

Both Perry and Bachmann have now dropped out, despite both saying God had told them to run. This.... doesn't... make sense!

God told them to run so that the intense scrutiny and competition would make the eventual winner stronger.