presidential drama

From Emily, our resident Arizonan living in Paris:

From today's NY Times story about Sarkozy and his new supermodel girlfriend, whom he took to Disneyland Paris.

"LCI, the all-news television channel, devoted much of Monday morning to the story, largely ignoring the international donors' conference for the Palestinians, for which Mr. Sarkozy was the host. During a call-in period, a number of French callers expressed delight that their president may have found love again. One female caller named Claudine said it was a "good Christmas tale." But other commentators were less kind. "I have to say the news shocked me deeply," wrote Pascal Riché, an editor of the political Web site rue89.com. "What shocked me wasn't Carla Bruni, but the pathways of Disneyland Paris."

I got kind of a kick out of this. You have to love France, where the scandal lies not int the president getting divorced in October, or getting involved two months later with a supermodel/pop star but in the fact that they went to Disneyland. :)

The NYTimes article in question: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/world/europe/18france.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin