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Pepe Le Pew for President

From the sound of it, Kerry's stumping for Chirac's job, not Bush's. The French-looking candidate has become the French-sounding candidate:

John Kerry—"Vous etes de Haiti? D'accord, je vais aider les Haitiens."

Hugh played the clip a million times on his show today ... each time (though I would not have thought it possible) more hilarious than the last.

Listen to it here.

Read about it here:

In Orlando, the Democratic challenger promised he would do more than Bush for troubled Haiti - and slipped in some French to prove his sincerity.

"Vous etes de Haiti?" Kerry said after spotting a Haitian immigrant. "D'accord, je vais aider les Haitiens." Translation: "You're from Haiti? Yes, I'm going to help Haitians."

Slate (hat tip NRO) captures Monsieur Kerry's sheer boneheadedness:

ORLANDO—Let's see: Your opponent is characterizing you as an effete internationalist willing to "turn America's national security decisions over to international bodies or leaders of other countries." In particular, he suggests, in all seriousness, that you want to call up Jacques Chirac for permission before deploying the military. At the Republican National Convention, you were portrayed as a beret-wearing poodle named "Fifi Kerry." How should you defend yourself against these slanders?

By speaking French on the stump, of course.

What's left for Jacques Kerry, short of zipping up the skunk suit and busting loose with some Pepe Le Pew impersonations?

Posted by clark smith at October 19, 2004 04:41 PM | TrackBack