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Home Front: Politix
Owens Tells Truth About French. PC Whiners in Media Complain
2004-05-25
Owens’ jokes get gonged
Remarks at Michigan event offend Francophiles, embassy officials
France’s U.S. Embassy blasted Gov. Bill Owens on Monday for "unfortunate and ill-informed" jokes about the French. Keynoting Saturday at the Michigan Republican Party Convention, Owens quipped, "You know why they planted those big trees along the boulevard in Paris? So the invading armies could march in the shade." And, he continued, "You know why the new French navy has glass-bottom boats? So it can see the old French navy."
After this we have the usual whining which takes up bytes, then this key line:
Concerns about Owens’ jokes are "kind of bewildering," Duffy [Owens’ Staff Member] added, "because he had a standing ovation in the hall."
Yeah, but when you're in politix you get hammered for making the kind of jokes we see two or three times a week on Rantburg...
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