The French Bush.....

I promise that soon the patina of my European vacation will wear off.

Meanwhile.....from France:

Nicholas Sarkozy is the new head guy. He is universally reviled, sort of like his buddy George Bush. The French people can't figure out how he got elected, since none of them know anyone who voted for him.

Kind of like George Bush.

Meanwhile, the French being.....well, French.....Sarkozy immediately dumped his wife and possibly married his girlfriend, Carla Bruni. Carla is a supermodel, formerly connected to Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton.....and like that.

The "possibly" part of the marriage is the European version of Britney Spears mania. The media swarmed over their recent idyll in Egypt....and when they disappeared last week, pronounced them married secretly. He is non-committal; she denies, coyly.

Regardless....she is the First Femme of France.

And she is not Laura Bush........

La voila!