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May 27, 2004
The governor of Colorado is catching hell from French diplomats for what they call "unfortunate and ill-informed" jokes about the French at a Republican Party convention, reports the Denver Post.
In a keynote speech, Gov. Bill Owens cracked a few jokes that didn’t sit well with the frogs.
"You know why they planted those big trees along the boulevard in Paris?” he asked. “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."
Nathalie Loiseau of the French Embassy in Washington criticized
Owens for what she said was "uselessly practicing French bashing for
the purpose of playing politics."
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