Aah, chassez le naturel:
Sarkozy said he would no longer
reply sarcastically to the newspaper editor who provoked him at a press
conference, “not only because of my respect for the person in question,
but because of my concept of my function . . . When one is president of
the republic, one is never right to be aggressive. I think of it
constantly.”
The old Sarkozy was determined to impose a
“rupture” in French mentalities and habits. The new Sarkozy says: “I
must take account of criticism, of difficulties and failings, try to do
better. I want to carry out reforms by seeking broad acceptance, by
developing discussion. I’m listening. I’m learning. Perhaps I’m making
progress.”
(... )Commentators are unanimous
in attributing the new, improved image to Carla Bruni Sarkozy. Le
Nouvel Observateur did not ask Sarkozy about Bruni’s influence, perhaps
because Denis Olivennes, the director of the magazine and an
ex-boyfriend of the first lady, was one of two journalists who
conducted the interview.
In an interview last year, Bruni told
this correspondent that her husband “is not very aggressive. He’s
impulsive”. She is a great believer in correcting character flaws
through psychoanalysis. Thanks to Bruni, Sarkozy has reportedly
abandoned the worst of French pop culture to read Borges and watch film
classics by Kubrick, Chaplin and Capra. He has invited Woody Allen and
Michel Houellebecq to the Élysée Palace.
I'm counting the seconds until this change lasts and I can't wait to hear Obama say that he has grown or rather evolved for after all he does't have any reason to sing the I have change pitiful tune for now America and the world love him while they are weary of my Sarko.
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