Kerry's French connection

Source: The Washington Times Inside Politics By Greg Pierce January 29, 2004

French connection
Former French Environment Minister Brice Lalonde said yesterday that he supports his first cousin Sen. John Kerry in the bid to win the Democratic presidential nomination.

"My cousin's a nice guy, I'd like him to win," Mr. Lalonde told Agence France-Presse. "We saw each other six months ago and even then I was hoping he would be in the running and take the top job."

Mr. Lalonde, who served in France's Socialist Party government from 1988 to 1991 and was the founder of one of France's green parties, Generation Ecologie, on Tuesday revealed that he and Mr. Kerry were related.

"Our two mums were sisters, from a family that during [World War II] spread out and dispersed to the five continents," he told Europe 1 radio.


Joyce Notes: Senator John F'n Kerry, the "French-looking" foul-mouthed Lurch, apparently isn't called "French-looking" for nothing. With a first cousin from France belonging to the French Socialist Party endorsing him proves that Ketchupman is running for high office in the wrong country. With your rhetoric, France is where you belong John.