Had to let out a big Scooby Huh yesterday when I read that our esteemed President declared France is America's greatest ally.  Must have been a bit of shock to the Brits who have supported us through thick and thin in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with whom we've shared a "special relationship" for the past 150 years or so.  Churchill must be rolling over in his grave.

As is typically the case with the Amateur-n-Chief, he's incapable of saying something positive about one party without simultaneously offending or demeaning another.  Quite an inspirational leader.  Who knew that presidential rhetoric was a zero sum game?

I wonder what it is that France did to achieve such lofty status?  Perhaps Sarkozy comped the Obama's last date night in Paris?  Hmmm.  

We know the French haven't spilled much blood or expended any treasure in the war on terror.  Heck, if it wasn't for them and their Axis of Weasel partner, Germany, the U.N. Security Council could have acted with the unanimity necessary to prod Saddam Hussein to acquiesce to the demands of the global community.

Maybe it's just that Obama fancies himself as a modern day version of history's biggest Francophile, Thomas Jefferson?  There are similarities, after all. 

Jefferson was tall.  So is Obama.  Jefferson had a way with words.  So does Obama.  Jefferson was an intellectual.  So is Obama.  Jefferson organized a country.  Obama organized communities.  Jefferson spent enormous sums of money he didn't have traveling the world.  So does Obama.  Jefferson considered himself a man of reason.  So does Obama.  Jefferson distrusted financiers.  So does Obama.  Jefferson said that "all men are created equal;" yet he owned slaves.  Obama said, "I'm a capitalist; really, I am"...then he tried to control the healthcare, financial, automotive, and energy industries.  Jefferson wanted us to be an agrarian society.  With Obama, we may soon get there. 

And of course, Jefferson was stone cold wrong when it came to France, and so is Obama.