A certain "je-ne-sais-quoi"...

Okay -- so he's out of detention. What does that change?
 
I too of course take issue with the fact that the previously hardworking little chambermaid may have lied about her past, her income, and the sort of jailbird company she entertains, but we're not likely ever to hear the real story on this one. Too much money tipping the scales in favor of Le Big Monsieur. Money is what makes a man desirable, we've always been told; he can say thanks to his big wallette for this petite aventure. Our now famous little housemaid is not likely to remember him for his sense of romance and courtship, however.
 
Apart from the gory details, however, should the French really elect as their next leader some guy who considers that tucking himself into the first available hotel maid is good healthy fun, comme ça, after tearing off her pantyhose? All that before heading off to meet his daughter for lunch and then fly off to be with his naive wife. Is that the high gesture of a true statesman? If it turns out later that SHE's the one who set him up, should he not, in his position, have simply said "Non, merci" and called hotel security? From the sound of things we are hearing in the media, it seems that the French are back to considering him some kind of macho hero, whose grand French virilité got the better of him at the worst possible moment. Interesting twist on modern French Feminism that his wife would still be standing by him, I must add, and very odd that any male with any regard for women would consider voting for him.
 
Should anyone wonder why the youth of the world no longer believes in its leaders anymore?
 
Denis Guiet