Note how the WaPo manages to get in a deranged dig at Bush in the midst of a human-interest fluff piece.
In the nearly five years since French officials defied President Bush and opposed the invasion of Iraq, people here generally feel they’ve gotten little from America. They were nonplused at the U.S. movement to take the French out of fries and refer to them as freedom fries. They were appalled at Americans pouring French wines down the sink in protest.
So when France shirked its duty to civilization by refusing to help put down the Islamofacists who threaten it and all of us, it was really just a personal affront to George Bush.
Riiiiiiight.
Still, I’m glad they like the movie. And Sarkozy seems like a step in the right direction.
“Ratatouille” opened in 721 French theaters. At the same time, newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy is beseeching his countrymen to embrace the American belief that anyone can achieve dreams through hard work. The little rat chef, Remy, who repeats the same line to his garbage-eating fellow rodents, could have walked right out of a Sarkozy speech.