Sarko goes to Washington

Yesterday, the president of France was Washington’s host of honor and had a chance to address a joint meeting of Congress — a rare privilege for a foreign head of state. Mr. Sarkozy did his very best to say what his audience wanted to hear, which is the quintessential quality of an effective politician. Among other platitudes he expressed his love and admiration for a variety of American personalities ranging from Elvis Presley, Ernest Hemingway to Marilyn Monroe; I’m glad he didn’t add Cheney, Rumsfeld or Wolfowitz to the list. I would have perhaps understood if he had included his countryman-rocker-friend, Johnny Hallyday with his American-sounding name, but he was limited in time. At least he showed up as a man of passion and, for the day, counted as the most eligible bachelor in the U.S. Capital…