French Toasting

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Conservative French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is just back from a week in the U.S. and finds himself in trouble at home. Sarkozy talked up his friendship with America and even had his picture taken with President Bush.

But Socialist candidate Segolene Royal says her diplomatic policy, "would not consist of going and kneeling in front of George Bush" while a member of Sarkozy's own party says, "We need to distinguish between our relations with the United States, which should improve, and our relations with the Bush administration."

And Reuters reports French President Jacques Chirac was furious over Sarkozy's remarks, calling them "irresponsible" and "lamentable."