Nicolas and Carla

Thursday, 12th February 2009

This account of how Nicolas Sarkozy wooed Carla Bruni is both amusing and gruesome. For instance:

“My reputation is no worse than yours,” he told her. “I know you well without ever meeting you. I understand everything about you ... You make love because no one makes love to you. I know everything about you because I am so much you.”
With a hush around the table, Mr Sarkozy promised to be in the front row of a forthcoming Bruni concert. “We will announce our engagement. You will see, we will do better than Marilyn and Kennedy,” he told her.

Given how matters ended for Kennedy and Monroe, you would have to hope Sarko and Bruni will indeed "do better". Anyway, who talks like this and who, even more improbably, could take it seriously?

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Sam Armstrong

February 12th, 2009 3:38pm Report this comment

The French talk like that Alex, and incredibly they think it means something.

shark

February 12th, 2009 4:19pm Report this comment

In this day and age of gruesome sensation and instant damnation and the people in question can't answer back Massie is more gruesome and less amusing than his tattle tale.