A little of politics for a change. I have been following the democratic primaries with interest and till yesterday my favorites were Gephardt and Dean.
Gephardt left pretty early in the race so I was left with Dean which I have to admit is 100% right, but 0% electable! The more I listen to this guy the more he makes sense to me. Anyway, I know he cannot beat Bush and so do democrat voters so it seems Kerry has taken the lead.

Till yesterday, I did not like Kerry too much, I am not very sensitive to the demagogic speeches from the the Vietnam hero. And I don't know, there is something about his face and the fake smile I don't find sympathetic.
Since my favorite candidates are almost out of the race, I was slowly losing interest in the primaries and going back to my life-long passion: Collecting wings from genetically modified flies, a very demanding hobby that requires a lot of patience...

However I learned this HUGE news today:-):

Who the hell is Brice Lalonde? Well I am not surprised you do not know him. Brice Lalonde is a French politician, in the "has-been" category. He once was part of a left government in the late 1980's. He pretty much switched side and his party is now some kind of "right green" party. Kind of a mix between a republican and green politician if you prefer. Yeah, pretty weird... Most of his election results range in the low single-digits, sometimes even lower!

Believe it or not, Kerry and Lalonde have a common grand mother. The interesting part in this story is that this grand-mother has lived for a while in Brittany (western France) and it appears Kerry speaks French fluently!

Kerry president, that would be the most French thing to go to the white house since Jackie Kennedy (born Jacqueline Bouvier)! And him speaking French and probably being a little more open-minded concerning cultural differences, etc... would probably help a lot to fix the strained relations between the USA and France which I would appreciate a lot, being myself a French living in the US...
Looks like I just found myself a new candidate! Too bad I cannot vote...