What conclusions we may have come to of the period of Nicolas Sarkozy’s French presidency
of what he did that brought him to this point
what he has done since losing power
and none of us could possibly pretend to know the man,
but
we must admit this walk he did with style,
a certain panache,
and above all dignity
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I can watch this over again, and wonder at the state of mind, the degrees of settled and vacillating emotions running through it all.
This he did well.
Which, of course, brings up other possible candidates, how they would achieve a memorable grace.
Donald Trump – must be the very last person on that list.
Can you imagine the tantrums! Because a ‘real man never admits defeat’.
Baloney.
A child.
Try, say, UK’s Prince Andrew – now feeling a little chilly without his titles, reputation.
He’d lie, lie, lie no matter how many horribly ‘commoners’ suffered because of him.
Kim Yong-Un – where would he stop, using his arsenal to execute all and everyone?
Vladmir Putin – with a sickly grin, as we have seen him, would take out with him everyone within range.
No, I’m not going to bother with anyone else.
Some people just have it.
It doesn’t excuse or override what they have done, it just, hopefully, ends well.
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