Can there be two?:
"Welcome to the club of states who don't turn their back on the sick and the poor," Sarkozy [said in a speech at Columbia University]. From the European perspective, he said, "when we look at the American debate on reforming health care, it's difficult to believe."
"The very fact that there should have been such a violent debate simply on the fact that the poorest of Americans should not be left out in the streets without a cent to look after them ... is something astonishing to us."
Just joking about the Antichrist part. Sarkozy may be many things, but he is definitely not without "regard for the desire of women." His comments are typical of the response of European conservatives: Why was this such a big deal? You could hardly ask for a more perfect illustration of the gulf between American and European conservatism...
@Lemmus: Not really. Quote from en.wikipedia: "It is estimated that approximately 60 percent of poor Americans are not covered by Medicaid."
Posted by: AndreasP | March 30, 2010 at 08:22 PM
The gulf is not always as wide as it seems: http://whiteelysee.fr/. The French site (elysee.fr) was relaunched on Sunday, probably to emphasize the homage it is to the web designers of whitehouse.gov...
Posted by: Véronique | March 30, 2010 at 07:03 PM
Haven't "the poorest" that Sarkozy refers to been covered by Medicaid for quite a while?
Posted by: LemmusLemmus | March 30, 2010 at 02:43 PM