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Jacque Chirac must be close to apoplexy or at least slitting his wrists. The Germans are veering away from him on foreign policy matters, and Americans are still dumping French wine in the gutters. Worse, American wine makers are drawing a bead on the French market in the US, and more and more Americans are finding out that domestic US wine is pretty good. But the worst French news items of all are the recent sports results.
The biggest French golf event for women is the Evian Masters which has a $2.1 million purse – with $315,000 going to the winner. This past Saturday, an American, Julie Inkster, won by seven strokes and quipped that she was bringing some French Francs back home with her. That and the trophy. A day later, the world famous Tour de France – the super bowl of bicycle racing – was won for the 5th consecutive time by Lance Armstrong, another one of those pesky Americans.
Poor old Jacque is left sitting out there all alone. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy!