Is Kerry Too "Touché?"

Oh, oh. Looks like John Kerry is a little touchy (or should it be touché) about a Bush advisor saying that he "looks French."

Now I haven't really studied any pictures of Kerry, but at a quick glance, I could see him with a beret, sitting in a café, discussing who was more accurate: Lenin or Marx? But then again, I could say the same about Rumsfeld, too (though he'd probably be talking what great guys they both were).

Kerry's reaction to this massive sign of disrespect was actually pretty measured and maybe even reasonable. His wife's reaction was another story though.

I realize that she was just defending her husband against a political attack, but there was no need to drag the monkeys into it. Plus, if he aspires to be President, she needs to realize that there will be much more virulent attacks than calling her husband French. If she's going to lose it this much on a small comment, what will she do when Chirac accuses her husband of being, horror of horrors, "a typical jingoistic American President." A violent reaction could set back Franco-American relations several hours from where they are now.

Kerry exposed his political tone-deafness prior to the war with his spectacularly ill-timed remarks about a "regime change" in Washington. His wife has now proven that her skin is about as thick as torn tissue paper. Together they create a combination we need to keep as far away from the White House as possible in the interest of world relations.