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Otherwise, the little woman would be Eva Joly. I can't remember her wearing a dress, though...
I am French and afraid I can't tell whose legs these are.
The female ones must be Carla because Marine is a plump daddy’s girl, really… Only Carla is not applying for the job.
Bayrou does not show up in boots outside of his own estate but let’s say it’s fun.
I don’t know that Hollande has reached such a level of bad taste as to wear grey shoes... However, his new wife does compare a lot to both his previous one and Carla.
And clearly the clown on the right is going to be Sarko, but even he dares not wear short trousers and / or showy colored socks! This is France, I mean…
Big political secret, Francois Hollande is the same height as Sarkozy ! its just that he surrounds himself with shortarses
Sorry, but Hollande is taller. Not tall but still taller than Sarkozy !
why it can be like this ?
But why the sky-blue socks for Sarkozy? UMP party colors?
The lad with the GREEN wellies is obviously Enda Kenny from Ireland the fella who sold us out to the IMF, the Germans and the French!
god this is such a terrible cartoon... as always with JAS
marine le pen, red high heels, bayrou, farmers boots, hollande, grey shoes, sarkozy heeled shoes...
What do they use for doormats over there?
Is it Francois Bayrou the Southwestern farmer in boots?
I assume Mme. Le Pen is on the left, and on the right M. Sarkozy, but I am unsure of M. Holland or M. Bayrou...
Advice to the President in times of crisis: Wear comfortable shoes.
Stven Jobs wore New Balance running shoes even in black-tie affairs.
ok for the blue white red lady and the small president with heels. Boots and grey shoes are less obvious
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