http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1521&ncid=696&e=9&u=/afp/20041002/pl_afp/us_vote_bush_france<<Bush's campaign does not miss the opportunity to stress that Kerry speaks French and has family ties to France, and that the Massachusetts senator often refers to France when he talks about how the US has lost respect in the world since Bush became president in 2001.
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"I don't have warm and fuzzy feelings for France right now. Few people are happy with France right now," said Jess Hall, adding "I am coming all the way from Alaska so I may not be totally aware of what other people think."
Actually, the anti-French sentiment in the United States appears to have eased since the days immediately before the US-led invasion of Iraq, when Paris threatened to use its veto in the UN Security Council to prevent Washington from getting the world body's approval for the move.>>
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