Irish Times political correspondent Mark Hennessy was flushed with admiration for French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who spent the best part of an afternoon in Ireland this Monday.
A seasoned analyst, Hennessy was well aware Mr Sarkozy has a reputation for impatience, self-obsession and savage bluntness, but the pol cor counted himself among the ‘dazzled’ after the president’s five hour visit.
‘Sarkozy is a consummate performer,’ Hennessy revealed. ‘He came, he saw, he wriggled away in the best political style.’ Hennessy was particularly struck by his physical resemblance to France’s number one. ‘We’re roughly the same height and build,’ he told readers, ‘though he’s a little broader than I am.’
The Sarkozy effect was all the more startling considering the hackles he raised in the lead-up to his visit, but Carla’s other half displayed great sphingerie à petit pas. ‘In Irish, it would be called plámás,’ Hennessy said. ‘In any language, it appears to have been effective.’
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