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Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 1:15pm PST - promote requested by deathcow.

I can think of lots of compelling reasons why Romney should never be President of the United States. Mediocre french is not one of them- give the guy credit for trying, after all this was part of his job at the time.

Can I assume bareboards2 can speak french ? All high and mighty with that title, it makes no sense, wtf does this video have to do with being a president.

Sure I have a small clue what he is talking about but your title is baseless, its is a layer of crusted salt.

The only reason he should not be president is because he is a mormon, Everything else falls into place once you understand he is mormon. What it means to be mormon is why he should not be president of the united states.

trying to speak french as a foreign language in france is incredibly frustrating

no matter how much you've studied and practiced, your best efforts are met with, at best, disdain (no that's not a stereotype) - heh heh

my french friends used to hassle me about my terrible accent so much that one day i got fed up and decided i'd just go over the top and attempt to mock them with an exaggerated "pepe le pew" accent...

to my amazement and disgust, they complimented me sincerely on how much my french was improving

A stack of $100 dollar bills totaling one trillion dollars will make a pile 568 miles high...that is twice the height of the International Space Station. Since Obama came into office, we have 15 of those piles of cash.

Four more years of Mr. Obama will bury us all...in debt.

Mr. Romney, of course, has a record of financial responsibility, but you don't like him for...whatever your reasons are.

Ummmm.....isn't this from the time Romney saved the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake? That's actually a great thing he did. This video would make Romney more, not less, compelling to a voter, since it would remind them of that positive act.

Bonus points for effort. It's more than many politicians will put in.
Fail points for the teleprompter. They eyebrows and noblinkystare give him away.

Boy, are there a buttload of folks without a sense of humor commenting here. Good lord.

they're right. sarcastic impunity is the essence of French.>> ^Diogenes:

trying to speak french as a foreign language in france is incredibly frustrating
no matter how much you've studied and practiced, your best efforts are met with, at best, disdain (no that's not a stereotype) - heh heh
my french friends used to hassle me about my terrible accent so much that one day i got fed up and decided i'd just go over the top and attempt to mock them with an exaggerated "pepe le pew" accent...
to my amazement and disgust, they complimented me sincerely on how much my french was improving

>> ^Diogenes:

trying to speak french as a foreign language in france is incredibly frustrating
no matter how much you've studied and practiced, your best efforts are met with, at best, disdain (no that's not a stereotype) - heh heh


Which is quite ironic, since few people are as careless regarding their accent and grammar when speaking English as the French. I'm having meetings or conference calls that include French participants every other week or so, and it can be quite painful, to the point of being fascinating (how can you sound so bad and yet not notice?).

Another ironic thing about the French?

They have a reputation for being rude and arrogant. They also are extremely polite, as I learned when I tried to buy some bottled water from a street vendor in Paris, which my creaky never-very-good high school French. I spoke "French", he answered in English. So I said -- oh, you could tell from my bad accent that I am American.

He replied -- no, you didn't say "please." He was then embarrassed by his truthfulness, and tried to apologize, but I just agreed with him. Americans don't say "please" or "thank you."

It's true -- for all their rudeness and arrogance, it is always "s'il vous plait." And "bonjour, madame" and "au revoir, monsieur" when entering and leaving the small shops.

There are none so blind as those who will not see, ya? Or rather, oui?


>> ^9547bis:

>> ^Diogenes:
trying to speak french as a foreign language in france is incredibly frustrating
no matter how much you've studied and practiced, your best efforts are met with, at best, disdain (no that's not a stereotype) - heh heh

Which is quite ironic, since few people are as careless regarding their accent and grammar when speaking English as the French. I'm having meetings or conference calls that include French participants every other week or so, and it can be quite painful, to the point of being fascinating (how can you sound so bad and yet not notice?).