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FRENCH DEMAND APOLOGY FOR WHITE HOUSE CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION Paris, France - (GIN) - The French Government demanded President Bush apologize for celebrating the Mexican holiday Cinco De Mayo at the White House yesterday. In a blistering statement to a large crowd of press and public gathered at the Louvre, French Prime Minister Chateau Les Miserables-Marseilles declared U.S. celebration of the Mexican holiday was "an insult bordering on an act of war." "Cinco De Mayo is a Mexican holiday celebrating the defeat of the French Liberation Forces in Mexico one hundred and fifty years ago. For the U.S., a conqueror of Mexican territory, to celebrate this holiday is hypocritcal; for the U.S. to insult its only ally in the American Revolution, is unacceptable. There must be an apology," he said. "Sacre bleu," he added. A White House spokesperson said Miserables-Marseilles was making "mountains out of faux pas," but later retracted the statement, insisting it was not a faux pas to celebrate the holiday. The Bush White House has been under a steady stream of criticism during its first hundred days regarding its declarations and retractions and the generally imprecise and incoherent nature of its foreign policy. Vice President Cheney was reported to be particularly upset at the French demand. "They've got alot of gaul," he said. It was unclear if the comment was meant to be ironic, as France was known as Gaul before it became known as France. The newly formed White House Office of Carefully Worded Apologies was closed for the holiday and is expected to comment soon. |
