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2013-12-09 , 12:39
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Originally Posted by juiceme View Post
There's one remark in the above article that I find pretty ugly, it is a joke/anecdote attributed to the former french president and if he really said that at some point I find it pretty unfriendly and unthinking from a person in such a position;
According to Sebastian Coe that comment cost France the 2012 Olympics. Cherie Blair challenged Chirac on his rudeness at a party in front of the delegates of the Olymic committee. Chirac tried to suggest it was the media making mischief but she then dressed him down about that too because she'd seen video footage of him saying it.

Apparently he was visually deflated after her withering attack and left the party early. And so we had London 2012...