LeOuest France : John Kerry a un cousin en France

"John Kerry a un cousin en France : Brice Lalonde, le fondateur de Génération Ecologie."

I have yet to see this in the US press. But considering the current dismal state of affairs, this is going to be bandied about soon.

Anyway, Kerry has important family ties to France. His grandmother lived there, he has spent summers in France, and he has a cousin who is a well-known politician in France: Brice Lalonde.

Now it seems that Brice Lalonde is reasonably well-respected in France. He's head of a small opposition party, Ecology Generation, and he's been that for a long time now. He's also the Mayor of his small town: Saint-Briac-sur-Mer.

Interestingly enough, Brice Lalonde seems to feel, himself, that Americans are justified in being felt "dumped" by France during the Iraq conflict. In any event, Lalonde seems to think that Kerry would be the candidate for reconciling the US with the rest of the world.