Chirac praises convict; says France needs more poeple like him

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Chirac praises convicted ex-PM

MARSEILLE, France -- French President Jacques Chirac has backed a former prime minister who was convicted last week in a party financing scandal.

"I have friendship, esteem and respect for Alain Juppe," Chirac said Monday, calling his most faithful ally a "politician of exceptional quality."

"France needs men of his quality," The Associated Press quoted Chirac as saying.

The president spoke at the City Hall of this Mediterranean port city after Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin praised Juppe's "honesty" and "integrity."

Juppe received an 18-month suspended jail sentence Friday after he was found guilty of wrongdoing in a scam in which Paris City Hall funds were used to pay political party allies in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The court also barred the 58-year-old legislator and mayor of Bordeaux from holding office for 10 years. That punishment did not have immediate effect though because Juppe plans to appeal.

Placed under investigation in 1998 over a fake jobs scheme, Juppe had proclaimed his innocence but said this month that if barred from public office he would retire from politics.
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I was thinking the same thing...

 

[freegeeks]

I guess Chiraq had too much wine

It's clear that Alain Juppe commited a crime and he should just accept his punishment

 

[tcsenter]

I have friendship, esteem and respect for Alain Juppe," Chirac said Monday, calling his most faithful ally a "politician of exceptional quality."

Might anyone hazard a guess as to the name of a certain other criminally-inclined and quite infamous figure Chirac has characterized as a "good friend"?

 

[xxxxxJohnGaltxxxxx]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

I have friendship, esteem and respect for Alain Juppe," Chirac said Monday, calling his most faithful ally a "politician of exceptional quality."

Might anyone hazard a guess as to the name of a certain other criminally-inclined and quite infamous figure Chirac has characterized as a "good friend"?

I'll play...

 

[chess9]

TCS:

Limbaugh? Agnew? Nixon? North?

Gee, could be almost anyone.

-Robert, who got a speeding ticket 20 years ago so he shouldn't have any friends.

 

[tcsenter]

TCS:

Limbaugh? Agnew? Nixon? North?

Gee, could be almost anyone.

Could be anyone, but isn't. Bzzz, thanks for playing, though. We are unable to afford consolation prizes.

 

[Moonbeam]

Maybe Cheney.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

I have friendship, esteem and respect for Alain Juppe," Chirac said Monday, calling his most faithful ally a "politician of exceptional quality."

Might anyone hazard a guess as to the name of a certain other criminally-inclined and quite infamous figure Chirac has characterized as a "good friend"?

Rumsfeld felt the same way.

 

[tomwolfman]

maybe he's in love with him ,give the guy a break after all he's french

 

[Witling]

Not like appointing Poindexter is it? Poindexter was convicted.

 

[tomwolfman]

Originally posted by: tcsenter

I have friendship, esteem and respect for Alain Juppe," Chirac said Monday, calling his most faithful ally a "politician of exceptional quality."

Might anyone hazard a guess as to the name of a certain other criminally-inclined and quite infamous figure Chirac has characterized as a "good friend"?

it's either bush or saddam i think

 

[Nietzscheusw]

Chirac is considered by many french, myself included, as a major mafioso.
It was also reported (and the obedient media did their best to defuse this news), that the offices of the judges in charge of this case have been "visited" many times at night. These judges and their collaborators said they gave up using their PCs at work a long time ago and only used their portable computers.