Sarkozy loses temper in NH
Posted: Monday, August 06, 2007 12:05 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
French President Nicholas Sarkozy chose to vacation at a New Hampshire lake --also frequented by Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. But if Sarkozy was hoping for J.D. Salinger-like anonymity, he didn’t get it.
In fact, he lost his temper with two AP photographers on a nearby boat, as the Boston Globe reported on its front page: “The French president jumped onto their boat and scolded them loudly in French, briefly grabbing one of their cameras. After Cole and DeWitt promised to stop shooting photos for the day, Sarkozy calmed down, reboarded his boat, and continued out onto the lake with his party.”
The Manchester Union-Leader led with the story, which had the headline, “Cameras send Sarkozy in rage.” The paper also ran a photo, showing a bare-chested, angrily pointing Sarkozy from the helm of a powerboat.
Sarkozy, who is proud to be called “Sarkozy, the American” by some in France “has been spending his days jet-skiing and canoeing,” according to the Globe, “and in the morning tries to jog for at least an hour to the beat of French artists on his iPod, which he said also includes songs by Elvis Presley and Céline Dion.”
