Look at the bright side, France: At least you don't have a REAL loser like George W. Bush!

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has never mattered much to me but lately, I've been hearing some fascinating things about him. 

He was caught on film this weekend reaching out to shake hands with a local man who recoiled and spat, "Don't touch me.  You are soiling me."  Sarkozy's reply:  "Get lost, dumb ass!"  My favorite part is that the President smiled after the altercation.  That takes balls!  (Do a search on "Sarkozy" at youtube.com and you'll find the clip immediately.)

In November, at a protest against rising fuel costs, he actually called out a fisherman who had insulted him.  "Come down [here] and say that!" he threatened. 

You may also remember him as the guy who walked out in the middle of a 60 Minutes interview last year after being asked about swirling rumors that his marriage was in trouble.  Not long after, it was announced he and his wife (a former fashion model who had left her first husband to shack up with Sarkozy) had divorced.  And a few months after that, he was married to singer and former model Carla Bruni.  Classy!

Reuters reports Sarkozy's "popularity ratings are in freefall and his hands-on style of government is attracting growing criticism."  Indeed, the President's satisfaction rating recently fell 9 percentage points to 38%. 

Sad irony:  Here in America, our President's favorability rating is even lower:  35%.  (And that's from a poll done by FOX!)