Kerry has been racking up endorsements from the French, reports James Taranto. With his attitude of terrorist appeasement, the French seem to view him as one of their own.

"He is very much admired in France," said a municipal office worker, Patrick Forestier, as he strolled with his lunch through the Latin Quarter. "It seems like he will be more sympathetic to Europe. . . . And of course anyone who is opposed to Bush will be popular with us."

A shop worker on Boulevard St-Germain, Dominique Van Oudenhove, said Mr. Kerry seems the perfect antidote to four years of Mr. Bush.

"It is so important to have a president who knows Europe, whose spirit is open to its people and culture. Bush is so closed to the world. With Kerry there is a hope that we can start getting along with the United States again," she said.

Mrs. Borde said the French see in Mr. Kerry the kind of leader they are more accustomed to.

"He is the closest thing that you will have to a French politician, with a certain diplomacy, a certain elegance," she said."He is more like a leader would be in Europe," Mr. Parmentier said. Asked in what way, he laughed and replied: "Well, he doesn't look Texan."

For those of you that may have forgotten, here is what years of European appeasment have led to in the past: