The Silver Tongue Show

Or does she think we’re stupid?

No no, this is not groundless attack from my part, this really is a legitimate question.

My question has been prompted by her reaction to this story. The Nouvel Observateur claims that her new husband, Nicolas Sarkozy, has sent an SMS to his ex-wife Cecilia just 8 days before he married Carla Bruni saying “If you come back now, I’ll call it all off”.

I know, this is bad journalism and doesn’t really call for an answer, but she went ahead nonetheless, after a few days of preparing the answer. The answer is in two parts, and both are appallingly stupid. She said “the lawsuit that my husband has initiated is not against a member of the press, but against the ‘new means of disinformation’”, by that she means the Internet of course. And she goes on to say: “If this kind of site had existed during the war, what do you think would have happened as far as denouncing the Jews is concerned?”
Now that made me sit right up on my chair. Did she actually compare the Nouvel Observateur to the collaborationist press of WWII over a stupid f****** SMS? Yes she did, well done Carla, you’re not embarrassing yourself and more importantly you’re showing that you definitely have the standing of a true First Lady. I can’t believe people doubted you. And by the way, this is a perfect example of Godwin’s Law.

Let’s go back to the first part of her answer: “new means of disinformation”. “New”? what the heck do you mean, “new”? The Internet has been a huge vector of all kinds of misleading information and information warfare for over a decade Carla, remember, that goes back to when you were still in your 20s… There’s nothing new about it. You’re a model, that means you should know a little bit about the media.

I personally find it rather amusing that she’s been an integral part of this massive PR and communication operation set up by her husband, the French President, over their relationship and marriage, they’ve both been riding the wave to the max and probably counted on the Internet to spread the news even faster. And now suddenly she spits in the soup and blames it on the media and Internet.

So Carla, are you really stupid? Or do you think we are stupid?